diff --git a/examples/react/src/examples/CustomNode/index.tsx b/examples/react/src/examples/CustomNode/index.tsx
index 772d4ddd..32bf34a0 100644
--- a/examples/react/src/examples/CustomNode/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/src/examples/CustomNode/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   OnNodesChange,
   OnConnect,
   OnBeforeDelete,
+  BuiltInNode,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 
 import ColorSelectorNode from './ColorSelectorNode';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export type ColorSelectorNode = Node<
   { color: string; onChange: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void },
   'selectorNode'
 >;
-export type MyNode = Node | ColorSelectorNode;
+export type MyNode = BuiltInNode | ColorSelectorNode;
 
 const onInit: OnInit<MyNode> = (reactFlowInstance) => {
   console.log('flow loaded:', reactFlowInstance);
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ const CustomNodeFlow = () => {
     const onChange = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
       setNodes((nds) =>
         nds.map((node) => {
-          if (node.id !== '2') {
+          if (node.id !== '2' || node.type !== 'selectorNode') {
             return node;
           }
 
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ const CustomNodeFlow = () => {
       maxZoom={2}
       onBeforeDelete={onBeforeDelete}
     >
-      <MiniMap
+      <MiniMap<MyNode>
         nodeStrokeColor={(n: MyNode): string => {
           if (n.type === 'input') return '#0041d0';
           if (n.type === 'selectorNode') return bgColor;
diff --git a/examples/react/src/examples/UseNodesData/index.tsx b/examples/react/src/examples/UseNodesData/index.tsx
index d99ddb43..b9bc68f1 100644
--- a/examples/react/src/examples/UseNodesData/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/src/examples/UseNodesData/index.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import UppercaseNode from './UppercaseNode';
 export type TextNode = Node<{ text: string }, 'text'>;
 export type ResultNode = Node<{}, 'result'>;
 export type UppercaseNode = Node<{}, 'uppercase'>;
-export type MyNode = Node | TextNode | ResultNode | UppercaseNode;
+export type MyNode = TextNode | ResultNode | UppercaseNode;
 
 const nodeTypes = {
   text: TextNode,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMap.tsx b/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMap.tsx
index cd3f64ae..60caca1b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMap.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMap.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { getNodesBounds, getBoundsOfRects, XYMinimap, type Rect, type XYMinimapI
 
 import { useStore, useStoreApi } from '../../hooks/useStore';
 import { Panel } from '../../components/Panel';
-import type { ReactFlowState } from '../../types';
+import type { ReactFlowState, Node } from '../../types';
 
 import MiniMapNodes from './MiniMapNodes';
 import type { MiniMapProps } from './types';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const selector = (s: ReactFlowState) => {
 
 const ARIA_LABEL_KEY = 'react-flow__minimap-desc';
 
-function MiniMapComponent({
+function MiniMapComponent<NodeType extends Node = Node>({
   style,
   className,
   nodeStrokeColor,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function MiniMapComponent({
   inversePan,
   zoomStep = 10,
   offsetScale = 5,
-}: MiniMapProps) {
+}: MiniMapProps<NodeType>) {
   const store = useStoreApi();
   const svg = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null);
   const { boundingRect, viewBB, rfId, panZoom, translateExtent, flowWidth, flowHeight } = useStore(selector, shallow);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function MiniMapComponent({
 
   const onSvgNodeClick = onNodeClick
     ? useCallback((event: MouseEvent, nodeId: string) => {
-        const node = store.getState().nodeLookup.get(nodeId)!;
+        const node = store.getState().nodeLookup.get(nodeId)! as NodeType;
         onNodeClick(event, node);
       }, [])
     : undefined;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function MiniMapComponent({
         onClick={onSvgClick}
       >
         {ariaLabel && <title id={labelledBy}>{ariaLabel}</title>}
-        <MiniMapNodes
+        <MiniMapNodes<NodeType>
           onClick={onSvgNodeClick}
           nodeColor={nodeColor}
           nodeStrokeColor={nodeStrokeColor}
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ function MiniMapComponent({
 
 MiniMapComponent.displayName = 'MiniMap';
 
-export const MiniMap = memo(MiniMapComponent);
+export const MiniMap = memo(MiniMapComponent) as typeof MiniMapComponent;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMapNodes.tsx b/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMapNodes.tsx
index 63851aad..0dfb8fff 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMapNodes.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/additional-components/MiniMap/MiniMapNodes.tsx
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import { shallow } from 'zustand/shallow';
 
 import { useStore } from '../../hooks/useStore';
 import { MiniMapNode } from './MiniMapNode';
-import type { ReactFlowState } from '../../types';
+import type { ReactFlowState, Node } from '../../types';
 import type { MiniMapNodes as MiniMapNodesProps, GetMiniMapNodeAttribute, MiniMapNodeProps } from './types';
 
 declare const window: any;
 
 const selector = (s: ReactFlowState) => s.nodeOrigin;
 const selectorNodeIds = (s: ReactFlowState) => s.nodes.map((node) => node.id);
-const getAttrFunction = (func: any): GetMiniMapNodeAttribute => (func instanceof Function ? func : () => func);
+const getAttrFunction = <NodeType extends Node>(func: any): GetMiniMapNodeAttribute<NodeType> =>
+  func instanceof Function ? func : () => func;
 
-function MiniMapNodes({
+function MiniMapNodes<NodeType extends Node>({
   nodeStrokeColor,
   nodeColor,
   nodeClassName = '',
@@ -25,12 +26,12 @@ function MiniMapNodes({
   // a component properly.
   nodeComponent: NodeComponent = MiniMapNode,
   onClick,
-}: MiniMapNodesProps) {
+}: MiniMapNodesProps<NodeType>) {
   const nodeIds = useStore(selectorNodeIds, shallow);
   const nodeOrigin = useStore(selector);
-  const nodeColorFunc = getAttrFunction(nodeColor);
-  const nodeStrokeColorFunc = getAttrFunction(nodeStrokeColor);
-  const nodeClassNameFunc = getAttrFunction(nodeClassName);
+  const nodeColorFunc = getAttrFunction<NodeType>(nodeColor);
+  const nodeStrokeColorFunc = getAttrFunction<NodeType>(nodeStrokeColor);
+  const nodeClassNameFunc = getAttrFunction<NodeType>(nodeClassName);
 
   const shapeRendering = typeof window === 'undefined' || !!window.chrome ? 'crispEdges' : 'geometricPrecision';
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ function MiniMapNodes({
         // minimize the cost of updates when individual nodes change.
         //
         // For more details, see a similar commit in `NodeRenderer/index.tsx`.
-        <NodeComponentWrapper
+        <NodeComponentWrapper<NodeType>
           key={nodeId}
           id={nodeId}
           nodeOrigin={nodeOrigin}
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ function MiniMapNodes({
   );
 }
 
-const NodeComponentWrapper = memo(function NodeComponentWrapper({
+function NodeComponentWrapperInner<NodeType extends Node>({
   id,
   nodeOrigin,
   nodeColorFunc,
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@ const NodeComponentWrapper = memo(function NodeComponentWrapper({
 }: {
   id: string;
   nodeOrigin: NodeOrigin;
-  nodeColorFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute;
-  nodeStrokeColorFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute;
-  nodeClassNameFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute;
+  nodeColorFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute<NodeType>;
+  nodeStrokeColorFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute<NodeType>;
+  nodeClassNameFunc: GetMiniMapNodeAttribute<NodeType>;
   nodeBorderRadius: number;
   nodeStrokeWidth?: number;
   NodeComponent: ComponentType<MiniMapNodeProps>;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ const NodeComponentWrapper = memo(function NodeComponentWrapper({
   shapeRendering: string;
 }) {
   const { node, x, y } = useStore((s) => {
-    const node = s.nodeLookup.get(id);
+    const node = s.nodeLookup.get(id) as NodeType;
     const { x, y } = getNodePositionWithOrigin(node, node?.origin || nodeOrigin).positionAbsolute;
 
     return {
@@ -115,6 +116,8 @@ const NodeComponentWrapper = memo(function NodeComponentWrapper({
       id={node.id}
     />
   );
-});
+}
 
-export default memo(MiniMapNodes);
+const NodeComponentWrapper = memo(NodeComponentWrapperInner) as typeof NodeComponentWrapperInner;
+
+export default memo(MiniMapNodes) as typeof MiniMapNodes;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/types/nodes.ts b/packages/react/src/types/nodes.ts
index 9b28c78f..9ef7b9c3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/types/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/types/nodes.ts
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ export type NodeWrapperProps<NodeType extends Node> = {
   nodeOrigin: NodeOrigin;
   onError?: OnError;
 };
+
+export type BuiltInNode = Node<{ label: string }, 'input' | 'output' | 'default'>;