diff --git a/myst_parser/inventory.py b/myst_parser/inventory.py
index bdcd8bb0..a27e2e49 100644
--- a/myst_parser/inventory.py
+++ b/myst_parser/inventory.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def read_compressed_lines(self) -> Iterator[str]:
 
 
 @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=256)
-def _create_regex(pat: str) -> re.Pattern:
+def _create_regex(pat: str) -> re.Pattern[str]:
     r"""Create a regex from a pattern, that can include `*` wildcards,
     to match 0 or more characters.
 
diff --git a/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py b/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
index 0817f5ca..b2199b19 100644
--- a/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
+++ b/myst_parser/mdit_to_docutils/base.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from docutils.parsers.rst.languages import get_language as get_language_rst
 from docutils.statemachine import StringList
 from docutils.transforms.components import Filter
-from docutils.utils import Reporter, new_document
+from docutils.utils import Reporter, SystemMessage, new_document
 from docutils.utils.code_analyzer import Lexer, LexerError, NumberLines
 from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
 from markdown_it.common.utils import escapeHtml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def _restore():
     @contextmanager
     def current_node_context(
         self, node: nodes.Element, append: bool = False
-    ) -> Iterator:
+    ) -> Iterator[None]:
         """Context manager for temporarily setting the current node."""
         if append:
             self.current_node.append(node)
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ def run_directive(
         self.document.current_line = position
 
         # get directive class
-        output: tuple[Directive | None, list] = directives.directive(
+        output: tuple[Directive | None, list[SystemMessage]] = directives.directive(
             name, self.language_module_rst, self.document
         )
         directive_class, messages = output
diff --git a/myst_parser/mocking.py b/myst_parser/mocking.py
index 3fedbaed..e74201c7 100644
--- a/myst_parser/mocking.py
+++ b/myst_parser/mocking.py
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ def parse_directive_block(
         content: StringList,
         line_offset: int,
         directive: type[Directive],
-        option_presets: dict,
-    ) -> tuple[list, dict, StringList, int]:
+        option_presets: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> tuple[list[str], dict[str, Any], StringList, int]:
         """Parse the full directive text
 
         :raises MarkupError: for errors in parsing the directive
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ def __init__(
         renderer: DocutilsRenderer,
         name: str,
         klass: Include,
-        arguments: list,
-        options: dict,
+        arguments: list[str],
+        options: dict[str, Any],
         body: list[str],
         lineno: int,
     ):
diff --git a/myst_parser/parsers/docutils_.py b/myst_parser/parsers/docutils_.py
index 89a78b65..139e1086 100644
--- a/myst_parser/parsers/docutils_.py
+++ b/myst_parser/parsers/docutils_.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _validate_url_schemes(
     return output
 
 
-def _attr_to_optparse_option(at: Field, default: Any) -> Tuple[dict, str]:
+def _attr_to_optparse_option(at: Field, default: Any) -> Tuple[Dict[str, Any], str]:
     """Convert a field into a Docutils optparse options dict.
 
     :returns: (option_dict, default)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 836473b6..62d99db8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -114,11 +114,24 @@ show_error_codes = true
 check_untyped_defs = true
 strict_equality = true
 warn_unused_ignores = true
+disallow_any_generics = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 module = ["docutils.*", "yaml.*", "pygments.*"]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+# shrink me
+module = [
+    "myst_parser.config.dc_validators",
+    "myst_parser.config.main",
+    "myst_parser.inventory",
+    "myst_parser.parsers.directives",
+    "myst_parser.parsers.docutils_",
+    "myst_parser.parsers.parse_html",
+]
+disallow_any_generics = false
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
     "ignore:.*The default for the setting.*:FutureWarning",