diff --git a/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/context.ts b/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/context.ts
index 28ddb3cc154e..b01e7b8665f7 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/context.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/context.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,17 @@ import type { Scope, SourceCode } from '../ts-eslint';
 import type { RuleContext } from '../ts-eslint/Rule';
 import type { TSESTree } from '../ts-estree';
 
-export function getAncestors(
-  context: Readonly<RuleContext<string, unknown[]>>,
-): TSESTree.Node[] {
+export function getAncestors(context: Readonly<RuleContext>): TSESTree.Node[] {
   // TODO: Use `SourceCode#getAncestors` (we'll be forced to soon)
   return context.getAncestors();
 }
 
-export function getCwd(
-  context: Readonly<RuleContext<string, unknown[]>>,
-): string {
+export function getCwd(context: Readonly<RuleContext>): string {
   return context.cwd ?? context.getCwd();
 }
 
 export function getDeclaredVariables(
-  context: Readonly<RuleContext<string, unknown[]>>,
+  context: Readonly<RuleContext>,
   node: TSESTree.Node,
 ): readonly Scope.Variable[] {
   const sourceCode = getSourceCode(context);
@@ -29,9 +25,7 @@ export function getDeclaredVariables(
   );
 }
 
-export function getFilename(
-  context: Readonly<RuleContext<string, unknown[]>>,
-): string {
+export function getFilename(context: Readonly<RuleContext>): string {
   return context.filename ?? context.getFilename();
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/getParserServices.ts b/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/getParserServices.ts
index 485860036c63..6ecc7add2fd9 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/getParserServices.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/eslint-utils/getParserServices.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function getParserServices<
 ): ParserServices;
 
 function getParserServices(
-  context: Readonly<TSESLint.RuleContext<string, unknown[]>>,
+  context: Readonly<TSESLint.RuleContext>,
   allowWithoutFullTypeInformation = false,
 ): ParserServices {
   // This check is unnecessary if the user is using the latest version of our parser.
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/ts-eslint/Rule.ts b/packages/utils/src/ts-eslint/Rule.ts
index 65f2928e3977..c0f849347bdb 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/ts-eslint/Rule.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/ts-eslint/Rule.ts
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ type ReportDescriptor<TMessageIds extends string> =
 type SharedConfigurationSettings = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 interface RuleContext<
-  TMessageIds extends string,
-  TOptions extends readonly unknown[],
+  TMessageIds extends string = string,
+  TOptions extends readonly unknown[] = unknown[],
 > {
   /**
    * The rule ID.