diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 42332093f..e6c0d5270 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ repos:
         name: isort (python)
         files: \.py$
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v0.931
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        name: Mypy Karapace
+        pass_filenames: false
+        args: ["--ignore-missing-imports", "--package", "karapace"]
+
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/karapace/compatibility/__init__.py b/karapace/compatibility/__init__.py
index 4bdc2cf41..732c20b3f 100644
--- a/karapace/compatibility/__init__.py
+++ b/karapace/compatibility/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 )
 from karapace.compatibility.jsonschema.checks import compatibility as jsonschema_compatibility
 from karapace.compatibility.protobuf.checks import check_protobuf_schema_compatibility
+from karapace.protobuf.schema import ProtobufSchema
 from karapace.schema_reader import SchemaType, TypedSchema
+from karapace.utils import assert_never
 
 import logging
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ def check_jsonschema_compatibility(reader: Draft7Validator, writer: Draft7Valida
     return jsonschema_compatibility(reader, writer)
 
 
-def check_protobuf_compatibility(reader, writer) -> SchemaCompatibilityResult:
+def check_protobuf_compatibility(reader: ProtobufSchema, writer: ProtobufSchema) -> SchemaCompatibilityResult:
     return check_protobuf_schema_compatibility(reader, writer)
 
 
@@ -161,10 +163,6 @@ def check_compatibility(
             )
 
     else:
-        result = SchemaCompatibilityResult.incompatible(
-            incompat_type=SchemaIncompatibilityType.type_mismatch,
-            message=f"Unknow schema_type {old_schema.schema_type}",
-            location=[],
-        )
+        assert_never(f"Unknown schema_type {old_schema.schema_type}")
 
     return result
diff --git a/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/checks.py b/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/checks.py
index 659bc7662..e9833e22d 100644
--- a/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/checks.py
+++ b/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/checks.py
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@
 )
 
 
-def type_mismatch(reader_type, writer_type, location: List[str]) -> SchemaCompatibilityResult:
+def type_mismatch(
+    reader_type: JSONSCHEMA_TYPES,
+    writer_type: JSONSCHEMA_TYPES,
+    location: List[str],
+) -> SchemaCompatibilityResult:
     return SchemaCompatibilityResult.incompatible(
         incompat_type=Incompatibility.type_changed,
         message=f"type {reader_type} is not compatible with type {writer_type}",
@@ -189,7 +193,11 @@ def compatibility(reader: Draft7Validator, writer: Draft7Validator) -> SchemaCom
 
 
 def check_simple_subschema(
-    simplified_reader_schema, simplified_writer_schema, original_reader_type, original_writer_type, location
+    simplified_reader_schema: Any,
+    simplified_writer_schema: Any,
+    original_reader_type: JSONSCHEMA_TYPES,
+    original_writer_type: JSONSCHEMA_TYPES,
+    location: List[str],
 ) -> SchemaCompatibilityResult:
     rec_result = compatibility_rec(simplified_reader_schema, simplified_writer_schema, location)
     if is_compatible(rec_result):
@@ -307,7 +315,7 @@ def check_assertion_compatibility(
         )
 
     # The type error below is due to a mypy bug for version 0.820 (issue #10131)
-    if assertion_check.comparison(reader_value, writer_value):  # type: ignore
+    if assertion_check.comparison(reader_value, writer_value):  # type: ignore[call-arg]
         result.add_incompatibility(
             incompat_type=assertion_check.error_when_restricting,
             message=assertion_check.error_msg_when_restricting.format(
@@ -816,7 +824,7 @@ def compatibility_subschemas(reader_schema, writer_schema, location: List[str])
             qty_of_required_compatible_subschemas = len_writer_subschemas
 
         compatible_schemas_count = count_uniquely_compatible_schemas(
-            reader_type,
+            reader_type,  # type: ignore
             reader_subschemas,
             writer_subschemas,
             subschema_location,
diff --git a/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/utils.py b/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/utils.py
index fdb5c90f4..79f68f2ba 100644
--- a/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/utils.py
+++ b/karapace/compatibility/jsonschema/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def normalize_schema(validator: Draft7Validator) -> Any:
     return normalize_schema_rec(validator, original_schema)
 
 
-def normalize_schema_rec(validator, original_schema) -> Any:
+def normalize_schema_rec(validator: Draft7Validator, original_schema: Any) -> Any:
     if isinstance(original_schema, (bool, str, float, int)) or original_schema is None:
         return original_schema
 
diff --git a/karapace/utils.py b/karapace/utils.py
index 3fae52f1b..0fee33293 100644
--- a/karapace/utils.py
+++ b/karapace/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from kafka.client_async import BrokerConnection, KafkaClient, MetadataRequest
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import NoReturn, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ def json_encode(obj, *, compact=True, sort_keys=True, binary=False):
     return res.encode("utf-8") if binary else res
 
 
+def assert_never(value: NoReturn) -> NoReturn:
+    raise RuntimeError(f"This code should never be reached, got: {value}")
+
+
 class Result:
     def __init__(self, status, json_result, headers=None):
         # We create both status and status_code so people can be agnostic on whichever to use
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index db2ebbf89..a0952b212 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 [mypy]
 python_version = 3.7
 warn_redundant_casts = True
-
-[mypy-karapace.*]
-ignore_errors = True
-
-[mypy-karapace.avro_compatibility]
 ignore_errors = False
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 disallow_incomplete_defs = True
@@ -16,13 +11,157 @@ warn_no_return = True
 warn_unreachable = True
 strict_equality = True
 
-[mypy-karapace.compatibility]
-ignore_errors = False
-disallow_untyped_defs = True
-disallow_incomplete_defs = True
-check_untyped_defs = True
-no_implicit_optional = True
-warn_unused_ignores = True
-warn_no_return = True
-warn_unreachable = True
-strict_equality = True
+[mypy-karapace.schema_registry_apis]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.karapace]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.version]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.compatibility.jsonschema.checks]
+disallow_untyped_defs = False
+disallow_incomplete_defs = False
+warn_unused_ignores = False
+
+[mypy-karapace.constants]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.karapace_all]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.one_of_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.syntax]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.field]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.kotlin_wrapper]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.io]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.field_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.proto_file_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.compare_type_storage]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.type_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.enum_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.encoding_variants]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.schema]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.extensions_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.protobuf_to_dict]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.exception]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.rpc_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.option_reader]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.option_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.enum_constant_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.compare_result]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.location]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.message_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.syntax_reader]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.utils]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.extend_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.reserved_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.proto_type]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.group_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.service_element]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.protobuf.proto_parser]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.config]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.schema_reader]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.statsd]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.utils]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.rapu]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.serialization]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.master_coordinator]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.kafka_rest_apis.__main__]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.kafka_rest_apis.consumer_manager]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.kafka_rest_apis]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.kafka_rest_apis.admin]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.kafka_rest_apis.error_codes]
+ignore_errors = True
+
+[mypy-karapace.schema_backup]
+ignore_errors = True
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tests/schemas/__init__.py b/tests/schemas/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000