diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73ac136ec..2295ff0e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- Fixed issue in `static-type-checker` such that mypy no longer checks imported modules in the file being checked
+
 ### 🔧 Internal changes
 
 - Configured CI tests to run on environments with and without `z3` dependency.
diff --git a/examples/custom_checkers/static_type_checker_examples/imports_no_error.py b/examples/custom_checkers/static_type_checker_examples/imports_no_error.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b02e9791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/custom_checkers/static_type_checker_examples/imports_no_error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Imports a module with mypy errors, but mypy should not report any errors when checking this file
+import e9952_incompatible_assignment
diff --git a/python_ta/checkers/static_type_checker.py b/python_ta/checkers/static_type_checker.py
index 1c2af7466..82617e78e 100644
--- a/python_ta/checkers/static_type_checker.py
+++ b/python_ta/checkers/static_type_checker.py
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ class StaticTypeChecker(BaseRawFileChecker):
     def process_module(self, node: nodes.NodeNG) -> None:
         """Run Mypy on the current file and handle type errors."""
         filename = node.stream().name
-        mypy_options = [
-            "--ignore-missing-imports",
-            "--show-error-end",
-        ]
+        mypy_options = ["--ignore-missing-imports", "--show-error-end", "--follow-imports=skip"]
         result, _, _ = api.run([filename] + mypy_options)
 
         for line in result.splitlines():
diff --git a/tests/test_custom_checkers/test_static_type_checker.py b/tests/test_custom_checkers/test_static_type_checker.py
index d523db7e9..afd0bb530 100644
--- a/tests/test_custom_checkers/test_static_type_checker.py
+++ b/tests/test_custom_checkers/test_static_type_checker.py
@@ -217,3 +217,15 @@ def test_no_errors_in_static_type_checker_no_error(self) -> None:
         mod = MANAGER.ast_from_file(file_path)
         with self.assertNoMessages():
             self.checker.process_module(mod)
+
+    def test_imports_no_error(self) -> None:
+        """Imports a module with mypy errors, no errors raised."""
+        file_path = os.path.normpath(
+            os.path.join(
+                __file__,
+                "../../../examples/custom_checkers/static_type_checker_examples/imports_no_error.py",
+            )
+        )
+        mod = MANAGER.ast_from_file(file_path)
+        with self.assertNoMessages():
+            self.checker.process_module(mod)