diff --git a/types/testing-library__dom/events.d.ts b/types/testing-library__dom/events.d.ts
index 6926565717..d9c50cb790 100644
--- a/types/testing-library__dom/events.d.ts
+++ b/types/testing-library__dom/events.d.ts
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ export type EventType =
     | 'gotPointerCapture'
     | 'lostPointerCapture';
 
-export type FireFunction = (element: Document | Element | Window, event: Event) => boolean;
+export type FireFunction = (element: Document | Element | Window | Node, event: Event) => boolean;
 export type FireObject = {
-    [K in EventType]: (element: Document | Element | Window, options?: {}) => boolean;
+    [K in EventType]: (element: Document | Element | Window | Node, options?: {}) => boolean;
 };
 export type CreateObject = {
-    [K in EventType]: (element: Document | Element | Window, options?: {}) => Event;
+    [K in EventType]: (element: Document | Element | Window | Node, options?: {}) => Event;
 };
 
 export const createEvent: CreateObject;
diff --git a/types/testing-library__dom/testing-library__dom-tests.ts b/types/testing-library__dom/testing-library__dom-tests.ts
index 830914fd7f..8615fe7b1d 100644
--- a/types/testing-library__dom/testing-library__dom-tests.ts
+++ b/types/testing-library__dom/testing-library__dom-tests.ts
@@ -51,4 +51,16 @@ function eventTest() {
         location: 'http://www.example.com/?page=1',
         state: { page: 1 },
     });
+
+    // HTMLElement
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+    fireEvent.click(getByText(element, 'foo'));
+
+    // ChildNode
+    const child = document.createElement('div');
+    element.appendChild(child);
+    if (!element.firstChild) { // Narrow Type
+        throw new Error(`Can't find firstChild`);
+    }
+    fireEvent.click(element.firstChild);
 }