diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pydantic.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pydantic.qll
index b495ef0b93e..c3d76835b42 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pydantic.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Pydantic.qll
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.DataFlow
 private import semmle.python.dataflow.new.TaintTracking
 private import semmle.python.Concepts
 private import semmle.python.ApiGraphs
+private import semmle.python.frameworks.data.ModelsAsData
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL: Do not use.
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ module Pydantic {
     /** Gets a reference to a `pydantic.BaseModel` subclass (a pydantic model). */
     API::Node subclassRef() {
       result = API::moduleImport("pydantic").getMember("BaseModel").getASubclass+()
+      or
+      result = ModelOutput::getATypeNode("pydantic.BaseModel~Subclass").getASubclass*()
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
index df378bdee51..9cebc36f6d0 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/meta/ClassHierarchy/Find.ql
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ private import semmle.python.frameworks.RestFramework
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.SqlAlchemy
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.Tornado
 private import semmle.python.frameworks.Urllib3
+private import semmle.python.frameworks.Pydantic
 import semmle.python.frameworks.data.internal.ApiGraphModelsExtensions as Extensions
 
 class FlaskViewClasses extends FindSubclassesSpec {
@@ -410,6 +411,12 @@ class StdlibLogger extends FindSubclassesSpec {
   override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Stdlib::Logger::subclassRef() }
 }
 
+class PydanticBaseModel extends FindSubclassesSpec {
+  PydanticBaseModel() { this = "pydantic.BaseModel~Subclass" }
+
+  override API::Node getAlreadyModeledClass() { result = Pydantic::BaseModel::subclassRef() }
+}
+
 bindingset[fullyQualified]
 predicate fullyQualifiedToYamlFormat(string fullyQualified, string type2, string path) {
   exists(int firstDot | firstDot = fullyQualified.indexOf(".", 0, 0) |