diff --git a/tests/config/test_application.py b/tests/config/test_application.py
index fc0ec291..bbac2743 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_application.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_application.py
@@ -986,6 +986,14 @@ def test_get_logger_after_application():
     assert traitlets.log.get_logger() is fallback
 
 
+def test_application_get_type_hints():
+    import typing
+
+    hints = typing.get_type_hints(Application)
+    assert "subcommands" in hints
+    assert "argv" in hints
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # for test_help_output:
     MyApp.launch_instance()
diff --git a/traitlets/traitlets.py b/traitlets/traitlets.py
index 2cc239c1..26831773 100644
--- a/traitlets/traitlets.py
+++ b/traitlets/traitlets.py
@@ -3880,7 +3880,7 @@ def subclass_init(self, cls: type[t.Any]) -> None:
         # to opt out of instance_init
 
 
-class Dict(Instance["dict[K, V]"]):
+class Dict(Instance["dict[K, V]"], t.Generic[K, V]):
     """An instance of a Python dict.
 
     One or more traits can be passed to the constructor