diff --git a/src/sentry/models/release.py b/src/sentry/models/release.py
index c46815aff0740..8203d575b71bd 100644
--- a/src/sentry/models/release.py
+++ b/src/sentry/models/release.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _get_cache_key(project_id: int, group_id: int, first: bool) -> str:
 
 
 class ReleaseModelManager(BaseManager["Release"]):
-    def get_queryset(self):
+    def get_queryset(self) -> ReleaseQuerySet:
         return ReleaseQuerySet(self.model, using=self._db)
 
     def annotate_prerelease_column(self):
diff --git a/src/sentry/models/releases/util.py b/src/sentry/models/releases/util.py
index 5c93f1435b5ea..b0d86ebfd60d6 100644
--- a/src/sentry/models/releases/util.py
+++ b/src/sentry/models/releases/util.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import Case, F, Func, Q, Subquery, Value, When
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@
 from sentry.models.releases.release_project import ReleaseProject
 from sentry.utils.numbers import validate_bigint
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sentry.models.release import Release  # noqa: F401
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ class SemverFilter:
     negated: bool = False
 
 
-class ReleaseQuerySet(BaseQuerySet):
+class ReleaseQuerySet(BaseQuerySet["Release"]):
     def annotate_prerelease_column(self):
         """
         Adds a `prerelease_case` column to the queryset which is used to properly sort
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ def filter_by_semver_build(
         build: str,
         project_ids: Sequence[int] | None = None,
         negated: bool = False,
-    ) -> models.QuerySet:
+    ) -> Self:
         """
         Filters released by build. If the passed `build` is a numeric string, we'll filter on
         `build_number` and make use of the passed operator.
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ def filter_by_semver(
         organization_id: int,
         semver_filter: SemverFilter,
         project_ids: Sequence[int] | None = None,
-    ) -> models.QuerySet:
+    ) -> Self:
         """
         Filters releases based on a based `SemverFilter` instance.
         `SemverFilter.version_parts` can contain up to 6 components, which should map
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ def filter_by_stage(
         value,
         project_ids: Sequence[int] | None = None,
         environments: list[str] | None = None,
-    ) -> models.QuerySet:
+    ) -> Self:
         from sentry.models.releaseprojectenvironment import ReleaseProjectEnvironment, ReleaseStages
         from sentry.search.events.filter import to_list
 
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ def filter_by_stage(
         qs = self.filter(id__in=Subquery(rpes.filter(query).values_list("release_id", flat=True)))
         return qs
 
-    def order_by_recent(self):
+    def order_by_recent(self) -> Self:
         return self.order_by("-date_added", "-id")
 
     @staticmethod