diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index d87a09e..cef7b6d 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -44,21 +44,24 @@ export declare interface App {
   [namespace: string]: Package;
 }
 
-export declare type Middleware = (
-  req: Request,
-  res: Response,
+export declare type Middleware<TReq = Request, TRes = Response> = (
+  req: TReq,
+  res: TRes,
   next: NextFunction
 ) => void;
-export declare type ErrorHandlingMiddleware = (
+
+export declare type ErrorHandlingMiddleware<TReq = Request, TRes = Response> = (
   error: Error,
-  req: Request,
-  res: Response,
+  req: TReq,
+  res: TRes,
   next: NextFunction
 ) => void;
+
 export declare type ErrorCallback = (error?: Error) => void;
-export declare type HandlerFunction = (
-  req: Request,
-  res: Response,
+
+export declare type HandlerFunction<TReq = Request, TRes = Response> = (
+  req: TReq,
+  res: TRes,
   next?: NextFunction
 ) => void | any | Promise<any>;
 
@@ -77,7 +80,10 @@ export declare type LoggerFunctionAdditionalInfo =
 export declare type NextFunction = () => void;
 export declare type TimestampFunction = () => string;
 export declare type SerializerFunction = (body: object) => string;
-export declare type FinallyFunction = (req: Request, res: Response) => void;
+export declare type FinallyFunction<TReq = Request, TRes = Response> = (
+  req: TReq,
+  res: TRes
+) => void;
 export declare type METHODS =
   | 'GET'
   | 'POST'
@@ -136,18 +142,18 @@ export declare interface Options {
   s3Config?: S3ClientConfig;
 }
 
-export declare class Request {
+export declare class Request<
+  TParams = { [key: string]: string | undefined },
+  TQuery = { [key: string]: string | undefined },
+  TBody = any
+> {
   app: API;
   version: string;
   id: string;
-  params: {
-    [key: string]: string | undefined;
-  };
+  params: TParams;
   method: string;
   path: string;
-  query: {
-    [key: string]: string | undefined;
-  };
+  query: TQuery;
   multiValueQuery: {
     [key: string]: string[] | undefined;
   };
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ export declare class Request {
   rawHeaders?: {
     [key: string]: string | undefined;
   };
-  body: any;
+  body: TBody;
   rawBody: string;
   route: '';
   requestContext: APIGatewayEventRequestContext;
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ export declare class Request {
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
-export declare class Response {
+export declare class Response<TBody = any> {
   status(code: number): this;
 
   sendStatus(code: number): void;
@@ -219,11 +225,11 @@ export declare class Response {
     callback?: ErrorCallback
   ): Promise<string>;
 
-  send(body: any): void;
+  send(body: TBody): void;
 
-  json(body: any): void;
+  json(body: TBody): void;
 
-  jsonp(body: any): void;
+  jsonp(body: TBody): void;
 
   html(body: any): void;
 
diff --git a/index.test-d.ts b/index.test-d.ts
index e4b68bd..87de602 100644
--- a/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/index.test-d.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,90 @@ expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(req.headers);
 expectType<any>(req.body);
 expectType<{ [key: string]: string }>(req.cookies);
 
+// Test generic Request types
+interface CustomParams {
+  id: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+interface CustomQuery {
+  filter?: string;
+  limit?: string;
+}
+
+interface CustomBody {
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+}
+
+interface CustomResponseBody {
+  success: boolean;
+  message: string;
+  data?: any;
+}
+
+// Test that custom types can be used with Request and Response generics
+const customReq = {} as Request<CustomParams, CustomQuery, CustomBody>;
+expectType<CustomParams>(customReq.params);
+expectType<CustomQuery>(customReq.query);
+expectType<CustomBody>(customReq.body);
+expectType<string>(customReq.params.id);
+expectType<string>(customReq.params.userId);
+expectType<string | undefined>(customReq.query.filter);
+expectType<string | undefined>(customReq.query.limit);
+expectType<string>(customReq.body.name);
+expectType<string>(customReq.body.email);
+
+const customRes = {} as Response<CustomResponseBody>;
+expectType<void>(customRes.json({ success: true, message: 'test' }));
+expectType<void>(customRes.send({ success: true, message: 'test', data: {} }));
+
+// Test that sending wrong type should cause type error
+expectError(customRes.json({ wrong: 'type' }));
+expectError(customRes.send({ invalid: 'data' }));
+
+// Test generic middleware types
+type CustomRequest = Request<CustomParams>;
+type CustomResponse = Response<CustomResponseBody>;
+
+const typedMiddleware: Middleware<CustomRequest, CustomResponse> = (
+  req,
+  res,
+  next
+) => {
+  expectType<string>(req.params.id);
+  expectType<string>(req.params.userId);
+  expectType<void>(res.json({ success: true, message: 'middleware test' }));
+  next();
+};
+expectType<Middleware<CustomRequest, CustomResponse>>(typedMiddleware);
+
+// Test generic handler function types
+type FullCustomRequest = Request<CustomParams, CustomQuery, CustomBody>;
+
+const typedHandler: HandlerFunction<FullCustomRequest, CustomResponse> = (
+  req,
+  res
+) => {
+  expectType<string>(req.params.id);
+  expectType<string | undefined>(req.query.filter);
+  expectType<string>(req.body.name);
+  res.json({ success: true, message: `Hello ${req.body.name}` });
+};
+expectType<HandlerFunction<FullCustomRequest, CustomResponse>>(typedHandler);
+
+// Test generic error handling middleware
+const typedErrorMiddleware: ErrorHandlingMiddleware<
+  CustomRequest,
+  CustomResponse
+> = (error, req, res, next) => {
+  expectType<string>(req.params.id);
+  res.json({ success: false, message: error.message });
+};
+expectType<ErrorHandlingMiddleware<CustomRequest, CustomResponse>>(
+  typedErrorMiddleware
+);
+
 const apiGwV1Event: APIGatewayProxyEvent = {
   body: '{"test":"body"}',
   headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
@@ -265,3 +349,67 @@ expectType<ApiError>(apiError);
 expectType<string>(apiError.message);
 expectType<number | undefined>(apiError.code);
 expectType<any>(apiError.detail);
+
+// Test specific example from the GitHub issue
+interface MyDefinedRequest extends Request {
+  params: {
+    thingId: string;
+    anotherThingId: string;
+  };
+  context: Context & { metrics: any }; // MetricsLogger was not imported
+}
+
+interface MyDefinedResponseBody {
+  hello: string;
+  foo: string;
+}
+
+// Test the exact use case from the issue
+const issueExampleHandler = (
+  request: MyDefinedRequest,
+  response: Response<MyDefinedResponseBody>
+) => {
+  // request.params should be strongly typed
+  expectType<string>(request.params.thingId);
+  expectType<string>(request.params.anotherThingId);
+
+  // response.json should expect MyDefinedResponseBody
+  response.json({ hello: 'world', foo: 'bar' });
+
+  // This should cause a TypeScript error
+  expectError(response.json({ wrong: 'type' }));
+};
+
+expectType<
+  (request: MyDefinedRequest, response: Response<MyDefinedResponseBody>) => void
+>(issueExampleHandler);
+
+// Test backwards compatibility - default types should work the same as before
+const defaultReq = {} as Request;
+expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(defaultReq.params);
+expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(defaultReq.query);
+expectType<any>(defaultReq.body);
+
+const defaultRes = {} as Response;
+expectType<void>(defaultRes.json({ any: 'value' }));
+expectType<void>(defaultRes.send('any string'));
+expectType<void>(defaultRes.send({ any: 'object' }));
+
+const defaultMiddleware: Middleware = (req, res, next) => {
+  expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(req.params);
+  expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(req.query);
+  expectType<any>(req.body);
+  expectType<void>(res.json({ any: 'value' }));
+  expectType<void>(res.send('any'));
+  next();
+};
+expectType<Middleware>(defaultMiddleware);
+
+const defaultHandler: HandlerFunction = (req, res) => {
+  expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(req.params);
+  expectType<{ [key: string]: string | undefined }>(req.query);
+  expectType<any>(req.body);
+  expectType<void>(res.json({ any: 'value' }));
+  expectType<void>(res.send('any'));
+};
+expectType<HandlerFunction>(defaultHandler);