From d230a3f208681e4a85eedd11bfec1918cce76322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ZeeshanTamboli <zeeshan.tamboli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:29:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add failing test case

---
 packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.spec.tsx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.spec.tsx b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.spec.tsx
index c52c946895b1db..979f67adcf5477 100644
--- a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.spec.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { expectType } from '@mui/types';
 import Tabs from '@mui/material/Tabs';
 import SvgIcon from '@mui/material/SvgIcon';
 
@@ -50,3 +51,10 @@ function SampleIcon() {
     }),
   }}
 />;
+
+// Test for ref type
+<Tabs
+  ref={(elem) => {
+    expectType<HTMLDivElement | null, typeof elem>(elem);
+  }}
+/>;

From 29ac6cada2a8226d4734c8e280e4b08d8b47d6ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ZeeshanTamboli <zeeshan.tamboli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:29:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix type

---
 packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.d.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.d.ts b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.d.ts
index 336208b9c72135..7a95571480ae53 100644
--- a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.d.ts
+++ b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { SxProps } from '@mui/system';
 import { SlotComponentProps } from '@mui/base';
 import { OverridableStringUnion } from '@mui/types';
 import { Theme } from '../styles';
-import ButtonBase from '../ButtonBase';
 import { TabScrollButtonProps } from '../TabScrollButton';
 import { OverridableComponent, OverrideProps } from '../OverridableComponent';
 import { TabsClasses } from './tabsClasses';
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export interface TabsOwnerState extends TabsProps {
 
 export interface TabsTypeMap<
   AdditionalProps = {},
-  DefaultComponent extends React.ElementType = typeof ButtonBase,
+  DefaultComponent extends React.ElementType = 'div',
 > {
   props: AdditionalProps & {
     /**