diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3dd1959aa..be61ed883 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -67,12 +67,16 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies: ["bandit[toml]"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.8.0
+    rev: v1.9.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         files: ^vizro-core/src/
         additional_dependencies:
-          - pydantic>=1.10.13, <2 # deliberately pinned to <2 until we bump our pydantic requirement to strictly >=2
+          # Deliberately pinned to <2 until we bump our pydantic requirement to strictly >=2.
+          # pydantic>=1.10.15 includes this fix which flags some genuine type problems. These will take a while to fix
+          # or ignore so for now we just pin to 1.10.14 which doesn't flag the problems.
+          # https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/8765
+          - pydantic==1.10.14
 
   - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
     rev: v8.18.2
@@ -121,3 +125,4 @@ ci:
     - bandit
     - mypy
     - gitleaks
+    - vale
diff --git a/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240405_103212_antony.milne_fix_mypy.md b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240405_103212_antony.milne_fix_mypy.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1f65e73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vizro-core/changelog.d/20240405_103212_antony.milne_fix_mypy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<!--
+A new scriv changelog fragment.
+
+Uncomment the section that is right (remove the HTML comment wrapper).
+-->
+
+<!--
+### Highlights ✨
+
+- A bullet item for the Highlights ✨ category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Removed
+
+- A bullet item for the Removed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Added
+
+- A bullet item for the Added category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Changed
+
+- A bullet item for the Changed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Deprecated
+
+- A bullet item for the Deprecated category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Fixed
+
+- A bullet item for the Fixed category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->
+<!--
+### Security
+
+- A bullet item for the Security category with a link to the relevant PR at the end of your entry, e.g. Enable feature XXX ([#1](https://github.com/mckinsey/vizro/pull/1))
+
+-->