diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/event_source.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/event_source.py
index 6096e3ae7bc..58c8be968f5 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/event_source.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/utilities/data_classes/event_source.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol, TypeVar, cast
 
 from aws_lambda_powertools.middleware_factory import lambda_handler_decorator
 
@@ -10,14 +10,30 @@
     from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.data_classes.common import DictWrapper
     from aws_lambda_powertools.utilities.typing import LambdaContext
 
+DataClassT = TypeVar("DataClassT", bound="DictWrapper")
+OutputT = TypeVar("OutputT")
+
+
+class _EventSourceDecorator(Protocol):
+    """Annotation of event_source, that lambda_handler_decorator erases at runtime."""
+
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        data_class: type[DataClassT],
+    ) -> Callable[
+        [Callable[[DataClassT, LambdaContext], OutputT]],
+        Callable[[dict[str, Any], LambdaContext], OutputT],
+    ]: ...
+
 
 @lambda_handler_decorator
-def event_source(
-    handler: Callable[[Any, LambdaContext], Any],
+def _event_source(
+    handler: Callable[[Any, LambdaContext], OutputT],
     event: dict[str, Any],
     context: LambdaContext,
-    data_class: type[DictWrapper],
-):
+    data_class: type[DataClassT],
+) -> OutputT:
     """Middleware to create an instance of the passed in event source data class
 
     Parameters
@@ -43,3 +59,6 @@ def handler(event: S3Event, context):
              return {"key": event.object_key}
     """
     return handler(data_class(event), context)
+
+
+event_source = cast(_EventSourceDecorator, _event_source)
diff --git a/examples/event_sources/src/kinesis_firehose_response_exception.py b/examples/event_sources/src/kinesis_firehose_response_exception.py
index 43ba3a039b2..5363107eea8 100644
--- a/examples/event_sources/src/kinesis_firehose_response_exception.py
+++ b/examples/event_sources/src/kinesis_firehose_response_exception.py
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 
 
 @event_source(data_class=KinesisFirehoseEvent)
-def lambda_handler(event: dict, context: LambdaContext):
-    firehose_event = KinesisFirehoseEvent(event)
+def lambda_handler(event: KinesisFirehoseEvent, context: LambdaContext):
     result = KinesisFirehoseDataTransformationResponse()
 
-    for record in firehose_event.records:
+    for record in event.records:
         try:
             payload = record.data_as_text  # base64 decoded data as str