diff --git a/git/refs/head.py b/git/refs/head.py
index 683634451..b3bbd7e7f 100644
--- a/git/refs/head.py
+++ b/git/refs/head.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # typing ---------------------------------------------------
 
-from typing import Any, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+from typing import Any, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
 
 from git.types import Commit_ish, PathLike
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     from git.refs import RemoteReference
     from git.repo import Repo
 
+T_Heads = TypeVar("T_Heads", bound="Head")
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -124,6 +126,13 @@ def reset(
 
         return self
 
+    @property
+    def reference(self) -> "Head":
+        """Wrap the parent reference method to change the type hint."""
+        return super().reference
+
+    ref = reference
+
 
 class Head(Reference):
     """A Head is a named reference to a :class:`~git.objects.commit.Commit`. Every Head
@@ -301,4 +310,11 @@ def config_writer(self) -> SectionConstraint[GitConfigParser]:
         """
         return self._config_parser(read_only=False)
 
+    @property
+    def reference(self) -> T_Heads:
+        """Wrap the parent reference method to change the type hint."""
+        return super().reference
+
+    ref = reference
+
     # } END configuration
diff --git a/git/refs/reference.py b/git/refs/reference.py
index e5d473779..aad4ae8a0 100644
--- a/git/refs/reference.py
+++ b/git/refs/reference.py
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 
 # typing ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, TYPE_CHECKING, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, TYPE_CHECKING, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
 from git.types import AnyGitObject, PathLike, _T
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from git.repo import Repo
 
+# named this way to avoid collision with symbolic.T_References
+T_NonsymbolicReferences = TypeVar("T_NonsymbolicReferences", bound="Reference")
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # { Utilities
@@ -173,4 +176,11 @@ def remote_head(self) -> str:
         tokens = self.path.split("/")
         return "/".join(tokens[3:])
 
+    @property
+    def reference(self) -> T_NonsymbolicReferences:
+        """Wrap the parent reference method to change the type hint."""
+        return super().reference
+
+    ref = reference
+
     # } END remote interface
diff --git a/git/refs/remote.py b/git/refs/remote.py
index b4f4f7b36..ced0894a0 100644
--- a/git/refs/remote.py
+++ b/git/refs/remote.py
@@ -77,3 +77,10 @@ def delete(cls, repo: "Repo", *refs: "RemoteReference", **kwargs: Any) -> None:
     def create(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> NoReturn:
         """Raise :exc:`TypeError`. Defined so the ``create`` method is disabled."""
         raise TypeError("Cannot explicitly create remote references")
+
+    @property
+    def reference(self) -> "RemoteReference":
+        """Wrap the parent reference method to change the type hint."""
+        return super().reference
+
+    ref = reference
diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
index 1b90a3115..e83cc9c69 100644
--- a/git/refs/symbolic.py
+++ b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def object(self) -> AnyGitObject:
     def object(self, object: Union[AnyGitObject, "SymbolicReference", str]) -> "SymbolicReference":
         return self.set_object(object)
 
-    def _get_reference(self) -> "SymbolicReference":
+    def _get_reference(self) -> T_References:
         """
         :return:
             :class:`~git.refs.reference.Reference` object we point to
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def set_reference(
 
     # Aliased reference
     @property
-    def reference(self) -> "SymbolicReference":
+    def reference(self) -> T_References:
         return self._get_reference()
 
     @reference.setter