diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 570f1be4..3da7e831 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "ws": "8.10.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/http-proxy": "^1.17.9",
+    "@types/http-proxy": "^1.17.10",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
     "is-glob": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
index 20b3d342..f1465ff9 100644
--- a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
   private wsInternalSubscribed = false;
   private serverOnCloseSubscribed = false;
   private proxyOptions: Options<TReq, TRes>;
-  private proxy: httpProxy;
+  private proxy: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>;
   private pathRewriter;
 
   constructor(options: Options<TReq, TRes>) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
     }
   };
 
-  private registerPlugins(proxy: httpProxy, options: Options<TReq, TRes>) {
+  private registerPlugins(proxy: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>, options: Options<TReq, TRes>) {
     const plugins = getPlugins<TReq, TRes>(options);
     plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
       debug(`register plugin: "${getFunctionName(plugin)}"`);
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index f943ff6c..69c29728 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type Filter<TReq = http.IncomingMessage> =
   | ((pathname: string, req: TReq) => boolean);
 
 export interface Plugin<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
-  (proxyServer: httpProxy, options: Options<TReq, TRes>): void;
+  (proxyServer: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>, options: Options<TReq, TRes>): void;
 }
 
 export interface OnProxyEvent<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
diff --git a/test/types.spec.ts b/test/types.spec.ts
index 46257129..b575cc24 100644
--- a/test/types.spec.ts
+++ b/test/types.spec.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ describe('http-proxy-middleware TypeScript Types', () => {
       const proxy: RequestHandler<MyRequest, MyResponse> = middleware({
         target: 'http://www.example.org',
         on: {
+          error: (err: Error & { code?: string }, req, res) => {
+            err.code;
+          },
           proxyRes: responseInterceptor(async (buffer, proxyRes, req, res) => {
             req.myRequestParams;
             res.myResponseParams;
@@ -282,17 +285,47 @@ describe('http-proxy-middleware TypeScript Types', () => {
       expect(proxy).toBeDefined();
     });
 
-    it('should work with express.Request with fixRequestBody in plugins', () => {
-      const proxy: RequestHandler<express.Request> = middleware({
+    it('should work with generic types in plugins', () => {
+      const proxy: RequestHandler<express.Request, express.Response> = middleware({
         target: 'http://www.example.org',
         plugins: [
           (proxyServer, options) => {
-            proxyServer.on('proxyReq', fixRequestBody);
+            proxyServer.on('proxyReq', (proxyReq, req, res, options) => {
+              req.params;
+              res.status(200).send('OK');
+            });
           },
         ],
       });
 
       expect(proxy).toBeDefined();
     });
+
+    it('should work with contextual Express types with shipped plugins', () => {
+      const app = express();
+      app.use(
+        middleware({
+          target: 'http://www.example.org',
+          plugins: [
+            (proxyServer, options) => {
+              // fixRequestBody
+              proxyServer.on('proxyReq', fixRequestBody);
+
+              // responseInterceptor
+              proxyServer.on(
+                'proxyRes',
+                responseInterceptor(async (buffer, proxyRes, req, res) => {
+                  req.params;
+                  res.status(200).send('OK');
+                  return buffer;
+                })
+              );
+            },
+          ],
+        })
+      );
+
+      expect(app).toBeDefined();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6dad4993..819fb155 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -984,10 +984,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/http-proxy@^1.17.9":
-  version "1.17.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.17.9.tgz#7f0e7931343761efde1e2bf48c40f02f3f75705a"
-  integrity sha512-QsbSjA/fSk7xB+UXlCT3wHBy5ai9wOcNDWwZAtud+jXhwOM3l+EYZh8Lng4+/6n8uar0J7xILzqftJdJ/Wdfkw==
+"@types/http-proxy@^1.17.10":
+  version "1.17.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.17.10.tgz#e576c8e4a0cc5c6a138819025a88e167ebb38d6c"
+  integrity sha512-Qs5aULi+zV1bwKAg5z1PWnDXWmsn+LxIvUGv6E2+OOMYhclZMO+OXd9pYVf2gLykf2I7IV2u7oTHwChPNsvJ7g==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"