diff --git a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
index 0a1799181..2a1da3d90 100644
--- a/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
+++ b/cyclonedx_py/_internal/environment.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def __add_components(self, bom: 'Bom',
                 pep639_licenses = list(dist2licenses_pep639(dist, self._gather_license_texts, self._logger))
                 pep639_lexp = find_LicenseExpression(pep639_licenses)
                 if pep639_lexp is not None:
-                    component.licenses = (pep639_lexp,)  # type:ignore[assignment]
+                    component.licenses = (pep639_lexp,)
                     pep639_licenses.remove(pep639_lexp)
                 if len(pep639_licenses) > 0:
                     if find_LicenseExpression(component.licenses) is None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2fa86756..6d60ea130 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pep8-naming = "0.15.1"
 flake8-logging = "1.7.0"
 isort = "6.0.1"
 autopep8 = "2.3.2"
-mypy = "1.15.0"
+mypy = "1.16.0"
 bandit = "1.8.3"
 tomli = { version = "^2.0.1", python = "<3.11" }
 tox = "4.26.0"