diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index a0c7b525..dd795609 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-mypy==0.730  # https://github.com/python/mypy
+mypy==0.740  # https://github.com/python/mypy
 pytest==5.2.1  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.2  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar