diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3b14987ebd..e2c1207f81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
+      - name: Update environment variables
+        run: echo "PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/django/projects/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - run: |
           pip install "$(grep -E '^flake8' django/requirements-test.txt)"
           pip install "$(grep -E '^mypy' django/requirements-test.txt)"
diff --git a/django/requirements-types.txt b/django/requirements-types.txt
index 6a499eb4d9..1dec9daeff 100644
--- a/django/requirements-types.txt
+++ b/django/requirements-types.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#django-stubs==5.1.1
+django-stubs==5.1.1
 types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241003
 types-docutils==0.21.0.20241128
 types-requests==2.32.0.20241016
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b775138864..4e9adc0263 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 [mypy]
 check_untyped_defs = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+disable_error_code = import-untyped
 warn_incomplete_stub = False
+plugins = mypy_django_plugin.main
+
+[mypy.plugins.django-stubs]
+django_settings_module = 'mysite.settings'
+strict_settings = False
 
 [mypy-applications.catmaid.migrations.*]
 ignore_errors = True