diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 70923cf1a9..ede6337b73 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest-env
   - pytest-html !=2.1.0
   - pytest-metadata >=1.5.1
-  - pytest-mypy
   - pytest-mock
   - pytest-xdist
   # Not on conda-forge - ESMValTool_sample_data==0.0.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10117035f6..1fe1f9278d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         'pytest-env',
         'pytest-html!=2.1.0',
         'pytest-metadata>=1.5.1',
-        'pytest-mypy',
+        'pytest-mypy>=0.10.3',  # gh issue/2314
         'pytest-mock',
         'pytest-xdist',
         'ESMValTool_sample_data==0.0.3',