diff --git a/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts b/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
index 6641d3510f..6604784b20 100644
--- a/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/sinon/ts3.1/index.d.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ declare namespace Sinon {
          * The Promise library can be overwritten using the usingPromise method.
          * Since sinon@2.0.0
          */
-        resolves(value?: TReturnValue extends PromiseLike<infer TResolveValue> ? TResolveValue : never): SinonStub<TArgs, TReturnValue>;
+        resolves(value?: TReturnValue extends PromiseLike<infer TResolveValue> ? TResolveValue : any): SinonStub<TArgs, TReturnValue>;
         /**
          * Causes the stub to return a Promise which resolves to the argument at the provided index.
          * stub.resolvesArg(0); causes the stub to return a Promise which resolves to the first argument.
diff --git a/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts b/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
index c7bd7a6c9c..8a12a01aef 100644
--- a/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
+++ b/types/sinon/ts3.1/sinon-tests.ts
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ function testStub() {
         foo(arg: string): number { return 1; }
         promiseFunc() { return Promise.resolve('foo'); }
         promiseLikeFunc() { return Promise.resolve('foo') as PromiseLike<string>; }
+        unresolvableReturnFunc(): any { return Promise.resolve(); }
         fooDeep(arg: { s: string }): void { return undefined; }
     };
     const instance = new obj();
@@ -501,6 +502,11 @@ function testStub() {
 
     const promiseStub = sinon.stub(instance, 'promiseFunc');
     promiseStub.resolves('test');
+    promiseStub.resolves(123); // $ExpectError
+
+    const promiseUnresolvableReturn =
+        sinon.stub(instance, 'unresolvableReturnFunc');
+    promiseUnresolvableReturn.resolves(['anything', 123, true]);
 
     const promiseLikeStub = sinon.stub(instance, 'promiseLikeFunc');
     promiseLikeStub.resolves('test');