diff --git a/src/Codeception/Command/DryRun.php b/src/Codeception/Command/DryRun.php
index ec7e977021..3760887a7a 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Command/DryRun.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Command/DryRun.php
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@
 use Codeception\Event\SuiteEvent;
 use Codeception\Event\TestEvent;
 use Codeception\Events;
+use Codeception\Step;
 use Codeception\Subscriber\Bootstrap as BootstrapLoader;
 use Codeception\Subscriber\Console as ConsolePrinter;
 use Codeception\SuiteManager;
 use Codeception\Test\Interfaces\ScenarioDriven;
 use Codeception\Test\Test;
-use Codeception\Util\Maybe;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 
@@ -75,13 +74,11 @@ public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         $dispatcher->addSubscriber(new BootstrapLoader());
 
         $suiteManager = new SuiteManager($dispatcher, $suite, $settings);
-        $moduleContainer = $suiteManager->getModuleContainer();
-        foreach (Configuration::modules($settings) as $module) {
-            $moduleContainer->mock($module, new Maybe());
-        }
         $suiteManager->loadTests($test);
         $tests = $suiteManager->getSuite()->tests();
 
+        Step::enableDryRun();
+
         $this->dispatch($dispatcher, Events::SUITE_INIT, new SuiteEvent($suiteManager->getSuite(), null, $settings));
         $this->dispatch($dispatcher, Events::SUITE_BEFORE, new SuiteEvent($suiteManager->getSuite(), null, $settings));
         foreach ($tests as $test) {
diff --git a/src/Codeception/Lib/Generator/Actions.php b/src/Codeception/Lib/Generator/Actions.php
index eaa98db21c..981fefed1b 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Lib/Generator/Actions.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Lib/Generator/Actions.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ private function stringifyType(\ReflectionType $type, \ReflectionClass $moduleCl
         return sprintf(
             '%s%s',
             (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70100 && $type->allowsNull() && $returnTypeString !== 'mixed') ? '?' : '',
-            $this->stringifyNamedType($type, $moduleClass)
+            self::stringifyNamedType($type, $moduleClass)
         );
     }
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ private function stringifyNamedTypes(array $types, \ReflectionClass $moduleClass
     {
         $strings = [];
         foreach ($types as $type) {
-            $strings []= $this->stringifyNamedType($type, $moduleClass);
+            $strings []= self::stringifyNamedType($type, $moduleClass);
         }
 
         return implode($separator, $strings);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private function stringifyNamedTypes(array $types, \ReflectionClass $moduleClass
      * @return string
      * @todo param is only \ReflectionNamedType in Codeception 5
      */
-    private function stringifyNamedType($type, \ReflectionClass $moduleClass)
+    public static function stringifyNamedType($type, \ReflectionClass $moduleClass)
     {
         if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100) {
             $typeName = (string)$type;
diff --git a/src/Codeception/Step.php b/src/Codeception/Step.php
index 035d1ed7d1..db2734d018 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Step.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Step.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 namespace Codeception;
 
+use Codeception\Lib\Generator\Actions;
 use Codeception\Lib\ModuleContainer;
 use Codeception\Step\Argument\FormattedOutput;
 use Codeception\Step\Meta as MetaStep;
 use Codeception\Util\Locator;
+use Codeception\Util\Maybe;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 
 abstract class Step
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ abstract class Step
     protected $failed = false;
     protected $isTry = false;
 
+    private static $dryRun = false;
+
     public function __construct($action, array $arguments = [])
     {
         $this->action = $action;
@@ -282,7 +286,11 @@ public function run(ModuleContainer $container = null)
         }
 
         try {
-            $res = call_user_func_array([$activeModule, $this->action], $this->arguments);
+            if (self::$dryRun) {
+                return $this->getDefaultResultForMethod($activeModule, $this->action);
+            }
+
+            return call_user_func_array([$activeModule, $this->action], $this->arguments);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             if ($this->isTry) {
                 throw $e;
@@ -357,4 +365,111 @@ public function getPrefix()
     {
         return $this->prefix . ' ';
     }
+
+    public static function enableDryRun()
+    {
+        self::$dryRun = true;
+    }
+
+    private function getDefaultResultForMethod(Module $module, $method)
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70000) {
+            return new Maybe();
+        }
+
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionMethod($module, $method);
+        $returnType = $reflection->getReturnType();
+
+        if ($returnType === null || $returnType->allowsNull()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if ($returnType instanceof \ReflectionUnionType) {
+            return $this->getDefaultValueOfUnionType($returnType);
+        }
+        if ($returnType instanceof \ReflectionIntersectionType) {
+            return $this->returnDefaultValueForIntersectionType($returnType);
+        }
+
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70100 && $returnType->isBuiltin()) {
+            return $this->getDefaultValueForBuiltinType($returnType);
+        }
+
+        $typeName = Actions::stringifyNamedType($returnType, new \ReflectionClass($module));
+        return Stub::makeEmpty($typeName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \ReflectionType $returnType
+     * @return array|false|float|int|resource|string|null
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function getDefaultValueForBuiltinType(\ReflectionType $returnType)
+    {
+        switch ($returnType->getName()) {
+            case 'mixed':
+            case 'void':
+                return null;
+            case 'string':
+                return '';
+            case 'int':
+                return 0;
+            case 'float':
+                return 0.0;
+            case 'bool':
+                return false;
+            case 'array':
+                return [];
+            case 'resource':
+                return fopen('data://text/plain;base64,', 'r');
+            default:
+                throw new \Exception('Unsupported return type ' . $returnType->getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $returnType
+     * @return array|callable|false|float|int|mixed|object|MockObject|resource|string|null
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function getDefaultValueOfUnionType($returnType)
+    {
+        $unionTypes = $returnType->getTypes();
+        foreach ($unionTypes as $type) {
+            if ($type->isBuiltin()) {
+                return $this->getDefaultValueForBuiltinType($type);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Stub::makeEmpty($unionTypes[0]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \ReflectionIntersectionType $returnType
+     * @return \#g#F\Codeception\uniqid|\#π(#g#F\Codeception\uniqid)("anonymous_class_")|mixed|object|MockObject|string
+     * @throws \ReflectionException
+     */
+    private function returnDefaultValueForIntersectionType(\ReflectionIntersectionType $returnType)
+    {
+        $extends    = null;
+        $implements = [];
+        foreach ($returnType->getTypes() as $type) {
+            if (class_exists($type)) {
+                $extends = $type;
+            } else {
+                $implements [] = $type;
+            }
+        }
+        $className = uniqid('anonymous_class_');
+        $code      = "abstract class $className";
+        if ($extends !== null) {
+            $code .= " extends \\$extends";
+        }
+        if (count($implements) > 0) {
+            $code .= ' implements ' . implode(', ', $implements);
+        }
+        $code .= ' {}';
+        eval($code);
+        return Stub::constructEmpty($className);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cli/DryRunCest.php b/tests/cli/DryRunCest.php
index 1360b4350a..3e092ba334 100644
--- a/tests/cli/DryRunCest.php
+++ b/tests/cli/DryRunCest.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 class DryRunCest
 {
     public function _before(CliGuy $I)
@@ -24,4 +25,18 @@ public function runFeature(CliGuy $I)
         $I->seeInShellOutput('INCOMPLETE');
         $I->seeInShellOutput('Step definition for `I have only idea of what\'s going on here` not found');
     }
+
+    public function runTestsWithTypedHelper(CliGuy $I)
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100) {
+            $I->markTestSkipped('Requires PHP 8.1');
+        }
+
+        $I->amInPath(\codecept_data_dir('typed_helper'));
+        $I->executeCommand('dry-run unit --no-ansi');
+        $I->seeInShellOutput('print comment');
+        $I->seeInShellOutput('I get int');
+        $I->seeInShellOutput('I get dom document');
+        $I->seeInShellOutput('I see something');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/codeception.yml b/tests/data/typed_helper/codeception.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23e6178faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/codeception.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+paths:
+  tests: tests
+  output: tests/_output
+  data: tests/_data
+  support: tests/_support
+  envs: tests/_envs
+actor_suffix: Tester
+settings:
+  colors: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_output/.gitignore b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_output/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c96a04f008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_output/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/Helper/Unit.php b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/Helper/Unit.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c5918a1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/Helper/Unit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+namespace Helper;
+
+// here you can define custom actions
+// all public methods declared in helper class will be available in $I
+
+class Unit extends \Codeception\Module
+{
+    public function seeSomething(): void
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public function getInt(): int
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+
+    public function getDomDocument(): \DOMDocument
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+
+    public function getUnion(): int|\DOMDocument
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+
+    public function getIntersection(): \Iterator&\Countable&\DOMDocument
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+
+    public function getSelf(): self
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+
+    public function getParent(): parent
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException(__METHOD__ . ' should not be executed');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/UnitTester.php b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/UnitTester.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e157e3208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/UnitTester.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+
+class UnitTester extends \Codeception\Actor
+{
+    use _generated\UnitTesterActions;
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/_generated/.gitignore b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/_generated/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c96a04f008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/_support/_generated/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit.suite.yml b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit.suite.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..821bf2552a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit.suite.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+actor: UnitTester
+modules:
+  enabled:
+    - \Helper\Unit
diff --git a/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit/UseTypedHelperCest.php b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit/UseTypedHelperCest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..839793f088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/typed_helper/tests/unit/UseTypedHelperCest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+class UseTypedHelperCest
+{
+    public function executeActions(UnitTester $I)
+    {
+        $I->comment('print comment');
+        $I->getInt();
+        $I->getDomDocument();
+        $I->seeSomething();
+        $I->getUnion();
+        $I->getIntersection();
+        $I->getSelf();
+        $I->getParent();
+    }
+}