diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 29db736e96..6b301f2523 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 ]
 
 try:
-    import enchant  # type:ignore[import]  # noqa
+    import enchant  # type:ignore[import-not-found]  # noqa
 
     extensions += ["sphinxcontrib.spelling"]
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/examples/identity/system_password/jupyter_server_config.py b/examples/identity/system_password/jupyter_server_config.py
index 440158bfbc..d23de143b2 100644
--- a/examples/identity/system_password/jupyter_server_config.py
+++ b/examples/identity/system_password/jupyter_server_config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import pwd
 from getpass import getuser
 
-from pamela import PAMError, authenticate  # type:ignore[import]
+from pamela import PAMError, authenticate  # type:ignore[import-not-found]
 
 from jupyter_server.auth.identity import IdentityProvider, User
 
diff --git a/examples/simple/simple_ext11/application.py b/examples/simple/simple_ext11/application.py
index 34f441cf16..398716f213 100644
--- a/examples/simple/simple_ext11/application.py
+++ b/examples/simple/simple_ext11/application.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """A Jupyter Server example application."""
 import os
 
-from simple_ext1.application import SimpleApp1  # type:ignore[import]
+from simple_ext1.application import SimpleApp1  # type:ignore[import-not-found]
 from traitlets import Bool, Unicode, observe
 
 from jupyter_server.serverapp import aliases, flags
diff --git a/jupyter_server/gateway/managers.py b/jupyter_server/gateway/managers.py
index eb203d59f4..b3e51e71ce 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/gateway/managers.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/gateway/managers.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from time import monotonic
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-import websocket  # type:ignore[import]
+import websocket  # type:ignore[import-untyped]
 from jupyter_client.asynchronous.client import AsyncKernelClient
 from jupyter_client.clientabc import KernelClientABC
 from jupyter_client.kernelspec import KernelSpecManager
diff --git a/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py b/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
index ac90d10578..3a4b113439 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     # Jupyter Notebook also defines these metrics.  Re-defining them results in a ValueError.
     # Try to de-duplicate by using the ones in Notebook if available.
     # See https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_server/issues/209
-    from notebook.prometheus.metrics import (  # type:ignore[import]
+    from notebook.prometheus.metrics import (  # type:ignore[import-not-found]
         HTTP_REQUEST_DURATION_SECONDS,
         KERNEL_CURRENTLY_RUNNING_TOTAL,
         TERMINAL_CURRENTLY_RUNNING_TOTAL,
diff --git a/jupyter_server/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py b/jupyter_server/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
index d923b8b8bf..ba55cc2836 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/services/sessions/sessionmanager.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     import sqlite3
 except ImportError:
     # fallback on pysqlite2 if Python was build without sqlite
-    from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite3  # type:ignore[import,no-redef]
+    from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite3  # type:ignore[import-not-found,no-redef]
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
 
diff --git a/jupyter_server/utils.py b/jupyter_server/utils.py
index bd41710275..ac29e95aa5 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/utils.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 )
 from urllib.request import pathname2url  # noqa: F401
 
-from _frozen_importlib_external import _NamespacePath  # type:ignore[import]
+from _frozen_importlib_external import _NamespacePath  # type:ignore[import-not-found]
 from jupyter_core.utils import ensure_async
 from packaging.version import Version
 from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient, HTTPClient, HTTPRequest, HTTPResponse
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75d632c834..cd9d80aacb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ nowarn = "test -W default {args}"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.typing]
 features = ["test"]
-dependencies = [ "mypy>=1.5.1", "traitlets>=5.11.2", "jupyter_core>=5.3.2"]
+dependencies = [ "mypy~=1.6", "traitlets>=5.11.2", "jupyter_core>=5.3.2"]
 [tool.hatch.envs.typing.scripts]
 test = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:.}"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_terminal.py b/tests/test_terminal.py
index b905b1aba0..5e45b01dee 100644
--- a/tests/test_terminal.py
+++ b/tests/test_terminal.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 import pytest
-from flaky import flaky  # type:ignore[import]
+from flaky import flaky  # type:ignore[import-untyped]
 from tornado.httpclient import HTTPClientError
 from traitlets.config import Config