diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b3d49bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[mypy-schema_salad.*]
+ignore_errors = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 060033210..1ff8b9074 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ ruamel.yaml==0.13.7
 rdflib==4.2.2
 rdflib-jsonld==0.4.0
 shellescape==3.4.1
-schema-salad>=2.5.20170623152720,<3
-typing==3.5.2.2 ; python_version>="2.7"
+schema-salad>=2.6,<3
+typing==3.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f68c1b707..5066ac766 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
           'ruamel.yaml >= 0.12.4',
           'rdflib >= 4.2.2, < 4.3.0',
           'shellescape >= 3.4.1, < 3.5',
-          'schema-salad >= 2.5.20170623152720, < 3',
-          'typing >= 3.5.2, < 3.6',
+          'schema-salad >= 2.6, < 3',
+          'typing >= 3.5.3',
           'six >= 1.8.0',
       ],
       setup_requires=[] + pytest_runner,