diff --git a/lib/types/plugin.d.ts b/lib/types/plugin.d.ts
index 017d25fb3..8bfef77ec 100644
--- a/lib/types/plugin.d.ts
+++ b/lib/types/plugin.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RequestRoute } from './request';
+import { RequestRoute, ReqRef, ReqRefDefaults } from './request';
 import { RouteOptions } from './route';
 import { Server } from './server';
 import { Lifecycle } from './utils';
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface PluginRegistered {
 export interface PluginsStates {
 }
 
-export interface PluginSpecificConfiguration {
+export interface PluginSpecificConfiguration<Refs extends ReqRef = ReqRefDefaults> {
 }
 
 export interface PluginNameVersion {
diff --git a/lib/types/route.d.ts b/lib/types/route.d.ts
index be2416850..102226d05 100644
--- a/lib/types/route.d.ts
+++ b/lib/types/route.d.ts
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ export interface CommonRouteProperties<Refs extends ReqRef = ReqRefDefaults> {
      * Plugin-specific configuration. plugins is an object where each key is a plugin name and the value is the plugin configuration.
      * [See docs](https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/API.md#-routeoptionsplugins)
      */
-    plugins?: PluginSpecificConfiguration | undefined;
+    plugins?: PluginSpecificConfiguration<Refs> | undefined;
 
     /**
      * @default none.