diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index adf39902..15525dce 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E133,E221,E226,E228,E241,W503
+ignore = E133,E221,E226,E228,E241,W503,ANN101,ANN102,ANN401
+per-file-ignores=tests/*:ANN
 max-line-length = 99
 exclude = docs/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/syntax.yml b/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
index 1a8a3dd7..193b7a4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/syntax.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install flake8
-        run: pip install flake8 flake8-pep585
+        run: pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Syntax Check
         run: |
           flake8 --version
           flake8 novelwriter --count --show-source --statistics
-          flake8 tests --count --show-source --statistics
+          flake8 tests --count --show-source --statistics --extend-ignore ANN
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 65bec68e..baf54924 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 flake8
 flake8-pep585
+flake8-annotations