diff --git a/panel/template/base.py b/panel/template/base.py
index 7d30fd1209..38ddc000f2 100644
--- a/panel/template/base.py
+++ b/panel/template/base.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     from bokeh.server.contexts import BokehSessionContext
     from jinja2 import Template as _Template
     from pyviz_comms import Comm
+    from typing_extensions import Self
 
     from ..io.location import Location
     from ..io.resources import ResourcesType
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ def server_doc(
     def servable(
         self, title: str | None = None, location: bool | Location = True,
         area: str = 'main', target: str | None = None
-    ) -> ServableMixin:
+    ) -> Self:
         """
         Serves the template and returns self to allow it to display
         itself in a notebook context.
diff --git a/panel/viewable.py b/panel/viewable.py
index 5280efff07..425567b673 100644
--- a/panel/viewable.py
+++ b/panel/viewable.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     from bokeh.model import Model
     from bokeh.server.contexts import BokehSessionContext
     from bokeh.server.server import Server
+    from typing_extensions import Self
 
     from .io.location import Location
     from .io.notebook import Mimebundle
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ def _add_location(
     def servable(
         self, title: str | None = None, location: bool | Location = True,
         area: str = 'main', target: str | None = None
-    ) -> ServableMixin:
+    ) -> Self:
         """
         Serves the object or adds it to the configured
         pn.state.template if in a `panel serve` context, writes to the