diff --git a/.github/workflows/type-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/type-checker.yml
index e5af4ba9e..725a598b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/type-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/type-checker.yml
@@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ jobs:
           echo "Fetching changed files..."
           git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRT origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD -- '*.py' > changed_files.txt
 
-          # Filter for files in src/ and tests/ directories
-          grep -E "^(src/|tests/)" changed_files.txt > filtered_changed_files.txt || true
+          # Filter for files in src/ directory only (excluding tests/)
+          grep -E "^src/" changed_files.txt > filtered_changed_files.txt || true
 
           # Check if there are any changed files
           if [ -s filtered_changed_files.txt ]; then
-            echo "Changed Python files in src/ and tests/:"
+            echo "Changed Python files in src/:"
             cat filtered_changed_files.txt
             echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             # Convert newlines to spaces for mypy command
             echo "files=$(cat filtered_changed_files.txt | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            echo "No Python files changed in src/ or tests/"
+            echo "No Python files changed in src/"
             echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: No files to check
         if: steps.changed-files.outputs.has_changes == 'false'
-        run: echo "No Python files in src/ or tests/ were modified - skipping type checks"
+        run: echo "No Python files in src/ were modified - skipping type checks"
 
   # Summary job to provide single status for branch protection
   type-checker:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 76441433b..828b57ccf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.17.1
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        args: ["--config-file", "pyproject.toml"]
+        args: ["--strict", "--exclude", "src/crewai/cli/templates"]
+        files: ^src/
+        exclude: ^tests/