diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14ca5d092be..21cf38b0baf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ lint = [
     "flake8-bugbear",
     "flake8-simplify",
     "isort",
-    "mypy>=0.971",
+    "mypy>=0.981",
     "sphinx-lint",
     "docutils-stubs",
     "types-typed-ast",
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/std.py b/sphinx/domains/std.py
index 68cab115c9b..c6a05875f08 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/std.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/std.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class GenericObject(ObjectDescription[str]):
     A generic x-ref directive registered with Sphinx.add_object_type().
     """
     indextemplate: str = ''
-    parse_node: Callable[["GenericObject", "BuildEnvironment", str, desc_signature], str] = None  # NOQA
+    parse_node: Callable[["BuildEnvironment", str, desc_signature], str] = None  # NOQA
 
     def handle_signature(self, sig: str, signode: desc_signature) -> str:
         if self.parse_node:
diff --git a/sphinx/util/parallel.py b/sphinx/util/parallel.py
index 267f7bd4c18..16a95e0397b 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/parallel.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/parallel.py
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if sys.platform != "win32":
+    ForkContext = multiprocessing.context.ForkContext
     ForkProcess = multiprocessing.context.ForkProcess
 else:
     # For static typing, as ForkProcess doesn't exist on Windows
-    ForkProcess = multiprocessing.process.BaseProcess
+    ForkContext = ForkProcess = Any
 
 # our parallel functionality only works for the forking Process
 parallel_available = multiprocessing and os.name == 'posix'
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ def add_task(
         self._result_funcs[tid] = result_func or (lambda arg, result: None)
         self._args[tid] = arg
         precv, psend = multiprocessing.Pipe(False)
-        context = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
+        context: ForkContext = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
         proc = context.Process(target=self._process, args=(psend, task_func, arg))
         self._procs[tid] = proc
         self._precvsWaiting[tid] = precv
diff --git a/sphinx/util/typing.py b/sphinx/util/typing.py
index 518ea8771ae..c57cb7c5cf9 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/typing.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/typing.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def _restify_py36(cls: Optional[Type], mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typin
             return reftext + '\\ [%s]' % param_str
         else:
             return reftext
-    elif isinstance(cls, typing.GenericMeta):
+    elif isinstance(cls, typing.GenericMeta):  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         if module == 'typing':
             reftext = ':py:class:`~typing.%s`' % qualname
         else:
@@ -505,16 +505,16 @@ def _stringify_py36(annotation: Any, mode: str = 'fully-qualified-except-typing'
             return '%s%s[%s]' % (modprefix, qualname, param_str)
         else:
             return modprefix + qualname
-    elif isinstance(annotation, typing.GenericMeta):
+    elif isinstance(annotation, typing.GenericMeta):  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         params = None
-        if annotation.__args__ is None or len(annotation.__args__) <= 2:  # type: ignore  # NOQA
-            params = annotation.__args__  # type: ignore
-        elif annotation.__origin__ == Generator:  # type: ignore
-            params = annotation.__args__  # type: ignore
+        if annotation.__args__ is None or len(annotation.__args__) <= 2:  # NOQA
+            params = annotation.__args__
+        elif annotation.__origin__ == Generator:
+            params = annotation.__args__
         else:  # typing.Callable
             args = ', '.join(stringify(arg, mode) for arg
-                             in annotation.__args__[:-1])  # type: ignore
-            result = stringify(annotation.__args__[-1])  # type: ignore
+                             in annotation.__args__[:-1])
+            result = stringify(annotation.__args__[-1])
             return '%s%s[[%s], %s]' % (modprefix, qualname, args, result)
         if params is not None:
             param_str = ', '.join(stringify(p, mode) for p in params)