diff --git a/django-stubs/contrib/auth/__init__.pyi b/django-stubs/contrib/auth/__init__.pyi
index c1836d0a0..593d3c4dc 100644
--- a/django-stubs/contrib/auth/__init__.pyi
+++ b/django-stubs/contrib/auth/__init__.pyi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async def alogin(
     backend: type[ModelBackend] | str | None = ...,
 ) -> None: ...
 def get_user_model() -> type[AbstractUser]: ...
-def get_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> AbstractBaseUser | AnonymousUser: ...
+def get_user(request: HttpRequest | Client) -> AbstractUser | AnonymousUser: ...
 def get_permission_codename(action: str, opts: Options[Any]) -> str: ...
 def update_session_auth_hash(request: HttpRequest, user: AbstractBaseUser) -> None: ...