diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy-pr.yml
index b936223..cbc3b2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy-pr.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changed-py-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         run: |
           # get any type stubs that mypy thinks it needs
-          hatch run types:mypy --install-types --non-interactive --follow-imports skip ${{ steps.changed-py-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+          hatch run types:mypy --install-types --non-interactive --ignore-missing-imports --follow-imports skip ${{ steps.changed-py-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
           # run mypy on the modified files only, and do not even follow imports.
           # this results is a fairly superficial test, but given the overall
           # state of annotations, we strive to become more correct incrementally
           # with focused error reports, rather than barfing a huge complaint
           # that is unrelated to the changeset someone has been working on.
-          # run on the oldest supported Python version
-          hatch run types:mypy --python-version 3.11 --follow-imports skip --pretty --show-error-context ${{ steps.changed-py-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+          # run on the oldest supported Python version.
+          # specify `--ignore-missing-imports` until the datalad-packages have
+          # type stubs for all their modules.
+          hatch run types:mypy --python-version 3.11 --ignore-missing-imports --follow-imports skip --pretty --show-error-context ${{ steps.changed-py-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy-project.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy-project.yml
index 276506d..c6b2654 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy-project.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy-project.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           # get any type stubs that mypy thinks it needs
           hatch run types:mypy --install-types --non-interactive --follow-imports skip datalad_core
           # run mypy on the full project.
-          # run on the oldest supported Python version
-          hatch run types:mypy --python-version 3.11 --pretty --show-error-context datalad_core
+          # run on the oldest supported Python version.
+          # specify `--ignore-missing-imports` until the datalad-packages have
+          # type stubs for all their modules.
+          hatch run types:mypy --python-version 3.11 --ignore-missing-imports --pretty --show-error-context datalad_core