diff --git a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/pyproject.toml b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/pyproject.toml
index 64b3d6143..44da863e4 100644
--- a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,3 +55,13 @@ include = [
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/openinference"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+plugins = []
+disallow_untyped_calls = true
+disallow_untyped_defs = true
+disallow_incomplete_defs  = true
+strict = true
+exclude = [
+  "dist/",
+]
diff --git a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/src/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/__init__.py b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/src/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/__init__.py
index c0cc5f06f..b519cad90 100644
--- a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/src/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/__init__.py
+++ b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/src/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 from abc import ABC
-from typing import Any, Callable, Collection, Dict, Mapping, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Collection, Dict, Mapping, Tuple
 
 from openinference.instrumentation.dspy.package import _instruments
 from openinference.instrumentation.dspy.version import __version__
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@
     SpanAttributes,
 )
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor  # type: ignore
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import dspy
+
 _DSPY_MODULE = "dspy"
 
 # DSPy used to be called DSP - some of the modules still fall under the old namespace
 _DSP_MODULE = "dsp"
 
 
-class DSPyInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
+class DSPyInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):  # type: ignore
     """
     OpenInference Instrumentor for DSPy
     """
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ class DSPyInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
     def instrumentation_dependencies(self) -> Collection[str]:
         return _instruments
 
-    def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
+    def _instrument(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         if not (tracer_provider := kwargs.get("tracer_provider")):
             tracer_provider = trace_api.get_tracer_provider()
         tracer = trace_api.get_tracer(__name__, __version__, tracer_provider)
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
             wrapper=_PredictForwardWrapper(tracer),
         )
 
-    def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
+    def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         from dsp.modules.lm import LM
 
         language_model_classes = LM.__subclasses__()
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ def __call__(
         instance: Any,
         args: Tuple[type, Any],
         kwargs: Mapping[str, Any],
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> Any:
         print("LM.basic_request")
         prompt = args[0]
         kwargs = {**instance.kwargs, **kwargs}
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ def __call__(
         instance: Any,
         args: Tuple[type, Any],
         kwargs: Mapping[str, Any],
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> Any:
         signature = kwargs.get("signature", instance.signature)
         span_name = signature.__name__ + ".forward"
         with self._tracer.start_as_current_span(
@@ -159,8 +162,8 @@ def __call__(
         return prediction
 
     def _prediction_to_output_dict(
-        self, prediction, signature
-    ) -> Dict[str, Union[str, int, float, bool]]:
+        self, prediction: dspy.Prediction, signature: dspy.Signature
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Parse the prediction fields to get the input and output fields
         """
diff --git a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/tests/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/test_instrumentor.py b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/tests/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/test_instrumentor.py
index 233b2d5c1..478f3c0bd 100644
--- a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/tests/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/test_instrumentor.py
+++ b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-dspy/tests/openinference/instrumentation/dspy/test_instrumentor.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def instrument(
 def test_openai_lm(
     in_memory_span_exporter: InMemorySpanExporter,
 ) -> None:
-    class BasicQA(dspy.Signature):
+    class BasicQA(dspy.Signature):  # type: ignore
         """Answer questions with short factoid answers."""
 
         question = dspy.InputField()
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ class BasicQA(dspy.Signature):
     chain_span = spans[1]
     assert chain_span.name == "BasicQA.forward"
     assert lm_span.name == "GPT3.request"
-    assert question in lm_span.attributes[SpanAttributes.INPUT_VALUE]
+    assert question in lm_span.attributes[SpanAttributes.INPUT_VALUE]  # type: ignore
diff --git a/python/mypy.ini b/python/mypy.ini
index c8ed2018d..2d2b6180d 100644
--- a/python/mypy.ini
+++ b/python/mypy.ini
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ exclude = (?x)(
 
 [mypy-wrapt]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-dspy.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-dsp.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True