diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
index c95b2d09e386e..b3afc1a60c495 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from deprecated import deprecated
-from typing_extensions import Literal
+from typing_extensions import Literal, overload
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pandas as pd
@@ -1071,6 +1071,28 @@ def _get_polars_df(  # type: ignore
         df = pl.DataFrame(res["data"], schema=[c[0] for c in res["header"]], orient="row", **kwargs)
         return df
 
+    @overload  # type: ignore[override]
+    def get_df(
+        self,
+        sql: str,
+        schema: str = "default",
+        hive_conf: dict[Any, Any] | None = None,
+        *,
+        df_type: Literal["pandas"] = "pandas",
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> pd.DataFrame: ...
+
+    @overload  # type: ignore[override]
+    def get_df(
+        self,
+        sql: str,
+        schema: str = "default",
+        hive_conf: dict[Any, Any] | None = None,
+        *,
+        df_type: Literal["polars"],
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> pl.DataFrame: ...
+
     def get_df(  # type: ignore
         self,
         sql: str,
diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/hooks/test_hive.py b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/hooks/test_hive.py
index 39efcb71ebe8c..b7d87f49046c3 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/hooks/test_hive.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/hooks/test_hive.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pandas as pd
+import polars as pl
 import pytest
 from hmsclient import HMSClient
 
@@ -737,8 +738,10 @@ def test_get_df(self, df_type):
         assert len(df) == 2
         if df_type == "pandas":
             assert df["hive_server_hook.a"].values.tolist() == [1, 2]
+            assert isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame)
         elif df_type == "polars":
             assert df["hive_server_hook.a"].to_list() == [1, 2]
+            assert isinstance(df, pl.DataFrame)
         date_key = "logical_date" if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS else "execution_date"
         hook.get_conn.assert_called_with(self.database)
         hook.mock_cursor.execute.assert_any_call("set airflow.ctx.dag_id=test_dag_id")