diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d010a45e7c..ea4c4c857c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ repos:
       - <<: *uv-managed-hook
         id: mypy
         name: mypy static type checker
-        entry: uv run --group dev --frozen --isolated mypy
+        entry: uv run --group typing-distributed --frozen --isolated mypy
         types_or: [python, pyi]
         pass_filenames: false
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 709d55625a..73dc550447 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ typing = [
   "mypy[faster-cache]>=1.13.0",
   "typing-extensions>=4.11.0",
   "types-cffi>=1.16.0",
-  "mpi4py>=4.0.0",
   "scipy-stubs>=1.15.3.0"
 ]
+typing-distributed = [
+  "mpi4py>=3.1.5",
+  "pymetis>2022.1"
+]
 
 # -- Standard project description options (PEP 621) --
 [project]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 58d57b43f0..b131ed661c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1605,7 +1605,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "coverage", extra = ["toml"] },
     { name = "esbonio" },
     { name = "icon4py-testing" },
-    { name = "mpi4py" },
     { name = "mypy", extra = ["faster-cache"] },
     { name = "myst-parser" },
     { name = "nox" },
@@ -1667,12 +1666,15 @@ test = [
     { name = "pytest-xdist", extra = ["psutil"] },
 ]
 typing = [
-    { name = "mpi4py" },
     { name = "mypy", extra = ["faster-cache"] },
     { name = "scipy-stubs" },
     { name = "types-cffi" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
+typing-distributed = [
+    { name = "mpi4py" },
+    { name = "pymetis" },
+]
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
@@ -1708,7 +1710,6 @@ dev = [
     { name = "coverage", extras = ["toml"], specifier = ">=7.5.0" },
     { name = "esbonio", specifier = ">=0.16.0" },
     { name = "icon4py-testing", editable = "model/testing" },
-    { name = "mpi4py", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "mypy", extras = ["faster-cache"], specifier = ">=1.13.0" },
     { name = "myst-parser", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "nox", git = "https://github.com/wntrblm/nox.git?rev=aa09595437608dfe21eb776d8a4bcc0bd5f9916b" },
@@ -1770,12 +1771,15 @@ test = [
     { name = "pytest-xdist", extras = ["psutil"], specifier = ">=3.5.0" },
 ]
 typing = [
-    { name = "mpi4py", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "mypy", extras = ["faster-cache"], specifier = ">=1.13.0" },
     { name = "scipy-stubs", specifier = ">=1.15.3.0" },
     { name = "types-cffi", specifier = ">=1.16.0" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.11.0" },
 ]
+typing-distributed = [
+    { name = "mpi4py", specifier = ">=3.1.5" },
+    { name = "pymetis", specifier = ">2022.1" },
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "icon4py-atmosphere-advection"