diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f68280be2..a42803a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run mypy
         run: |
           python -m mypy spacy
+        if: matrix.python_version != '3.7'
 
       - name: Delete source directory and .egg-info
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48d188ec9..a8ba956a1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pytest-timeout>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 mock>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 flake8>=3.8.0,<6.0.0
 hypothesis>=3.27.0,<7.0.0
-mypy>=0.990,<1.1.0; platform_machine != "aarch64"
+mypy>=1.5.0,<1.6.0; platform_machine != "aarch64" and python_version >= "3.8"
 types-mock>=0.1.1
 types-setuptools>=57.0.0
 types-requests