diff --git a/build-support/githooks/pre-commit b/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
index f042cb1ff50..cc7fbe026a0 100755
--- a/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if git rev-parse --verify "${MERGE_BASE}" &>/dev/null; then
   # TODO: add a test case for this while including a pexrc file, as python checkstyle currently fails
   # quite often with a pexrc available.
   echo "* Checking lint"
-  ./pants --whitelist-tag-name=type_checked --exclude-target-regexp='testprojects/.*' --changed-parent="${MERGE_BASE}" lint || exit 1
+  ./pants --lint-mypy-whitelist-tag-name=type_checked --exclude-target-regexp='testprojects/.*' --changed-parent="${MERGE_BASE}" lint || exit 1
 
   if git diff "${MERGE_BASE}" --name-only | grep '\.rs$' > /dev/null; then
     echo "* Checking formatting of rust files"
diff --git a/pants.ini b/pants.ini
index 48f9b5c7ab0..2a01dfb9c6c 100644
--- a/pants.ini
+++ b/pants.ini
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ skip: True
 skip: True
 
 [lint.mypy]
+whitelist_tag_name = type_checked
 config_file: build-support/mypy/mypy.ini
 
 [scala]