diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
index 838211838ef..90fd45df71e 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
@@ -586,6 +586,18 @@ public function testBug12457(): void
 		]);
 	}
 
+	public function testGenericSubtype(): void
+	{
+		$this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType = true;
+		$this->strictWideningCheck = true;
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/generic-subtype.php'], [
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type GenericSubtype\IRepository<GenericSubtype\Foo> is not subtype of type GenericSubtype\IRepository<GenericSubtype\IEntity>.',
+				131,
+			],
+		]);
+	}
+
 	public function testNewIsAlwaysFinalClass(): void
 	{
 		$this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType = true;
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adc29e95b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<?php // lint >= 8.0
+
+namespace GenericSubtype;
+
+interface IEntity {
+	/**
+	 * @return IRepository<IEntity>
+	 */
+	public function getRepository(): IRepository;
+}
+
+interface IProperty {}
+
+interface IPropertyContainer extends IProperty {}
+
+/**
+ * @template E of IEntity
+ */
+interface IEntityAwareProperty extends IProperty {}
+
+/**
+ * @template E of IEntity
+ * @extends IEntityAwareProperty<E>
+ */
+interface IRelationshipContainer extends IPropertyContainer, IEntityAwareProperty {}
+
+interface IModel {
+	/**
+	 * @template E of IEntity
+	 * @template T of IRepository<E>
+	 * @param class-string<T> $className
+	 * @return T
+	 */
+	public function getRepository(string $className): IRepository;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @template E of IEntity
+ */
+interface IRepository {
+	public function getModel(): IModel;
+}
+
+class PropertyRelationshipMetadata {
+	/** @var class-string<IRepository<IEntity>> */
+	public string $repository;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @template E of IEntity
+ * @implements IRelationshipContainer<E>
+ */
+class HasOne implements IRelationshipContainer
+{
+	/** @var E|null */
+	protected ?IEntity $parent = null;
+
+	/** @var IRepository<E>|null */
+	protected ?IRepository $targetRepository = null;
+
+	protected PropertyRelationshipMetadata $metadataRelationship;
+
+	/**
+	 * @return E
+	 */
+	protected function getParentEntity(): IEntity
+	{
+		return $this->parent ?? throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Relationship is not attached to a parent entity.');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return IRepository<E>
+	 */
+	protected function getTargetRepository(): IRepository
+	{
+		if ($this->targetRepository === null) {
+			/** @var IRepository<E> $targetRepository */
+			$targetRepository = $this->getParentEntity()
+				->getRepository()
+				->getModel()
+				->getRepository($this->metadataRelationship->repository);
+
+			$this->test($targetRepository);
+
+			$this->targetRepository = $targetRepository;
+		}
+
+		return $this->targetRepository;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IRepository<IEntity>
+	 */
+	protected function test(): void {}
+}
+
+class Foo implements IEntity {
+	public function getRepository(): IRepository {
+		throw new \BadMethodCallException();
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * @implements IRelationshipContainer<Foo>
+ */
+class HasOne2 implements IRelationshipContainer
+{
+	/** @var Foo|null */
+	protected ?IEntity $parent = null;
+
+	/** @var IRepository<Foo>|null */
+	protected ?IRepository $targetRepository = null;
+
+	protected PropertyRelationshipMetadata $metadataRelationship;
+
+	/**
+	 * @return Foo
+	 */
+	protected function getParentEntity(): IEntity
+	{
+		return $this->parent ?? throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Relationship is not attached to a parent entity.');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return IRepository<Foo>
+	 */
+	protected function getTargetRepository(): IRepository
+	{
+		if ($this->targetRepository === null) {
+			/** @var IRepository<Foo> $targetRepository */
+			$targetRepository = $this->getParentEntity()
+				->getRepository()
+				->getModel()
+				->getRepository($this->metadataRelationship->repository);
+
+			$this->test($targetRepository);
+
+			$this->targetRepository = $targetRepository;
+		}
+
+		return $this->targetRepository;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IRepository<IEntity> $repository
+	 */
+	protected function test($repository): void {}
+}