diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index d5c5bd88..201c1cda 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ watchgod==0.7  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod
 
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-mypy==0.812  # https://github.com/python/mypy
+mypy==0.901  # https://github.com/python/mypy
 django-stubs==1.8.0  # https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs
 pytest==6.2.4  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.4  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar