diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 02c64e35a..4e5135438 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
           - requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
         files: 'gitlab/'
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v0.961
+    rev: v0.981
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         args: []
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ce5e857b..64734ba50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,24 +6,7 @@ order_by_type = false
 [tool.mypy]
 files = "."
 exclude = "build/.*"
-
-# 'strict = true' is equivalent to the following:
-check_untyped_defs = true
-disallow_any_generics = true
-disallow_incomplete_defs = true
-disallow_subclassing_any = true
-disallow_untyped_decorators = true
-disallow_untyped_defs = true
-no_implicit_optional = true
-no_implicit_reexport = true
-strict_equality = true
-warn_redundant_casts = true
-warn_return_any = true
-warn_unused_configs = true
-warn_unused_ignores = true
-
-# The following need to have changes made to be able to enable them:
-# disallow_untyped_calls = true
+strict = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]] # Overrides for currently untyped modules
 module = [
@@ -33,10 +16,13 @@ module = [
     "tests.functional.api.*",
     "tests.meta.*",
     "tests.unit.*",
-    "tests.smoke.*"
 ]
 ignore_errors = true
 
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = "tests.smoke.*"
+disable_error_code = ["no-untyped-def"]
+
 [tool.semantic_release]
 branch = "main"
 version_variable = "gitlab/_version.py:__version__"
diff --git a/requirements-lint.txt b/requirements-lint.txt
index fa0678ba8..5aa4e3506 100644
--- a/requirements-lint.txt
+++ b/requirements-lint.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ pylint==2.15.3
 pytest==7.1.3
 types-PyYAML==6.0.12
 types-requests==2.28.11.2
-types-setuptools==64.0.1
+types-setuptools==65.5.0.1
diff --git a/tests/smoke/test_dists.py b/tests/smoke/test_dists.py
index b951eca51..099e69145 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/test_dists.py
+++ b/tests/smoke/test_dists.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def build():
-    sandbox.run_setup("setup.py", ["--quiet", "clean", "--all"])
-    return sandbox.run_setup("setup.py", ["--quiet", "sdist", "bdist_wheel"])
+def build() -> None:
+    sandbox.run_setup("setup.py", ["--quiet", "clean", "--all"])  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
+    sandbox.run_setup("setup.py", ["--quiet", "sdist", "bdist_wheel"])  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
 
 
 def test_sdist_includes_tests(build):