diff --git a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
index d34ba70d4bc..4a6e8421d91 100644
--- a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
+++ b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\ArrayType;
 use PHPStan\Type\FileTypeMapper;
 use PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType;
+use PHPStan\Type\Generic\TemplateTypeVariance;
 use PHPStan\Type\IsSuperTypeOfResult;
 use PHPStan\Type\MixedType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use PHPStan\Type\TypeTraverser;
 use PHPStan\Type\TypeUtils;
 use PHPStan\Type\VerbosityLevel;
 use function array_key_exists;
+use function array_map;
 use function count;
 use function is_string;
 use function sprintf;
@@ -182,6 +185,17 @@ private function isValidSuperType(Scope $scope, Type $type, Type $varTagType, in
 			return $this->isSuperTypeOfVarType($scope, $type, $varTagType);
 		}
 
+		$type = TypeTraverser::map($type, static function (Type $type, callable $traverse): Type {
+			if ($type instanceof GenericObjectType) {
+				$type = $type->changeVariances(array_map(
+					static fn (TemplateTypeVariance $variance) => $variance->invariant() ? TemplateTypeVariance::createCovariant() : $variance,
+					$type->getVariances(),
+				));
+			}
+
+			return $traverse($type);
+		});
+
 		if ($type->isConstantArray()->yes()) {
 			if ($type->isIterableAtLeastOnce()->no()) {
 				$type = new ArrayType(new MixedType(), new MixedType());
diff --git a/src/Type/Generic/GenericObjectType.php b/src/Type/Generic/GenericObjectType.php
index 63a10119e8a..7ee37d6d413 100644
--- a/src/Type/Generic/GenericObjectType.php
+++ b/src/Type/Generic/GenericObjectType.php
@@ -403,6 +403,14 @@ protected function recreate(string $className, array $types, ?Type $subtractedTy
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param TemplateTypeVariance[] $variances
+	 */
+	public function changeVariances(array $variances): self
+	{
+		return $this->recreate($this->getClassName(), $this->getTypes(), $this->getSubtractedType(), $variances);
+	}
+
 	public function changeSubtractedType(?Type $subtractedType): Type
 	{
 		$result = parent::changeSubtractedType($subtractedType);
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
index 2fc2aaf3203..008f0ed3121 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ public function testBug12457(): void
 		]);
 	}
 
-	public function testGenericSubtype(): void
+	public function testGenericSubtypeWithStrictCheck(): void
 	{
 		$this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType = true;
 		$this->strictWideningCheck = true;
@@ -601,6 +601,22 @@ public function testGenericSubtype(): void
 				131,
 				'Template type E on class GenericSubtype\IRepository is not covariant. Learn more: <fg=cyan>https://phpstan.org/blog/whats-up-with-template-covariant</>',
 			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type GenericSubtype\Collection<int> is not subtype of type GenericSubtype\Collection<string>.',
+				162,
+			],
+		]);
+	}
+
+	public function testGenericSubtypeWithoutStrictCheck(): void
+	{
+		$this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType = true;
+		$this->strictWideningCheck = false;
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/generic-subtype.php'], [
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type GenericSubtype\Collection<int> is not subtype of type GenericSubtype\Collection<string>.',
+				162,
+			],
 		]);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php
index adc29e95b15..1bc8a174b41 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/generic-subtype.php
@@ -146,3 +146,19 @@ protected function getTargetRepository(): IRepository
 	 */
 	protected function test($repository): void {}
 }
+
+/** @template T */
+class Collection
+{
+}
+
+abstract class AlwaysFail
+{
+	/** @return Collection<string> */
+	abstract public function getCollection(): Collection;
+
+	public function test(): void {
+		/** @var Collection<int> $collection */
+		$collection = $this->getCollection();
+	}
+}