diff --git a/src/ensembl/utils/database/dbconnection.py b/src/ensembl/utils/database/dbconnection.py
index 2c62818..acfad51 100644
--- a/src/ensembl/utils/database/dbconnection.py
+++ b/src/ensembl/utils/database/dbconnection.py
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ def _enable_sqlite_savepoints(self, engine: sqlalchemy.engine.Engine) -> None:
 
         @event.listens_for(engine, "connect")
         def do_connect(
-            dbapi_connection: sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces.DBAPIConnection,
-            connection_record: sqlalchemy.pool.ConnectionPoolEntry,
-        ) -> None:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            dbapi_connection: Any,  # SQLAlchemy is not clear about the type of this argument
+            connection_record: sqlalchemy.pool.ConnectionPoolEntry,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        ) -> None:
             """Disables emitting the BEGIN statement entirely, as well as COMMIT before any DDL."""
             dbapi_connection.isolation_level = None
 
@@ -223,8 +223,9 @@ def test_session_scope(self) -> Generator[sqlalchemy.orm.Session, None, None]:
             # Define a new transaction event
             @event.listens_for(session, "after_transaction_end")
             def end_savepoint(
-                session: sqlalchemy.orm.Session, transaction: sqlalchemy.orm.SessionTransaction
-            ) -> None:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+                session: sqlalchemy.orm.Session,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+                transaction: sqlalchemy.orm.SessionTransaction,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            ) -> None:
                 if not connection.in_nested_transaction():
                     connection.begin_nested()
 
diff --git a/tests/rloader/test_rloader.py b/tests/rloader/test_rloader.py
index 24acd98..398a42d 100644
--- a/tests/rloader/test_rloader.py
+++ b/tests/rloader/test_rloader.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class MockResponse:
 
 
 def mock_requests_get(
-    file_path: Path, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
-) -> MockResponse:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    file_path: Path, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+) -> MockResponse:
     """Mocks `requests.get()` function, bypassing the required internet connection."""
     with file_path.open("r") as in_file:
         content = in_file.read()