diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
index 4bb997806..60bac43ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install wheel mypy pyparsing numpy fonttools
+        python -m pip install wheel "mypy>=1.11" pyparsing numpy fonttools
     - name: Install without C-extensions
       run: |
         python -m pip install .
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 1b13fb116..c5c8bdbae 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ typing_extensions>=4.6.0
 numpy
 fonttools
 pytest
-mypy
+mypy>=1.11
 cython
 matplotlib
 pyside6