diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
index c11816bc658..9d693a8c03e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
           python xarray/util/print_versions.py
       - name: Install mypy
         run: |
-          python -m pip install "mypy<1.8" --force-reinstall
+          python -m pip install "mypy<1.9" --force-reinstall
 
       - name: Run mypy
         run: |
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
           python xarray/util/print_versions.py
       - name: Install mypy
         run: |
-          python -m pip install "mypy<1.8" --force-reinstall
+          python -m pip install "mypy<1.9" --force-reinstall
 
       - name: Run mypy
         run: |
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 464d80d7415..4af262a0a04 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 'v0.1.9'
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
-        args: ["--fix"]
+        args: ["--fix", "--show-fixes"]
   # https://github.com/python/black#version-control-integration
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
     rev: 23.12.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9ed847e7e6..e59971df3a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ exclude = [
   "_typed_ops.pyi",
 ]
 target-version = "py39"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
 # E402: module level import not at top of file
 # E501: line too long - let black worry about that
 # E731: do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ select = [
   "UP", # Pyupgrade
 ]
 
-[tool.ruff.isort]
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-first-party = ["xarray"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/xarray/core/computation.py b/xarray/core/computation.py
index 553836961b0..dda72c0163b 100644
--- a/xarray/core/computation.py
+++ b/xarray/core/computation.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from xarray.core.parallelcompat import get_chunked_array_type
 from xarray.core.pycompat import is_chunked_array, is_duck_dask_array
 from xarray.core.types import Dims, T_DataArray
-from xarray.core.utils import is_dict_like, is_scalar
+from xarray.core.utils import is_dict_like, is_scalar, parse_dims
 from xarray.core.variable import Variable
 from xarray.util.deprecation_helpers import deprecate_dims
 
@@ -1875,16 +1875,14 @@ def dot(
     einsum_axes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
     dim_map = {d: einsum_axes[i] for i, d in enumerate(all_dims)}
 
-    if dim is ...:
-        dim = all_dims
-    elif isinstance(dim, str):
-        dim = (dim,)
-    elif dim is None:
-        # find dimensions that occur more than one times
+    if dim is None:
+        # find dimensions that occur more than once
         dim_counts: Counter = Counter()
         for arr in arrays:
             dim_counts.update(arr.dims)
         dim = tuple(d for d, c in dim_counts.items() if c > 1)
+    else:
+        dim = parse_dims(dim, all_dims=tuple(all_dims))
 
     dot_dims: set[Hashable] = set(dim)
 
diff --git a/xarray/core/types.py b/xarray/core/types.py
index 06ad65679d8..8c3164c52fa 100644
--- a/xarray/core/types.py
+++ b/xarray/core/types.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import sys
-from collections.abc import Hashable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Collection, Hashable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ def copy(
 DsCompatible = Union["Dataset", "DaCompatible"]
 GroupByCompatible = Union["Dataset", "DataArray"]
 
-Dims = Union[str, Iterable[Hashable], "ellipsis", None]
-OrderedDims = Union[str, Sequence[Union[Hashable, "ellipsis"]], "ellipsis", None]
+# Don't change to Hashable | Collection[Hashable]
+# Read: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6142
+Dims = Union[str, Collection[Hashable], "ellipsis", None]
 
 # FYI in some cases we don't allow `None`, which this doesn't take account of.
 T_ChunkDim: TypeAlias = Union[int, Literal["auto"], None, tuple[int, ...]]
diff --git a/xarray/core/utils.py b/xarray/core/utils.py
index 00c84d4c10c..85f901167e2 100644
--- a/xarray/core/utils.py
+++ b/xarray/core/utils.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     Mapping,
     MutableMapping,
     MutableSet,
-    Sequence,
     ValuesView,
 )
 from enum import Enum
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from xarray.core.types import Dims, ErrorOptionsWithWarn, OrderedDims, T_DuckArray
+    from xarray.core.types import Dims, ErrorOptionsWithWarn, T_DuckArray
 
 K = TypeVar("K")
 V = TypeVar("V")
@@ -983,12 +982,9 @@ def drop_missing_dims(
         )
 
 
-T_None = TypeVar("T_None", None, "ellipsis")
-
-
 @overload
 def parse_dims(
-    dim: str | Iterable[Hashable] | T_None,
+    dim: Dims,
     all_dims: tuple[Hashable, ...],
     *,
     check_exists: bool = True,
@@ -999,12 +995,12 @@ def parse_dims(
 
 @overload
 def parse_dims(
-    dim: str | Iterable[Hashable] | T_None,
+    dim: Dims,
     all_dims: tuple[Hashable, ...],
     *,
     check_exists: bool = True,
     replace_none: Literal[False],
-) -> tuple[Hashable, ...] | T_None:
+) -> tuple[Hashable, ...] | None | ellipsis:
     ...
 
 
@@ -1051,7 +1047,7 @@ def parse_dims(
 
 @overload
 def parse_ordered_dims(
-    dim: str | Sequence[Hashable | ellipsis] | T_None,
+    dim: Dims,
     all_dims: tuple[Hashable, ...],
     *,
     check_exists: bool = True,
@@ -1062,17 +1058,17 @@ def parse_ordered_dims(
 
 @overload
 def parse_ordered_dims(
-    dim: str | Sequence[Hashable | ellipsis] | T_None,
+    dim: Dims,
     all_dims: tuple[Hashable, ...],
     *,
     check_exists: bool = True,
     replace_none: Literal[False],
-) -> tuple[Hashable, ...] | T_None:
+) -> tuple[Hashable, ...] | None | ellipsis:
     ...
 
 
 def parse_ordered_dims(
-    dim: OrderedDims,
+    dim: Dims,
     all_dims: tuple[Hashable, ...],
     *,
     check_exists: bool = True,
@@ -1126,9 +1122,9 @@ def parse_ordered_dims(
         )
 
 
-def _check_dims(dim: set[Hashable | ellipsis], all_dims: set[Hashable]) -> None:
-    wrong_dims = dim - all_dims
-    if wrong_dims and wrong_dims != {...}:
+def _check_dims(dim: set[Hashable], all_dims: set[Hashable]) -> None:
+    wrong_dims = (dim - all_dims) - {...}
+    if wrong_dims:
         wrong_dims_str = ", ".join(f"'{d!s}'" for d in wrong_dims)
         raise ValueError(
             f"Dimension(s) {wrong_dims_str} do not exist. Expected one or more of {all_dims}"
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_interp.py b/xarray/tests/test_interp.py
index 275b8fdb780..de0020b4d00 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_interp.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_interp.py
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ def test_interpolate_chunk_1d(
                         if chunked:
                             dest[dim] = xr.DataArray(data=dest[dim], dims=[dim])
                             dest[dim] = dest[dim].chunk(2)
-                actual = da.interp(method=method, **dest, kwargs=kwargs)  # type: ignore
-                expected = da.compute().interp(method=method, **dest, kwargs=kwargs)  # type: ignore
+                actual = da.interp(method=method, **dest, kwargs=kwargs)
+                expected = da.compute().interp(method=method, **dest, kwargs=kwargs)
 
                 assert_identical(actual, expected)
 
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_utils.py b/xarray/tests/test_utils.py
index 36f62fad71f..ec898c80344 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections.abc import Hashable, Iterable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Hashable
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -257,17 +257,18 @@ def test_infix_dims_errors(supplied, all_):
         pytest.param("a", ("a",), id="str"),
         pytest.param(["a", "b"], ("a", "b"), id="list_of_str"),
         pytest.param(["a", 1], ("a", 1), id="list_mixed"),
+        pytest.param(["a", ...], ("a", ...), id="list_with_ellipsis"),
         pytest.param(("a", "b"), ("a", "b"), id="tuple_of_str"),
         pytest.param(["a", ("b", "c")], ("a", ("b", "c")), id="list_with_tuple"),
         pytest.param((("b", "c"),), (("b", "c"),), id="tuple_of_tuple"),
+        pytest.param({"a", 1}, tuple({"a", 1}), id="non_sequence_collection"),
+        pytest.param((), (), id="empty_tuple"),
+        pytest.param(set(), (), id="empty_collection"),
         pytest.param(None, None, id="None"),
         pytest.param(..., ..., id="ellipsis"),
     ],
 )
-def test_parse_dims(
-    dim: str | Iterable[Hashable] | None,
-    expected: tuple[Hashable, ...],
-) -> None:
+def test_parse_dims(dim, expected):
     all_dims = ("a", "b", 1, ("b", "c"))  # selection of different Hashables
     actual = utils.parse_dims(dim, all_dims, replace_none=False)
     assert actual == expected
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ def test_parse_dims_replace_none(dim: None | ellipsis) -> None:
         pytest.param(["x", 2], id="list_missing_all"),
     ],
 )
-def test_parse_dims_raises(dim: str | Iterable[Hashable]) -> None:
+def test_parse_dims_raises(dim):
     all_dims = ("a", "b", 1, ("b", "c"))  # selection of different Hashables
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="'x'"):
         utils.parse_dims(dim, all_dims, check_exists=True)
@@ -313,10 +314,7 @@ def test_parse_dims_raises(dim: str | Iterable[Hashable]) -> None:
         pytest.param(["a", ..., "b"], ("a", "c", "b"), id="list_with_middle_ellipsis"),
     ],
 )
-def test_parse_ordered_dims(
-    dim: str | Sequence[Hashable | ellipsis],
-    expected: tuple[Hashable, ...],
-) -> None:
+def test_parse_ordered_dims(dim, expected):
     all_dims = ("a", "b", "c")
     actual = utils.parse_ordered_dims(dim, all_dims)
     assert actual == expected