diff --git a/ninja/testing/client.py b/ninja/testing/client.py
index 759722fff..3409b8c66 100644
--- a/ninja/testing/client.py
+++ b/ninja/testing/client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from json import dumps as json_dumps
 from json import loads as json_loads
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Awaitable,
+    Callable,
+    Dict,
+    Generic,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    cast,
+    override,
+)
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
@@ -11,6 +25,8 @@
 from ninja.responses import NinjaJSONEncoder
 from ninja.responses import Response as HttpResponse
 
+ResponseT = TypeVar("ResponseT")
+
 
 def build_absolute_uri(location: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     base = "http://testlocation/"
@@ -23,7 +39,7 @@ def build_absolute_uri(location: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
 
 # TODO: this should be changed
 # maybe add here urlconf object and add urls from here
-class NinjaClientBase:
+class NinjaClientBase(Generic[ResponseT], ABC):
     __test__ = False  # <- skip pytest
 
     def __init__(
@@ -38,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def get(
         self, path: str, data: Optional[Dict] = None, **request_params: Any
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         return self.request("GET", path, data, **request_params)
 
     def post(
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@ def post(
         data: Optional[Dict] = None,
         json: Any = None,
         **request_params: Any,
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         return self.request("POST", path, data, json, **request_params)
 
     def patch(
@@ -56,7 +72,7 @@ def patch(
         data: Optional[Dict] = None,
         json: Any = None,
         **request_params: Any,
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         return self.request("PATCH", path, data, json, **request_params)
 
     def put(
@@ -65,7 +81,7 @@ def put(
         data: Optional[Dict] = None,
         json: Any = None,
         **request_params: Any,
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         return self.request("PUT", path, data, json, **request_params)
 
     def delete(
@@ -74,7 +90,7 @@ def delete(
         data: Optional[Dict] = None,
         json: Any = None,
         **request_params: Any,
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         return self.request("DELETE", path, data, json, **request_params)
 
     def request(
@@ -84,7 +100,7 @@ def request(
         data: Optional[Dict] = None,
         json: Any = None,
         **request_params: Any,
-    ) -> "NinjaResponse":
+    ) -> ResponseT:
         if json is not None:
             request_params["body"] = json_dumps(json, cls=NinjaJSONEncoder)
         if data is None:
@@ -100,7 +116,10 @@ def request(
                 **request_params.get("COOKIES", {}),
             }
         func, request, kwargs = self._resolve(method, path, data, request_params)
-        return self._call(func, request, kwargs)  # type: ignore
+        return self._call(func, request, kwargs)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _call(self, func: Callable, request: Mock, kwargs: Dict) -> ResponseT: ...
 
     @property
     def urls(self) -> List:
@@ -186,12 +205,14 @@ def _build_request(
         return request
 
 
-class TestClient(NinjaClientBase):
+class TestClient(NinjaClientBase["NinjaResponse"]):
+    @override
     def _call(self, func: Callable, request: Mock, kwargs: Dict) -> "NinjaResponse":
         return NinjaResponse(func(request, **kwargs))
 
 
-class TestAsyncClient(NinjaClientBase):
+class TestAsyncClient(NinjaClientBase[Awaitable["NinjaResponse"]]):
+    @override
     async def _call(
         self, func: Callable, request: Mock, kwargs: Dict
     ) -> "NinjaResponse":
@@ -206,7 +227,7 @@ def __init__(self, http_response: Union[HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse]):
         if self.streaming:
             self.content = b"".join(http_response.streaming_content)  # type: ignore
         else:
-            self.content = http_response.content
+            self.content = cast(HttpResponse, http_response).content
         self._data = None
 
     def json(self) -> Any: