diff --git a/src/Type/Pest/HigherOrderExpectationTypeExtension.php b/src/Type/Pest/HigherOrderExpectationTypeExtension.php
index 2f72220..22cafb5 100644
--- a/src/Type/Pest/HigherOrderExpectationTypeExtension.php
+++ b/src/Type/Pest/HigherOrderExpectationTypeExtension.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\ExpressionTypeResolverExtension;
 use PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\MixedType;
+use PHPStan\Type\NeverType;
 use PHPStan\Type\NullType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function getType(Expr $expr, Scope $scope): ?Type
     {
+        if (($expr instanceof PropertyFetch || $expr instanceof MethodCall)
+            && (new NeverType)->isSuperTypeOf($scope->getType($expr->var))->yes()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if ($expr instanceof PropertyFetch) {
             return $this->resolvePropertyFetch($expr, $scope);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Type/ExpectTypeTest.php b/tests/Type/ExpectTypeTest.php
index 583c1a7..ccb4808 100644
--- a/tests/Type/ExpectTypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Type/ExpectTypeTest.php
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
     yield from TestCase::gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__.'/data/higher-order-exhaustive.php');
 });
 
+test('never receiver is not an expectation', function (string $assertType, string $file, mixed ...$args): void {
+    $this->assertFileAsserts($assertType, $file, ...$args);
+})->with(function (): Iterator {
+    yield from TestCase::gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__.'/data/never-receiver.php');
+});
+
 test('exhaustive test call types', function (string $assertType, string $file, mixed ...$args): void {
     $this->assertFileAsserts($assertType, $file, ...$args);
 })->with(function (): Iterator {
diff --git a/tests/Type/data/never-receiver.php b/tests/Type/data/never-receiver.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35721db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Type/data/never-receiver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace NeverReceiver;
+
+use Tests\Type\Fixtures\Post;
+
+use function PHPStan\Testing\assertType;
+
+/**
+ * @param  never  $value
+ */
+function testPropertyFetchOnNever(mixed $value): void
+{
+    assertType('*ERROR*', $value->title);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param  never  $value
+ */
+function testMethodCallOnNever(mixed $value): void
+{
+    assertType('*ERROR*', $value->getTitle());
+}
+
+function testRealExpectationIsUnaffected(): void
+{
+    $post = new Post;
+    assertType('Pest\Expectations\HigherOrderExpectation<Pest\Expectation<Tests\Type\Fixtures\Post>, string>', expect($post)->title);
+}