diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5cbfab054fea..79998b1f94ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get update -q && sudo apt-get install -qy $PACKAGES
           fi
       - name: Run mypy_test.py
-        run: |
-          # python-version can sometimes be pinned to a specific version or to "-dev", but
-          # mypy understands only X.Y version numbers.
-          MYPY_PY_VERSION=$(echo ${{ matrix.python-version }} | cut -d - -f 1 | cut -d . -f 1-2)
-          python ./tests/mypy_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${MYPY_PY_VERSION}
+        run: python ./tests/mypy_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
   regression-tests:
     name: "mypy: Run test cases"
diff --git a/tests/mypy_test.py b/tests/mypy_test.py
index fd26e05ca85e..5e263a9cbb15 100755
--- a/tests/mypy_test.py
+++ b/tests/mypy_test.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def remove_dev_suffix(version: str) -> str:
     """
     if version.endswith("-dev"):
         return version[: -len("-dev")]
-    return version
+    return ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
 
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(