diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 4de537ff..73276d9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -49,18 +49,41 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
-    - name: Install dependencies
+        python-version: 3.13
+    - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install -e .[signals] -r requirements-dev.txt
+    - name: Install mypy
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install mypy
     - name: Run mypy
       run: |
         mypy .
 
+  pyright:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.13
+    - name: Set up Node
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+    - name: Install PynamoDB dev dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install -e .[signals] -r requirements-dev.txt
+    - name: Install pyright
+      run: |
+        npm install -g pyright
+    - name: Run pyright
+      run: |
+        pyright .
+
   build-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/pyrightconfig.json b/pyrightconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b68e164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyrightconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "exclude": [
+    "docs/conf.py",
+    "tests",
+    "bench"
+  ],
+  "reportMissingImports": "error",
+  "reportMissingTypeStubs": false,
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f0da32c3..96b643ba 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ freezegun
 
 # only used in CI
 coveralls
-mypy==1.2.0
-typing-extensions==4.5.0
+typing-extensions>=4.5.0
 pytest-cov
 blinker==1.6.2