diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9a81295..d49515b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ tests_require =
 
 lint_requires =
   importlib-metadata>=3.10.1
-  importlib-resources>=5.4.0
+  importlib-resources==5.4.0
   pre-commit>=2.0.1
   black>=22.1.0
   pyright>=0.0.13
diff --git a/src/cobbler_tftp/settings/__init__.py b/src/cobbler_tftp/settings/__init__.py
index a68e3d9..c96cbbc 100644
--- a/src/cobbler_tftp/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cobbler_tftp/settings/__init__.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def load_config_file(self, config_path: Union[Path, None]) -> SettingsDict:
                 config_file_content = (
                     files("cobbler_tftp.settings.data")
                     .joinpath("settings.yml")
-                    .read_text(encoding="UTF-8")
+                    .read_text(encoding="UTF-8")  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self._settings_dict = yaml.safe_load(config_file_content)
             except yaml.YAMLError:
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def load_config_file(self, config_path: Union[Path, None]) -> SettingsDict:
         elif config_path and Path.exists(config_path):
             try:
                 config_file_content = (
-                    files(config_import_path).joinpath(config_file).read_text("utf-8")
+                    files(config_import_path).joinpath(config_file).read_text("utf-8")  # type: ignore
                 )
                 self._settings_dict = yaml.safe_load(config_file_content)
             except yaml.YAMLError: