diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
index f88bda659b4..5ac917e0f92 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ private static bool IsInTypeContext(SimpleNameSyntax name) =>
                     { RawKind: (int)SyntaxKind.ParenthesizedLambdaExpression } x => ((ParenthesizedLambdaExpressionSyntaxWrapper)x).ReturnType == name,
                     { RawKind: (int)SyntaxKindEx.FileScopedNamespaceDeclaration } x => ((FileScopedNamespaceDeclarationSyntaxWrapper)x).Name == name,
                     { RawKind: (int)SyntaxKindEx.TupleElement } x => ((TupleElementSyntaxWrapper)x).Type == name,
+                    { RawKind: (int)SyntaxKindEx.RefType } x => ((RefTypeSyntaxWrapper)x).Type == name,
                     _ => false,
                 };
         }
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
index 702df1c1265..26fd7c38080 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
@@ -635,6 +635,27 @@ public void M()
               }
               """, allowSemanticModel, ignoreCompilationErrors);
 
+    [DataTestMethod]
+    [DataRow("[t:Int32]", false)]
+    [DataRow("[t:Int32]?", false)]
+    [DataRow("System.[t:Int32]", false)]
+    [DataRow("System.Nullable<[t:Int32]>", false)]
+    [DataRow("[t:T]", false)]
+    public void IdentifierToken_Type_Ref(string refTypeName, bool allowSemanticModel = true) =>
+        ClassifierTestHarness.AssertTokenTypes($$"""
+            using System;
+
+            public class Test<T>
+            {
+                {{refTypeName}} item;
+                
+                public ref {{refTypeName}} M()
+                {
+                    return ref item;
+                }
+            }
+            """, allowSemanticModel);
+
 #endif
 
     [DataTestMethod]