diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231222-122126.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231222-122126.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5995f5b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20231222-122126.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Bump mypy from 1.7.1 to 1.8.0"
+time: 2023-12-22T12:21:26.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 872
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index c19c587f3..799f7a1eb 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ flake8~=6.1
 flaky~=3.7
 freezegun~=1.3
 ipdb~=0.13.13
-mypy==1.7.1  # patch updates have historically introduced breaking changes
+mypy==1.8.0  # patch updates have historically introduced breaking changes
 pip-tools~=7.3
 pre-commit~=3.5
 pre-commit-hooks~=4.5