diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index cff017725..7d2715300 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template < class KeyType, class ValueType, typename detail::enable_if_t <
                    detail::is_getable<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value
                    && !std::is_same<value_t, ValueType>::value&& detail::is_usable_as_key_type<basic_json_t, KeyType>::value > ... >
-    ValueType value(const KeyType& key, ValueType&& default_value) const
+    typename std::decay<ValueType>::type value(const KeyType& key, ValueType&& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(is_object()))
@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             const auto it = find(key);
             if (it != end())
             {
-                return it->template get<ValueType>();
+                return it->template get<typename std::decay<ValueType>::type>();
             }
 
             return default_value;
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index d787a306d..96c9dd133 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -20881,7 +20881,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     template < class KeyType, class ValueType, typename detail::enable_if_t <
                    detail::is_getable<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value
                    && !std::is_same<value_t, ValueType>::value&& detail::is_usable_as_key_type<basic_json_t, KeyType>::value > ... >
-    ValueType value(const KeyType& key, ValueType&& default_value) const
+    typename std::decay<ValueType>::type value(const KeyType& key, ValueType&& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
         if (JSON_HEDLEY_LIKELY(is_object()))
@@ -20890,7 +20890,7 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             const auto it = find(key);
             if (it != end())
             {
-                return it->template get<ValueType>();
+                return it->template get<typename std::decay<ValueType>::type>();
             }
 
             return default_value;