diff --git a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavLink.d.ts b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavLink.d.ts
index c3a1e9025c..6e1b075488 100644
--- a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavLink.d.ts
+++ b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavLink.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import {
     ReactAttr,
+    ReactAnchorAttr,
     RenderIconProps,
     RequiresChildrenProps,
     SideNavSharedProps,
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ interface InheritedProps extends
 
 export interface SideNavLinkPropsBase extends InheritedProps { }
 
-export type SideNavLinkProps<E extends object = {}> = LinkProps<E> & SideNavLinkPropsBase;
+export type SideNavLinkProps<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr> = LinkProps<E> & SideNavLinkPropsBase;
 
 declare interface SideNavLinkFC<E extends object = {}> extends React.FC<SideNavLinkProps<E>> { }
 export declare function createCustomSideNavLink<E extends object = {}>(
     element: SideNavLinkProps['element']
 ): SideNavLinkFC<Omit<E, 'element'>>;
 
-declare function SideNavLink<E extends object = {}>(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SideNavLinkProps<E>>): React.ReactElement | null;
+declare function SideNavLink<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr>(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SideNavLinkProps<E>>): React.ReactElement | null;
 
 export default SideNavLink;
diff --git a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavMenuItem.d.ts b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavMenuItem.d.ts
index a5591a0875..40952a4528 100644
--- a/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavMenuItem.d.ts
+++ b/types/carbon-components-react/lib/components/UIShell/SideNavMenuItem.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from "react";
-import { ReactAttr } from "../../../typings/shared";
+import { ReactAttr, ReactAnchorAttr } from "../../../typings/shared";
 import { LinkProps } from "./Link";
 
 interface InheritedProps {
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ export interface SideNavMenuItemPropsBase extends InheritedProps {
     isActive?: boolean,
 }
 
-export type SideNavMenuItemProps<E extends object = {}> = LinkProps<E> & SideNavMenuItemPropsBase;
+export type SideNavMenuItemProps<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr> = LinkProps<E> & SideNavMenuItemPropsBase;
 
-declare function SideNavMenuItem<E extends object = {}>(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SideNavMenuItemProps<E>>, ref: React.Ref<HTMLElement>): React.ReactElement | null;
+declare function SideNavMenuItem<E extends object = ReactAnchorAttr>(props: React.PropsWithChildren<SideNavMenuItemProps<E>>, ref: React.Ref<HTMLElement>): React.ReactElement | null;
 
 export default SideNavMenuItem;