diff --git a/cubed/array_api/linalg.py b/cubed/array_api/linalg.py
index 91b25394..8ca57877 100644
--- a/cubed/array_api/linalg.py
+++ b/cubed/array_api/linalg.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from cubed.array_api.array_object import Array
 
 # These functions are in both the main and linalg namespaces
+from cubed.array_api.data_type_functions import result_type
 from cubed.array_api.linear_algebra_functions import (  # noqa: F401
     matmul,
     matrix_transpose,
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@
 
 
 def outer(x1, x2, /):
-    return blockwise(nxp.linalg.outer, "ij", x1, "i", x2, "j", dtype=x1.dtype)
+    return blockwise(
+        nxp.linalg.outer, "ij", x1, "i", x2, "j", dtype=result_type(x1, x2)
+    )
 
 
 class QRResult(NamedTuple):