diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 5c5bf7515..9fffb86cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        tox: ['docs', 'typing']
+        # tox: ['docs', 'typing']
+        tox: ['docs']  # disable typing tests until we have typed the project correctly
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5.1.0