diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bca0923e8..80202bebf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v0.790
+    rev: v0.910
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: [types-all]
   - repo: https://github.com/peterdemin/pip-compile-multi
     rev: v2.4.1
     hooks:
diff --git a/RELEASING/changelog.py b/RELEASING/changelog.py
index d6a1842fd..e9ff2de04 100644
--- a/RELEASING/changelog.py
+++ b/RELEASING/changelog.py
@@ -384,12 +384,12 @@ def change_log(
         with open(csv, "w") as csv_file:
             log_items = list(logs)
             field_names = log_items[0].keys()
-            writer = lib_csv.DictWriter(
+            writer = lib_csv.DictWriter(  # type: ignore
                 csv_file,
                 delimiter=",",
                 quotechar='"',
                 quoting=lib_csv.QUOTE_ALL,
-                fieldnames=field_names,
+                fieldnames=field_names,  # type: ignore
             )
             writer.writeheader()
             for log in logs:
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark_migration.py b/scripts/benchmark_migration.py
index e4e49906d..27670b5d4 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmark_migration.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmark_migration.py
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@ def import_migration_script(filepath: Path) -> ModuleType:
     Import migration script as if it were a module.
     """
     spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(filepath.stem, filepath)
-    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-    spec.loader.exec_module(module)  # type: ignore
-    return module
+    if spec:
+        module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        spec.loader.exec_module(module)  # type: ignore
+        return module
+    raise Exception(
+        "No module spec found in location: `{path}`".format(path=str(filepath))
+    )
 
 
 def extract_modified_tables(module: ModuleType) -> Set[str]:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a38c7d2a2..d082733fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ setup(
         "simplejson>=3.15.0",
         "slackclient==2.5.0",  # PINNED! slack changes file upload api in the future versions
         "sqlalchemy>=1.3.16, <1.4, !=1.3.21",
-        "sqlalchemy-utils>=0.36.6,<0.37",
+        "sqlalchemy-utils>=0.36.6, <0.37",
         "sqlparse==0.3.0",  # PINNED! see https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/issues/562
         "tabulate==0.8.9",
-        "typing-extensions>=3.7.4.3,<4",  # needed to support typing.Literal on py37
+        "typing-extensions>=3.10, <4",  # needed to support Literal (3.8) and TypeGuard (3.10)
         "wtforms-json",
     ],
     extras_require={
-        "athena": ["pyathena>=1.10.8,<1.11"],
+        "athena": ["pyathena>=1.10.8, <1.11"],
         "bigquery": [
             "pandas_gbq>=0.10.0",
             "pybigquery>=0.4.10",
diff --git a/superset/tasks/schedules.py b/superset/tasks/schedules.py
index fe75fbe4a..78c0e8efe 100644
--- a/superset/tasks/schedules.py
+++ b/superset/tasks/schedules.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ WEBDRIVER_BASEURL = config["WEBDRIVER_BASEURL"]
 WEBDRIVER_BASEURL_USER_FRIENDLY = config["WEBDRIVER_BASEURL_USER_FRIENDLY"]
 
 ReportContent = namedtuple(
-    "EmailContent",
+    "ReportContent",
     [
         "body",  # email body
         "data",  # attachments
diff --git a/superset/typing.py b/superset/typing.py
index 4273444fe..d076402df 100644
--- a/superset/typing.py
+++ b/superset/typing.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_caching import Cache
-from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+from typing_extensions import Literal, TypedDict
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class AdhocMetricColumn(TypedDict, total=False):
 class AdhocMetric(TypedDict, total=False):
     aggregate: str
     column: Optional[AdhocMetricColumn]
-    expressionType: str
+    expressionType: Literal["SIMPLE", "SQL"]
     label: Optional[str]
     sqlExpression: Optional[str]
 
diff --git a/superset/utils/async_query_manager.py b/superset/utils/async_query_manager.py
index 90428a11e..258024f7f 100644
--- a/superset/utils/async_query_manager.py
+++ b/superset/utils/async_query_manager.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class AsyncQueryManager:
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__()
-        self._redis: redis.Redis
+        self._redis: redis.Redis  # type: ignore
         self._stream_prefix: str = ""
         self._stream_limit: Optional[int]
         self._stream_limit_firehose: Optional[int]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class AsyncQueryManager:
                 "Please provide a JWT secret at least 32 bytes long"
             )
 
-        self._redis = redis.Redis(  # type: ignore
+        self._redis = redis.Redis(
             **config["GLOBAL_ASYNC_QUERIES_REDIS_CONFIG"], decode_responses=True
         )
         self._stream_prefix = config["GLOBAL_ASYNC_QUERIES_REDIS_STREAM_PREFIX"]
diff --git a/superset/utils/core.py b/superset/utils/core.py
index 2e34fd4f8..062c3fa50 100644
--- a/superset/utils/core.py
+++ b/superset/utils/core.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.engine import Connection, Engine
 from sqlalchemy.engine.reflection import Inspector
 from sqlalchemy.sql.type_api import Variant
 from sqlalchemy.types import TEXT, TypeDecorator, TypeEngine
-from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+from typing_extensions import TypedDict, TypeGuard
 
 import _thread  # pylint: disable=C0411
 from superset.constants import (
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ def backend() -> str:
     return get_example_database().backend
 
 
-def is_adhoc_metric(metric: Metric) -> bool:
+def is_adhoc_metric(metric: Metric) -> TypeGuard[AdhocMetric]:
     return isinstance(metric, dict) and "expressionType" in metric
 
 
@@ -1288,7 +1288,6 @@ def get_metric_name(metric: Metric) -> str:
     :raises ValueError: if metric object is invalid
     """
     if is_adhoc_metric(metric):
-        metric = cast(AdhocMetric, metric)
         label = metric.get("label")
         if label:
             return label
@@ -1306,7 +1305,7 @@ def get_metric_name(metric: Metric) -> str:
             if column_name:
                 return column_name
         raise ValueError(__("Invalid metric object"))
-    return cast(str, metric)
+    return metric  # type: ignore
 
 
 def get_metric_names(metrics: Sequence[Metric]) -> List[str]:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/core_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests/core_tests.py
index bb3e50f51..51d1d0993 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/core_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/core_tests.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from superset.utils.core import (
     GenericDataType,
     get_metric_name,
     get_metric_names,
+    is_adhoc_metric,
 )
 
 STR_METRIC = "my_metric"
@@ -91,3 +92,9 @@ def test_get_metric_names():
     assert get_metric_names(
         [STR_METRIC, SIMPLE_SUM_ADHOC_METRIC, SQL_ADHOC_METRIC]
     ) == ["my_metric", "my SUM", "my_sql"]
+
+
+def test_is_adhoc_metric():
+    assert is_adhoc_metric(STR_METRIC) is False
+    assert is_adhoc_metric(SIMPLE_SUM_ADHOC_METRIC) is True
+    assert is_adhoc_metric(SQL_ADHOC_METRIC) is True