diff --git a/lower-bound-requirements.txt b/lower-bound-requirements.txt
index 8e9232ec37..93d912410a 100644
--- a/lower-bound-requirements.txt
+++ b/lower-bound-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # core
 scipy==1.1.0
-click==7.0
+typer==0.0.2
 tqdm==4.56.0
 jsonschema==3.0.0
 jsonpatch==1.15
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9b399beb30..0e1154efba 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 python_requires = >=3.7
 install_requires =
     scipy>=1.1.0 # requires numpy, which is required by pyhf and tensorflow
-    click>=7.0  # for console scripts
+    typer>=0.0.2  # for console scripts
     tqdm>=4.56.0  # for readxml
     jsonschema>=3.0.0  # for utils
     jsonpatch>=1.15
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4773d6ffdf..938edf5585 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 extras_require = {
-    'shellcomplete': ['click_completion'],
     'tensorflow': [
         'tensorflow~=2.3,!=2.3.0',  # c.f. https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/pull/40789
         'tensorflow-probability~=0.11',
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
         extras_require['backends']
         + extras_require['xmlio']
         + extras_require['contrib']
-        + extras_require['shellcomplete']
         + [
             'pytest~=6.0',
             'pytest-cov>=2.5.1',
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py b/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
index 0d65039661..bc9b1fceda 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 """The pyhf command line interface."""
-from pyhf.cli.cli import pyhf as cli
+# from pyhf.cli.cli import pyhf as cli
+from pyhf.cli.cli import typer_click_object as cli
 from pyhf.cli.rootio import cli as rootio
 from pyhf.cli.spec import cli as spec
 from pyhf.cli.infer import cli as infer
-from pyhf.cli.complete import cli as complete
 from pyhf.contrib import cli as contrib
 
-__all__ = ['cli', 'rootio', 'spec', 'infer', 'complete', 'contrib']
+__all__ = ['cli', 'rootio', 'spec', 'infer', 'contrib']
 
 
 def __dir__():
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py b/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
index a1a486fe54..0e54c2a8f3 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/cli/cli.py
@@ -1,58 +1,91 @@
 """The pyhf Command Line Interface."""
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 import click
+import typer
 
 from pyhf import __version__
-from pyhf.cli import rootio, spec, infer, patchset, complete
+from pyhf.cli import rootio, spec, infer, patchset
 from pyhf.contrib import cli as contrib
 from pyhf import utils
 
 logging.basicConfig()
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+app = typer.Typer()
 
-def _print_citation(ctx, param, value):
+
+# REMOVE THIS. CURRENTLY IN AS EXAMPLE
+@app.command()
+def top():
+    """
+    Top level command, form Typer
+    """
+    typer.echo("The Typer app is at the top level")
+
+
+def _version_callback(value: bool):
+    if value:
+        typer.echo(f"pyhf, v{__version__}")
+        raise typer.Exit()
+
+
+def _print_citation(ctx, value):
     if not value or ctx.resilient_parsing:
         return
-    click.echo(utils.citation())
-    ctx.exit()
+    typer.echo(utils.citation())
+    raise typer.Exit()
+
+
+@app.callback()
+def callback(
+    version: Optional[bool] = typer.Option(
+        None, "--version", callback=_version_callback, is_eager=True
+    ),
+    citation: Optional[bool] = typer.Option(
+        None,
+        "--cite",
+        "--citation",
+        help="Print the BibTeX citation for this software.",
+        callback=_print_citation,
+        is_eager=True,
+        is_flag=True,  # Needed?
+        expose_value=False,  # Needed?
+    ),
+):
+    """
+    Typer app, including Click subapp
+
+    Top-level CLI entrypoint.
+    """
 
 
 @click.group(context_settings=dict(help_option_names=['-h', '--help']))
-@click.version_option(version=__version__)
-@click.option(
-    "--cite",
-    "--citation",
-    help="Print the bibtex citation for this software",
-    default=False,
-    is_flag=True,
-    callback=_print_citation,
-    expose_value=False,
-    is_eager=True,
-)
 def pyhf():
     """Top-level CLI entrypoint."""
 
 
-# pyhf.add_command(rootio.cli)
-pyhf.add_command(rootio.json2xml)
-pyhf.add_command(rootio.xml2json)
+typer_click_object = typer.main.get_command(app)
+
+typer_click_object.add_command(pyhf)
 
-# pyhf.add_command(spec.cli)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.inspect)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.prune)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.rename)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.combine)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.digest)
-pyhf.add_command(spec.sort)
+# typer_click_object.add_command(rootio.cli)
+typer_click_object.add_command(rootio.json2xml)
+typer_click_object.add_command(rootio.xml2json)
 
-# pyhf.add_command(infer.cli)
-pyhf.add_command(infer.fit)
-pyhf.add_command(infer.cls)
+# typer_click_object.add_command(spec.cli)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.inspect)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.prune)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.rename)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.combine)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.digest)
+typer_click_object.add_command(spec.sort)
 
-pyhf.add_command(patchset.cli)
+# typer_click_object.add_command(infer.cli)
+typer_click_object.add_command(infer.fit)
+typer_click_object.add_command(infer.cls)
 
-pyhf.add_command(complete.cli)
+typer_click_object.add_command(patchset.cli)
 
-pyhf.add_command(contrib.cli)
+typer_click_object.add_command(contrib.cli)
diff --git a/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py b/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8864c11388..0000000000
--- a/src/pyhf/cli/complete.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-'''Shell completions for pyhf.'''
-import click
-
-try:
-    import click_completion
-
-    click_completion.init()
-
-    @click.command(help='Generate shell completion code.', name='completions')
-    @click.argument(
-        'shell',
-        required=False,
-        type=click_completion.DocumentedChoice(click_completion.core.shells),
-    )
-    def cli(shell):
-        '''Generate shell completion code for various shells.'''
-        click.echo(click_completion.core.get_code(shell, prog_name='pyhf'))
-
-
-except ImportError:
-
-    @click.command(help='Generate shell completion code.', name='completions')
-    @click.argument('shell', default=None)
-    def cli(shell):
-        '''Placeholder for shell completion code generatioon function if necessary dependency is missing.'''
-        click.secho(
-            'This requires the click_completion module.\n'
-            'You can install it with the shellcomplete extra:\n'
-            'python -m pip install pyhf[shellcomplete]'
-        )
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 8b2bda812c..51f4deba47 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 from click.testing import CliRunner
-import sys
-import importlib
 
 
+# FIXME
+# pyhf.cli.complete was removed given typer supports completion
+# so need to rewrite and fix this
 def test_shllcomplete_cli(isolate_modules):
     from pyhf.cli.complete import cli
 
     runner = CliRunner()
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ['bash'])
     assert 'complete -F _pyhf_completion -o default pyhf' in result.output
-
-
-def test_shllcomplete_cli_missing_extra(isolate_modules):
-    sys.modules['click_completion'] = None
-    importlib.reload(sys.modules['pyhf.cli.complete'])
-    from pyhf.cli.complete import cli
-
-    runner = CliRunner()
-    result = runner.invoke(cli, ['bash'])
-    assert 'You can install it with the shellcomplete extra' in result.output
diff --git a/tests/test_public_api_repr.py b/tests/test_public_api_repr.py
index ccb4738d63..1e6b853f4e 100644
--- a/tests/test_public_api_repr.py
+++ b/tests/test_public_api_repr.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_top_level_public_api():
 
 
 def test_cli_public_api():
-    assert dir(pyhf.cli) == ["cli", "complete", "contrib", "infer", "rootio", "spec"]
+    assert dir(pyhf.cli) == ["cli", "contrib", "infer", "rootio", "spec"]
 
 
 def test_compat_public_api():