diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNode.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNode.java
index 16c605a43d..e633009acb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNode.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public void serializeWithType(JsonGenerator g, SerializerProvider provider,
      *
      * @since 2.1
      */
-    public JsonNode set(String fieldName, JsonNode value)
+    public ObjectNode set(String fieldName, JsonNode value)
     {
         if (value == null) {
             value = nullNode();
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public JsonNode set(String fieldName, JsonNode value)
      *
      * @since 2.1
      */
-    public JsonNode setAll(Map<String,? extends JsonNode> properties)
+    public ObjectNode setAll(Map<String,? extends JsonNode> properties)
     {
         for (Map.Entry<String,? extends JsonNode> en : properties.entrySet()) {
             JsonNode n = en.getValue();
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public JsonNode setAll(Map<String,? extends JsonNode> properties)
      *
      * @since 2.1
      */
-    public JsonNode setAll(ObjectNode other)
+    public ObjectNode setAll(ObjectNode other)
     {
         _children.putAll(other._children);
         return this;