diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ee81616..63bcdf0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,30 @@ repos:
       - id: flake8
         args:
         - --show-source
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: 'v1.10.0'
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        args:
+          - --config-file=pyproject.toml
+          - --exclude
+          - '^test/examples/'
+          - src/
+          - test/
+        pass_filenames: false
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
+          - bashlex
+          - freezegun
+          - gitpython
+          - packaging
+          - pytest
+          - rapids-metadata>=0.3.1
+          - rich
+          - tomlkit
+          - types-PyYAML
   - repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v0.1.0
+    rev: v0.3.1
     hooks:
       - id: verify-copyright
         files: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b5b269..994bb5c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@ profile = "black"
 testpaths = [
     "test",
 ]
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = "bashlex.*"
+ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/src/rapids_pre_commit_hooks/alpha_spec.py b/src/rapids_pre_commit_hooks/alpha_spec.py
index 4a1e507..78f056b 100644
--- a/src/rapids_pre_commit_hooks/alpha_spec.py
+++ b/src/rapids_pre_commit_hooks/alpha_spec.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import yaml
 from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
+from rapids_metadata.metadata import RAPIDSVersion
 from rapids_metadata.remote import fetch_latest
 
 from .lint import LintMain
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def node_has_type(node, tag_type):
     return node.tag == f"tag:yaml.org,2002:{tag_type}"
 
 
-def get_rapids_version(args: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
+def get_rapids_version(args: argparse.Namespace) -> RAPIDSVersion:
     md = all_metadata()
     return (
         md.versions[args.rapids_version]