diff --git a/benedict/dicts/base/base_dict.py b/benedict/dicts/base/base_dict.py
index 887191f9..8452768f 100644
--- a/benedict/dicts/base/base_dict.py
+++ b/benedict/dicts/base/base_dict.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     Reversible,
     ValuesView,
 )
-from typing import Any, Self
+from typing import Any, Self, overload
 
 from typing_extensions import TypeVar
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 _K = TypeVar("_K", default=str)
 _V = TypeVar("_V", default=Any)
+_D = TypeVar("_D")
 
 
 class BaseDict(dict[_K, _V]):
@@ -207,7 +208,16 @@ def dict(self) -> dict[_K, _V]:
             return self._dict
         return self
 
-    def get(self, key: _K, default: _V | None = None) -> _V | None:  # type: ignore[override]
+    @overload
+    def get(self, key: _K, default: None = None) -> _V | None: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def get(self, key: _K, default: _V) -> _V: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def get(self, key: _K, default: _D) -> _V | _D: ...
+
+    def get(self, key: _K, default: Any = None) -> Any:
         if self._dict is not None:
             return self._dict.get(key, default)
         return super().get(key, default)
@@ -222,11 +232,20 @@ def keys(self) -> KeysView[_K]:  # type: ignore[override]
             return self._dict.keys()
         return super().keys()
 
-    def pop(self, key: _K, *args: Any) -> _V:
+    @overload
+    def pop(self, key: _K) -> _V: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def pop(self, key: _K, default: _V, /) -> _V: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def pop(self, key: _K, default: _D, /) -> _V | _D: ...
+
+    def pop(self, key: _K, *args: Any) -> Any:
         self._check_frozen()
         if self._dict is not None:
-            return self._dict.pop(key, *args)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
-        return super().pop(key, *args)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+            return self._dict.pop(key, *args)
+        return super().pop(key, *args)
 
     def popitem(self) -> tuple[_K, _V]:
         self._check_frozen()
diff --git a/tests/dicts/base/test_base_dict.py b/tests/dicts/base/test_base_dict.py
index cc955a31..56f1aaf2 100644
--- a/tests/dicts/base/test_base_dict.py
+++ b/tests/dicts/base/test_base_dict.py
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ def test_init_readonly_mapping_with_keywords(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(source, {"existing": 1})
         self.assertIs(BaseDict(source).dict(), source)
 
+    def test_get_and_pop_preserve_default_types(self) -> None:
+        values = [BaseDict[str, int](found=3), BaseDict[str, int]({"found": 3})]
+        for value in values:
+            with self.subTest(wrapped=value._dict is not None):
+                assert_type(value.get("missing", "fallback"), int | str)
+                assert_type(value.get("missing"), int | None)
+                assert_type(value.get("found", 0), int)
+                self.assertEqual(value.get("missing", "fallback"), "fallback")
+                self.assertEqual(value.get("found", "fallback"), 3)
+                assert_type(value.pop("missing", "fallback"), int | str)
+                assert_type(value.pop("missing", None), int | None)
+                found = value.pop("found")
+                assert_type(found, int)
+                self.assertEqual(value.pop("missing", "fallback"), "fallback")
+                self.assertIsNone(value.pop("missing", None))
+                self.assertEqual(found, 3)
+
     def test_popitem(self) -> None:
         b = BaseDict(a=1, b=2)
         self.assertEqual(b.popitem(), ("b", 2))