diff --git a/types/yup/index.d.ts b/types/yup/index.d.ts
index 3b45b3fcaa..243cb985c1 100644
--- a/types/yup/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/yup/index.d.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ export interface Schema<T> {
     meta(): any;
     describe(): SchemaDescription;
     concat(schema: this): this;
-    validate(value: T, options?: ValidateOptions): Promise<ValidationError | T>;
-    validateSync(value: T, options?: ValidateOptions): ValidationError | T;
+    validate(value: T, options?: ValidateOptions): Promise<T>;
+    validateSync(value: T, options?: ValidateOptions): T;
     isValid(value: T, options?: any): Promise<boolean>;
     isValidSync(value: T, options?: any): boolean;
     cast(value: any, options?: any): T;
diff --git a/types/yup/yup-tests.ts b/types/yup/yup-tests.ts
index 0ce88a6c66..871df0e8e0 100644
--- a/types/yup/yup-tests.ts
+++ b/types/yup/yup-tests.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ const testObject: MyInterface = {
     arrayField: ["hi"],
 };
 
-typedSchema.validateSync(testObject); // $ExpectType ValidationError | MyInterface
+typedSchema.validateSync(testObject); // $ExpectType MyInterface
 
 // $ExpectError
 yup.object<MyInterface>({