diff --git a/arq/connections.py b/arq/connections.py
index c74c6d3a..ee44c64b 100644
--- a/arq/connections.py
+++ b/arq/connections.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ async def queued_jobs(self, *, queue_name: Optional[str] = None) -> List[JobDef]
 
 
 async def create_pool(
-    settings_: RedisSettings = None,
+    settings_: Optional[RedisSettings] = None,
     *,
     retry: int = 0,
     job_serializer: Optional[Serializer] = None,
diff --git a/arq/jobs.py b/arq/jobs.py
index 8ec7d0cb..3e65ee74 100644
--- a/arq/jobs.py
+++ b/arq/jobs.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._deserializer = _deserializer
 
     async def result(
-        self, timeout: Optional[float] = None, *, poll_delay: float = 0.5, pole_delay: float = None
+        self, timeout: Optional[float] = None, *, poll_delay: float = 0.5, pole_delay: Optional[float] = None
     ) -> Any:
         """
         Get the result of the job or, if the job raised an exception, reraise it.
diff --git a/arq/worker.py b/arq/worker.py
index 67a7b2e8..e7e915fd 100644
--- a/arq/worker.py
+++ b/arq/worker.py
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         queue_name: Optional[str] = default_queue_name,
         cron_jobs: Optional[Sequence[CronJob]] = None,
-        redis_settings: RedisSettings = None,
-        redis_pool: ArqRedis = None,
+        redis_settings: Optional[RedisSettings] = None,
+        redis_pool: Optional[ArqRedis] = None,
         burst: bool = False,
         on_startup: Optional['StartupShutdown'] = None,
         on_shutdown: Optional['StartupShutdown'] = None,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d88ada4..4e2288fe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,23 +92,7 @@ combine_as_imports = true
 color_output = true
 
 [tool.mypy]
-show_error_codes = true
-follow_imports = 'silent'
-strict_optional = true
-warn_redundant_casts = true
-warn_unused_ignores = true
-disallow_any_generics = true
-check_untyped_defs = true
-no_implicit_reexport = true
-warn_unused_configs = true
-disallow_subclassing_any = true
-disallow_incomplete_defs = true
-disallow_untyped_decorators = true
-disallow_untyped_calls = true
-
-# for strict mypy: (this is the tricky one :-))
-disallow_untyped_defs = true
+strict = true
 
 # remaining arguments from `mypy --strict` which cause errors
-#no_implicit_optional = true
-#warn_return_any = true
+warn_return_any = false
diff --git a/requirements/linting.in b/requirements/linting.in
index 81dd3634..fa8562bc 100644
--- a/requirements/linting.in
+++ b/requirements/linting.in
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ black>=22,<23
 flake8>=5,<6
 flake8-quotes>=3,<4
 isort[colors]>=5,<6
-mypy<1
+mypy>=1,<2
 types-pytz
 types_redis>=4
diff --git a/requirements/linting.txt b/requirements/linting.txt
index 2b246b72..08b0b185 100644
--- a/requirements/linting.txt
+++ b/requirements/linting.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ isort[colors]==5.10.1
     # via -r requirements/linting.in
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via flake8
-mypy==0.971
+mypy==1.3.0
     # via -r requirements/linting.in
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
+mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via
     #   black
     #   mypy