diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
deleted file mode 100644
index cb4c1915..00000000
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Contributing
-
-This package is open to contributions. To contribute, please follow these steps:
-
-1. Fork the upstream drf-openapi-tester repository into a personal account.
-2. Install [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/), and install dev dependencies using `poetry install`
-3. Install [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) (for project linting) by running `pre-commit install`
-4. Create a new branch for your changes, and make sure to add tests!
-5. Run `poetry run pytest` to ensure all tests are passing
-6. Run `pre-commit run --all-files` locally to ensure proper linting
-7. Push the topic branch to your personal fork
-8. Create a pull request to the drf-openapi-tester repository with an explanation of your changes
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 2042a40c..8049aa24 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-def main():
+def main() -> None:
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "test_project.settings")
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
diff --git a/openapi_tester/loaders.py b/openapi_tester/loaders.py
index 18b5f3e0..35cb2446 100644
--- a/openapi_tester/loaders.py
+++ b/openapi_tester/loaders.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Callable
+    from typing import Any, Callable
     from urllib.parse import ParseResult
 
     from django.urls import ResolverMatch
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_schema(self) -> dict:
         return self.get_schema()
 
     def de_reference_schema(self, schema: dict) -> dict:
-        url = schema["basePath"] if "basePath" in schema else self.base_path
+        url = schema.get("basePath", self.base_path)
         recursion_handler = handle_recursion_limit(schema)
         resolver = RefResolver(
             schema,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def resolve_path(self, endpoint_path: str, method: str) -> tuple[str, ResolverMa
                 for key, value in reversed(list(resolved_route.kwargs.items())):
                     index = path.rfind(str(value))
                     path = f"{path[:index]}{{{key}}}{path[index + len(str(value)):]}"
-                if "{pk}" in path and api_settings.SCHEMA_COERCE_PATH_PK:
+                if "{pk}" in path and api_settings.SCHEMA_COERCE_PATH_PK:  # noqa: FS003
                     path, resolved_route = self.handle_pk_parameter(
                         resolved_route=resolved_route, path=path, method=method
                     )
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def load_schema(self) -> dict:
         Loads generated schema from drf-yasg and returns it as a dict.
         """
         odict_schema = self.schema_generator.get_schema(None, True)
-        return loads(dumps(odict_schema.as_odict()))
+        return cast(dict, loads(dumps(odict_schema.as_odict())))
 
     def resolve_path(self, endpoint_path: str, method: str) -> tuple[str, ResolverMatch]:
         de_parameterized_path, resolved_path = super().resolve_path(endpoint_path=endpoint_path, method=method)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def load_schema(self) -> dict:
         """
         Loads generated schema from drf_spectacular and returns it as a dict.
         """
-        return loads(dumps(self.schema_generator.get_schema(public=True)))
+        return cast(dict, loads(dumps(self.schema_generator.get_schema(public=True))))
 
     def resolve_path(self, endpoint_path: str, method: str) -> tuple[str, ResolverMatch]:
         from drf_spectacular.settings import spectacular_settings
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def __init__(self, path: str, field_key_map: dict[str, str] | None = None):
         super().__init__(field_key_map=field_key_map)
         self.path = path if not isinstance(path, pathlib.PosixPath) else str(path)
 
-    def load_schema(self) -> dict:
+    def load_schema(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Loads a static OpenAPI schema from file, and parses it to a python dict.
 
@@ -236,4 +236,6 @@ def load_schema(self) -> dict:
         """
         with open(self.path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
             content = file.read()
-            return json.loads(content) if ".json" in self.path else yaml.load(content, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+            return cast(
+                dict, json.loads(content) if ".json" in self.path else yaml.load(content, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+            )
diff --git a/openapi_tester/schema_tester.py b/openapi_tester/schema_tester.py
index 98bea5fa..1ad08949 100644
--- a/openapi_tester/schema_tester.py
+++ b/openapi_tester/schema_tester.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from itertools import chain
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, List, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Optional, cast
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Any
 
     from rest_framework.response import Response
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(INIT_ERROR)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_key_value(schema: dict, key: str, error_addon: str = "") -> dict:
+    def get_key_value(schema: dict[str, dict], key: str, error_addon: str = "") -> dict:
         """
         Returns the value of a given key
         """
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ def get_key_value(schema: dict, key: str, error_addon: str = "") -> dict:
             ) from e
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_status_code(schema: dict, status_code: str | int, error_addon: str = "") -> dict:
+    def get_status_code(schema: dict[str | int, dict], status_code: str | int, error_addon: str = "") -> dict:
         """
         Returns the status code section of a schema, handles both str and int status codes
         """
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def get_status_code(schema: dict, status_code: str | int, error_addon: str = "")
         )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_schema_type(schema: dict) -> str | None:
+    def get_schema_type(schema: dict[str, str]) -> str | None:
         if "type" in schema:
             return schema["type"]
         if "properties" in schema or "additionalProperties" in schema:
@@ -132,14 +131,16 @@ def get_response_schema_section(self, response: Response) -> dict[str, Any]:
         method_object = self.get_key_value(
             route_object,
             response_method,
-            f"\n\nUndocumented method: {response_method}.\n\nDocumented methods: {[method.lower() for method in route_object.keys() if method.lower() != 'parameters']}.",
+            f"\n\nUndocumented method: {response_method}.\n\nDocumented methods: "
+            f"{[method.lower() for method in route_object.keys() if method.lower() != 'parameters']}.",
         )
 
         responses_object = self.get_key_value(method_object, "responses")
         status_code_object = self.get_status_code(
             responses_object,
             response.status_code,
-            f"\n\nUndocumented status code: {response.status_code}.\n\nDocumented status codes: {list(responses_object.keys())}. ",
+            f"\n\nUndocumented status code: {response.status_code}.\n\n"
+            f"Documented status codes: {list(responses_object.keys())}. ",
         )
 
         if "openapi" not in schema:  # pylint: disable=E1135
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ def get_response_schema_section(self, response: Response) -> dict[str, Any]:
             json_object = self.get_key_value(
                 content_object,
                 "application/json",
-                f"\n\nNo `application/json` responses documented for method: {response_method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
+                f"\n\nNo `application/json` responses documented for method: "
+                f"{response_method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
             )
             return self.get_key_value(json_object, "schema")
 
@@ -163,12 +165,13 @@ def get_response_schema_section(self, response: Response) -> dict[str, Any]:
             raise UndocumentedSchemaSectionError(
                 UNDOCUMENTED_SCHEMA_SECTION_ERROR.format(
                     key="content",
-                    error_addon=f"\n\nNo `content` defined for this response: {response_method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
+                    error_addon=f"\n\nNo `content` defined for this response: "
+                    f"{response_method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
                 )
             )
         return {}
 
-    def handle_one_of(self, schema_section: dict, data: Any, reference: str, **kwargs: Any):
+    def handle_one_of(self, schema_section: dict, data: Any, reference: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         matches = 0
         passed_schema_section_formats = set()
         for option in schema_section["oneOf"]:
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ def handle_one_of(self, schema_section: dict, data: Any, reference: str, **kwarg
         if matches != 1:
             raise DocumentationError(f"{VALIDATE_ONE_OF_ERROR.format(matches=matches)}\n\nReference: {reference}.oneOf")
 
-    def handle_any_of(self, schema_section: dict, data: Any, reference: str, **kwargs: Any):
+    def handle_any_of(self, schema_section: dict, data: Any, reference: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         any_of: list[dict[str, Any]] = schema_section.get("anyOf", [])
         for schema in chain(any_of, lazy_combinations(any_of)):
             try:
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ def test_schema_section(
         if not schema_section_type:
             return
         combined_validators = cast(
-            List[Callable],
+            List[Callable[[dict, Any], Optional[str]]],
             [
                 validate_type,
                 validate_format,
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ def test_openapi_object(
                     ignore_case=ignore_case,
                 )
 
-    def test_openapi_array(self, schema_section: dict, data: dict, reference: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    def test_openapi_array(self, schema_section: dict[str, Any], data: dict, reference: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         for datum in data:
             self.test_schema_section(
                 # the items keyword is required in arrays
@@ -364,8 +367,8 @@ def validate_response(
         response: Response,
         case_tester: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
         ignore_case: list[str] | None = None,
-        validators: list[Callable[[dict, Any], str | None]] | None = None,
-    ):
+        validators: list[Callable[[dict[str, Any], Any], str | None]] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         Verifies that an OpenAPI schema definition matches an API response.
 
diff --git a/openapi_tester/utils.py b/openapi_tester/utils.py
index 128aa0a7..e07c7517 100644
--- a/openapi_tester/utils.py
+++ b/openapi_tester/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-""" Utils Module - this file contains utility functions used in multiple places """
+"""
+Utils Module - this file contains utility functions used in multiple places.
+"""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@
 
 
 def merge_objects(dictionaries: Sequence[dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """helper function to deep merge objects"""
+    """
+    Deeply merge objects.
+    """
     output: dict[str, Any] = {}
     for dictionary in dictionaries:
         for key, value in dictionary.items():
@@ -27,8 +31,10 @@ def merge_objects(dictionaries: Sequence[dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return output
 
 
-def normalize_schema_section(schema_section: dict) -> dict:
-    """helper method to remove allOf and handle edge uses of oneOf"""
+def normalize_schema_section(schema_section: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Remove allOf and handle edge uses of oneOf.
+    """
     output: dict[str, Any] = deepcopy(schema_section)
     if output.get("allOf"):
         all_of = output.pop("allOf")
@@ -46,7 +52,9 @@ def normalize_schema_section(schema_section: dict) -> dict:
 
 
 def lazy_combinations(options_list: Sequence[dict[str, Any]]) -> Iterator[dict]:
-    """helper to lazy evaluate possible permutations of possible combinations"""
+    """
+    Lazily evaluate possible combinations.
+    """
     for i in range(2, len(options_list) + 1):
         for combination in combinations(options_list, i):
             yield merge_objects(combination)
diff --git a/openapi_tester/validators.py b/openapi_tester/validators.py
index 03f68f82..1f4ec559 100644
--- a/openapi_tester/validators.py
+++ b/openapi_tester/validators.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     from typing import Any, Callable
 
 
-def create_validator(validation_fn: Callable, wrap_as_validator: bool = False) -> Callable:
-    def wrapped(value: Any):
+def create_validator(validation_fn: Callable, wrap_as_validator: bool = False) -> Callable[[Any], bool]:
+    def wrapped(value: Any) -> bool:
         try:
             return bool(validation_fn(value)) or not wrap_as_validator
         except (ValueError, ValidationError):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a08b66a..7171c2ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,15 +56,19 @@ prance = "*"
 pyYAML = "*"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+coverage = { extras = ["toml"], version = "^6"}
 drf-spectacular = "*"
 drf-yasg = "*"
 Faker = "*"
 pre-commit = "*"
-pytest = "*"
-pytest-django = "*"
 pylint = "*"
-coverage = { extras = ["toml"], version = "6.1"}
+pytest = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
+pytest-django = "*"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
+build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
@@ -72,15 +76,7 @@ include = '\.pyi?$'
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
-multi_line_output = 3
-include_trailing_comma = true
 line_length = 120
-known_third_party = ["django", "drf_spectacular", "drf_yasg", "faker", "inflection", "openapi_spec_validator", "prance", "pytest", "rest_framework", "yaml"]
-known_first_party = ["openapi_tester"]
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
-build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.pylint.FORMAT]
 max-line-length = 120
@@ -106,9 +102,8 @@ max-locals = 20
 good-names = "_,e,i"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
-source = ["openapi_tester/*"]
+source = ["openapi_tester"]
 omit = [
-    "openapi_tester/type_declarations.py",
     "manage.py",
     "test_project/*",
 ]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dabe27d1..2407e508 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
 ignore=
-    # E501: Line length
-    E501
     # Docstring at the top of a public module
     D100
     # Docstring at the top of a public class (method is enough)
@@ -9,35 +7,17 @@ ignore=
     # Make docstrings one line if it can fit.
     D200
     D210
-    # Imperative docstring declarations
-    D401
-    # Type annotation for `self`
-    TYP101
-    TYP102  # for cls
-    ANN101
     # Missing docstring in __init__
     D107
     # Missing docstring in public package
     D104
-    # Missing type annotations for `**kwargs`
-    TYP003
     # Whitespace before ':'. Black formats code this way.
     E203
     # 1 blank line required between summary line and description
     D205
-    # First line should end with a period - here we have a few cases where the first line is too long, and
-    # this issue can't be fixed without using noqa notation
-    D400
     # Line break before binary operator. W504 will be hit when this is excluded.
     W503
-    # Missing type annotation for *args
-    TYP002
-    ANN002
-    # Missing type annotation for **kwargs
-    ANN003
-    # f-string missing prefix (too many false positives)
-    FS003
-    # Handle error-cases first
+    # Handle error cases first
     SIM106
 enable-extensions =
     enable-extensions = TC, TC1
@@ -49,9 +29,13 @@ exclude =
     manage.py,
     .venv
 max-complexity = 16
+max-line-length = 120
+per-file-ignores =
+    openapi_tester/constants.py:FS003
+    tests/*:FS003
+    test_project/*:FS003
 
 [mypy]
-python_version = 3.10
 show_column_numbers = True
 show_error_context = False
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/tests/test_schema_tester.py b/tests/test_schema_tester.py
index 66b6d9f2..ba0bb7b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema_tester.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema_tester.py
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ def test_validate_response_failure_scenario_undocumented_content(client, monkeyp
     response = client.get(de_parameterized_path)
     with pytest.raises(
         UndocumentedSchemaSectionError,
-        match=f"Error: Unsuccessfully tried to index the OpenAPI schema by `content`. \n\nNo `content` defined for this response: {method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
+        match=f"Error: Unsuccessfully tried to index the OpenAPI schema by `content`. \n\n"
+        f"No `content` defined for this response: {method}, path: {parameterized_path}",
     ):
         tester.validate_response(response)