diff --git a/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/IDependencyResolver.cs b/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/IDependencyResolver.cs
index d221f6480db..ea0a63c51d9 100644
--- a/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/IDependencyResolver.cs
+++ b/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/IDependencyResolver.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Akka.DependencyInjection
     public interface IDependencyResolver
     {
         IResolverScope CreateScope();
-        object GetService<T>();
+        T GetService<T>();
         object GetService(Type type);
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/ServiceProviderDependencyResolver.cs b/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/ServiceProviderDependencyResolver.cs
index 8fdab7c3ada..68f10aff02b 100644
--- a/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/ServiceProviderDependencyResolver.cs
+++ b/src/contrib/dependencyinjection/Akka.DependencyInjection/ServiceProviderDependencyResolver.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public IResolverScope CreateScope()
             return new ServiceProviderScope(ServiceProvider.CreateScope());
         }
         
-        public object GetService<T>()
+        public T GetService<T>()
         {
             return ServiceProvider.GetService<T>();
         }