diff --git a/src/azul/indexer/__init__.py b/src/azul/indexer/__init__.py
index 7699275666..2b6a618b38 100644
--- a/src/azul/indexer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azul/indexer/__init__.py
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@
     Optional,
     Type,
     TypeVar,
-    get_args,
 )
 
 import attr
-from more_itertools import (
-    one,
-)
 
 from azul import (
     reject,
@@ -35,6 +31,7 @@
     MutableJSON,
     MutableJSONs,
     SupportsLessThan,
+    get_generic_type_params,
 )
 from azul.uuids import (
     UUIDPartition,
@@ -350,8 +347,7 @@ def from_json(cls, ref: JSON) -> 'SourceRef':
 
     @classmethod
     def spec_cls(cls) -> Type[SourceSpec]:
-        base_cls = one(getattr(cls, '__orig_bases__'))
-        spec_cls, ref_cls = get_args(base_cls)
+        spec_cls, ref_cls = get_generic_type_params(cls, SourceSpec, SourceRef)
         return spec_cls
 
 
diff --git a/src/azul/plugins/__init__.py b/src/azul/plugins/__init__.py
index 2f5d7a20e2..2869746420 100644
--- a/src/azul/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azul/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -24,19 +24,14 @@
     TypeVar,
     TypedDict,
     Union,
-    get_args,
 )
 
 import attr
-from more_itertools import (
-    one,
-)
 
 from azul import (
     CatalogName,
     cached_property,
     config,
-    require,
 )
 from azul.chalice import (
     Authentication,
@@ -51,8 +46,6 @@
     Bundle,
     SOURCE_REF,
     SOURCE_SPEC,
-    SourceRef,
-    SourceSpec,
     SourcedBundleFQID,
 )
 from azul.indexer.document import (
@@ -65,6 +58,7 @@
     JSON,
     JSONs,
     MutableJSON,
+    get_generic_type_params,
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -446,10 +440,7 @@ def list_sources(self,
     @cached_property
     def _source_ref_cls(self) -> Type[SOURCE_REF]:
         cls = type(self)
-        base_cls = one(getattr(cls, '__orig_bases__'))
-        spec_cls, ref_cls = get_args(base_cls)
-        require(issubclass(spec_cls, SourceSpec))
-        require(issubclass(ref_cls, SourceRef))
+        spec_cls, ref_cls = get_generic_type_params(cls)
         assert ref_cls.spec_cls() is spec_cls
         return ref_cls
 
diff --git a/src/azul/types.py b/src/azul/types.py
index 2c8c1b0993..b667bdcc3c 100644
--- a/src/azul/types.py
+++ b/src/azul/types.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 )
 from typing import (
     Any,
+    Generic,
     Optional,
     Protocol,
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
     get_origin,
 )
 
+from more_itertools import one
+
 PrimitiveJSON = Union[str, int, float, bool, None]
 
 # Not every instance of Mapping or Sequence can be fed to json.dump() but those
@@ -158,6 +161,14 @@ def f(t):
     return tuple(set(f(t)))
 
 
+def get_generic_type_params(cls: type[Generic], *required_types: type):
+    base_cls = one(getattr(cls, '__orig_bases__'))
+    types = get_args(base_cls)
+    for required_type, type_ in zip(required_types, types):
+        assert issubclass(type_, required_type)
+    return types
+
+
 # FIXME: Remove hacky import of SupportsLessThan
 #        https://github.com/DataBiosphere/azul/issues/2783
 if TYPE_CHECKING: