diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b78e7d7d..d51d9650 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ __pycache__/
 # Mypy cache
 .mypy_cache*
 .dmypy.json
+mypy/
+mypy-out.txt
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b1ab0055..f9dda30d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ mypy:
   extends: .python
   script:
     - mkdir -p mypy
-    # "|| true" is used for preventing job failure when mypy find errors
-    - mypy src --cobertura-xml-report mypy --no-error-summary > mypy-out.txt || true
+    - mypy src --cobertura-xml-report mypy --no-error-summary > mypy-out.txt
+  after_script:
+    # Installed here rather than with [dev] as the after_script runs in a new shell
+    - pip install mypy-gitlab-code-quality
     - mypy-gitlab-code-quality < mypy-out.txt > codequality.json
-  allow_failure: true
+    - cat mypy-out.txt
 
   artifacts:
+    when: always
     reports:
       codequality: codequality.json
       coverage_report: 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5573e309..d3d48bee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
   "ruff~=0.13.0",
   "mypy[reports]",
-  "mypy-gitlab-code-quality",
 #  "pytest-gitlab-code-quality", # pytest version constraint clashes with labthings
   "pytest",
   "pytest-cov",