diff --git a/sqlmodel/main.py b/sqlmodel/main.py
index 661276b31d..ac409ac6a2 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/main.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/main.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 from .sql.sqltypes import GUID, AutoString
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
+_Model = TypeVar("_Model", bound="SQLModel")
 
 
 def __dataclass_transform__(
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ def __setattr__(self, name: str, value: Any) -> None:
                 super().__setattr__(name, value)
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_orm(cls: Type["SQLModel"], obj: Any, update: Dict[str, Any] = None):
+    def from_orm(cls: Type["_Model"], obj: Any, update: Dict[str, Any] = None) -> "_Model":
         # Duplicated from Pydantic
         if not cls.__config__.orm_mode:
             raise ConfigError(
@@ -554,8 +555,8 @@ def from_orm(cls: Type["SQLModel"], obj: Any, update: Dict[str, Any] = None):
 
     @classmethod
     def parse_obj(
-        cls: Type["SQLModel"], obj: Any, update: Dict[str, Any] = None
-    ) -> "SQLModel":
+        cls: Type["_Model"], obj: Any, update: Dict[str, Any] = None
+    ) -> "_Model":
         obj = cls._enforce_dict_if_root(obj)
         # SQLModel, support update dict
         if update is not None:
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ def __repr_args__(self) -> Sequence[Tuple[Optional[str], Any]]:
 
     # From Pydantic, override to enforce validation with dict
     @classmethod
-    def validate(cls: Type["SQLModel"], value: Any) -> "SQLModel":
+    def validate(cls: Type["_Model"], value: Any) -> "_Model":
         if isinstance(value, cls):
             return value.copy() if cls.__config__.copy_on_model_validation else value