diff --git a/docs/5.migration/0.index.md b/docs/5.migration/0.index.md
index dddda0383..28463a040 120000
--- a/docs/5.migration/0.index.md
+++ b/docs/5.migration/0.index.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-../../MIGRATION.md
\ No newline at end of file
+../../MIGRATION.md
diff --git a/src/h3.ts b/src/h3.ts
index 322914ac8..8a2ea0318 100644
--- a/src/h3.ts
+++ b/src/h3.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ import { toResponse, kNotFound } from "./response.ts";
 import { callMiddleware, normalizeMiddleware } from "./middleware.ts";
 
 import type { ServerRequest } from "srvx";
-import type { H3Config, H3CoreConfig, H3Plugin, MatchedRoute, RouterContext } from "./types/h3.ts";
+import type {
+  H3Config,
+  H3CoreConfig,
+  H3Plugin,
+  H3Response,
+  MatchedRoute,
+  RouterContext,
+} from "./types/h3.ts";
 import type { H3EventContext } from "./types/context.ts";
 import type {
   EventHandler,
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ export class H3Core implements H3CoreType {
     this.handler = this.handler.bind(this);
   }
 
-  fetch(request: ServerRequest): Response | Promise<Response> {
+  fetch(request: ServerRequest): H3Response | Promise<H3Response> {
     return this["~request"](request);
   }
 
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ export class H3Core implements H3CoreType {
       : routeHandler(event);
   }
 
-  "~request"(request: ServerRequest, context?: H3EventContext): Response | Promise<Response> {
+  "~request"(request: ServerRequest, context?: H3EventContext): H3Response | Promise<H3Response> {
     // Create a new event instance
     const event = new H3Event(request, context, this as unknown as H3Type);
 
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ export const H3 = /* @__PURE__ */ (() => {
       _req: ServerRequest | URL | string,
       _init?: RequestInit,
       context?: H3EventContext,
-    ): Response | Promise<Response> {
+    ): H3Response | Promise<H3Response> {
       return this["~request"](toRequest(_req, _init), context);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 827dedddd..6c882f602 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export type {
   H3Config,
   H3CoreConfig,
   H3Plugin,
+  H3Response,
   H3Route,
   H3RouteMeta,
   HTTPMethod,
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ export {
   type WebSocketHooks,
   type WebSocketPeer,
   type WebSocketMessage,
+  type WebSocketResponse,
   defineWebSocketHandler,
   defineWebSocket,
 } from "./utils/ws.ts";
diff --git a/src/response.ts b/src/response.ts
index b572a7002..f9ab0b879 100644
--- a/src/response.ts
+++ b/src/response.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { FastResponse } from "srvx";
 import { HTTPError } from "./error.ts";
 import { isJSONSerializable } from "./utils/internal/object.ts";
 
-import type { H3Config } from "./types/h3.ts";
+import type { H3Config, H3Response } from "./types/h3.ts";
 import { kEventRes, kEventResHeaders, type H3Event } from "./event.ts";
 
 export const kNotFound: symbol = /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol.for("h3.notFound");
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ export function toResponse(
   val: unknown,
   event: H3Event,
   config: H3Config = {},
-): Response | Promise<Response> {
+): H3Response | Promise<H3Response> {
   if (typeof (val as PromiseLike<unknown>)?.then === "function") {
     return ((val as Promise<unknown>).catch?.((error) => error) || Promise.resolve(val)).then(
       (resolvedVal) => toResponse(resolvedVal, event, config),
-    ) as Promise<Response>;
+    ) as Promise<H3Response>;
   }
 
   const response = prepareResponse(val, event, config);
diff --git a/src/types/h3.ts b/src/types/h3.ts
index fae2f8c19..36d50d1b7 100644
--- a/src/types/h3.ts
+++ b/src/types/h3.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { MaybePromise } from "./_utils.ts";
 import type { FetchHandler, ServerRequest } from "srvx";
 // import type { MatchedRoute, RouterContext } from "rou3";
 import type { H3Event } from "../event.ts";
+import type { Hooks as WebSocketHooks } from "crossws";
 
 // Inlined from rou3 for type portability
 export interface RouterContext {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export type MatchedRoute<T = any> = {
 
 // https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7231#section-4.1
 // prettier-ignore
-export type HTTPMethod =  "GET" | "HEAD" | "PATCH" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE" | "CONNECT" | "OPTIONS" | "TRACE";
+export type HTTPMethod = "GET" | "HEAD" | "PATCH" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE" | "CONNECT" | "OPTIONS" | "TRACE";
 
 export interface H3Config {
   /**
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ export interface H3Config {
 
 export type H3CoreConfig = Omit<H3Config, "plugins">;
 
+/**
+ * Response type returned by H3 fetch methods.
+ *
+ * Extends standard Response with an optional `.crossws` property that is present
+ * when the response originates from a WebSocket handler defined via `defineWebSocketHandler`.
+ */
+export type H3Response = Response & {
+  crossws?: Partial<WebSocketHooks> | Promise<Partial<WebSocketHooks>>;
+};
+
 export type PreparedResponse = ResponseInit & { body?: BodyInit | null };
 
 export interface H3RouteMeta {
@@ -103,7 +114,7 @@ export declare class H3Core {
    *
    * Returned value is a [Response](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) Promise.
    */
-  fetch(_request: ServerRequest): Response | Promise<Response>;
+  fetch(_request: ServerRequest): H3Response | Promise<H3Response>;
 
   /**
    * An h3 compatible event handler useful to compose multiple h3 app instances.
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ export declare class H3Core {
   handler(event: H3Event): unknown | Promise<unknown>;
 
   /** @internal */
-  "~request"(request: ServerRequest, context?: H3EventContext): Response | Promise<Response>;
+  "~request"(request: ServerRequest, context?: H3EventContext): H3Response | Promise<H3Response>;
 
   /** @internal */
   "~findRoute"(_event: H3Event): MatchedRoute<H3Route> | void;
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ export declare class H3 extends H3Core {
     request: ServerRequest | URL | string,
     options?: RequestInit,
     context?: H3EventContext,
-  ): Response | Promise<Response>;
+  ): H3Response | Promise<H3Response>;
 
   /**
    * Register a global middleware.
diff --git a/src/utils/ws.ts b/src/utils/ws.ts
index 3cb038826..746f84a5f 100644
--- a/src/utils/ws.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ws.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { defineHandler } from "../handler.ts";
 
 import type { Hooks as WebSocketHooks } from "crossws";
 import type { H3Event } from "../event.ts";
-import type { EventHandler } from "../types/handler.ts";
+import type { EventHandler, EventHandlerRequest } from "../types/handler.ts";
 
 export type {
   Hooks as WebSocketHooks,
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ export type {
   Peer as WebSocketPeer,
 } from "crossws";
 
+/**
+ * WebSocket response type with crossws hooks attached.
+ *
+ * This type represents a Response object augmented with WebSocket hooks.
+ * The `.crossws` property is used by CrossWS server plugins.
+ *
+ * @see https://h3.dev/guide/websocket
+ */
+export type WebSocketResponse = Response & {
+  crossws: Partial<WebSocketHooks> | Promise<Partial<WebSocketHooks>>;
+};
+
 /**
  * Define WebSocket hooks.
  *
@@ -28,8 +40,8 @@ export function defineWebSocketHandler(
   hooks:
     | Partial<WebSocketHooks>
     | ((event: H3Event) => Partial<WebSocketHooks> | Promise<Partial<WebSocketHooks>>),
-): EventHandler {
-  return defineHandler(function _webSocketHandler(event) {
+): EventHandler<EventHandlerRequest, WebSocketResponse> {
+  return defineHandler<EventHandlerRequest, WebSocketResponse>(function _webSocketHandler(event) {
     const crossws = typeof hooks === "function" ? hooks(event) : hooks;
 
     return Object.assign(
@@ -39,6 +51,6 @@ export function defineWebSocketHandler(
       {
         crossws,
       },
-    );
+    ) as WebSocketResponse;
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/types.test-d.ts b/test/unit/types.test-d.ts
index e34682b33..12c6c237c 100644
--- a/test/unit/types.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/unit/types.test-d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import type { H3Event } from "../../src/index.ts";
+import type { H3Event, WebSocketResponse, H3Response } from "../../src/index.ts";
 import { describe, it, expectTypeOf } from "vitest";
 import {
+  H3,
   defineHandler,
+  defineWebSocketHandler,
   getQuery,
   readBody,
   readValidatedBody,
@@ -123,4 +125,22 @@ describe("types", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("defineWebSocketHandler", () => {
+    it("should return a handler with a typed crossws property", () => {
+      const handler = defineWebSocketHandler({ message: () => {} });
+      const result = handler({} as H3Event);
+      expectTypeOf(result).toHaveProperty("crossws");
+      expectTypeOf(result.crossws).toEqualTypeOf<WebSocketResponse["crossws"]>();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("app.fetch", () => {
+    it("should return H3Response with optional crossws", async () => {
+      const app = new H3();
+      const res = await app.fetch(new Request("http://localhost"));
+      expectTypeOf(res).toEqualTypeOf<H3Response>();
+      expectTypeOf(res.crossws).toEqualTypeOf<H3Response["crossws"]>();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/ws.test.ts b/test/ws.test.ts
index 3c666d1f4..1215bc86a 100644
--- a/test/ws.test.ts
+++ b/test/ws.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe("defineWebSocketHandler", () => {
     expect(res).toBeInstanceOf(Response);
     expect((res as Response).status).toBe(426);
     // expect((res as Response).statusText).toBe("Upgrade Required");
-    expect((res as any).crossws).toEqual(hooks);
+    expect(res.crossws).toEqual(hooks);
   });
 
   it("should attach the provided hooks with function argument", () => {
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ describe("defineWebSocketHandler", () => {
     expect(res).toBeInstanceOf(Response);
     expect((res as Response).status).toBe(426);
     // expect((res as Response).statusText).toBe("Upgrade Required");
-    expect((res as any).crossws).toEqual(hooks);
+    expect(res.crossws).toEqual(hooks);
   });
 });