diff --git a/analytics/lib/fixtures.py b/analytics/lib/fixtures.py
index d52a80bb20..6df14746ed 100644
--- a/analytics/lib/fixtures.py
+++ b/analytics/lib/fixtures.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def generate_time_series_data(
 
     values = [
         0 if holiday else int(v + sqrt(v) * noise_scalar * spikiness)
-        for v, noise_scalar, holiday in zip(values_no_noise, noise_scalars, holidays)
+        for v, noise_scalar, holiday in zip(values_no_noise, noise_scalars, holidays, strict=False)
     ]
     if partial_sum:
         for i in range(1, length):
diff --git a/analytics/management/commands/populate_analytics_db.py b/analytics/management/commands/populate_analytics_db.py
index 1bf003c900..43d0093088 100644
--- a/analytics/management/commands/populate_analytics_db.py
+++ b/analytics/management/commands/populate_analytics_db.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class Command(ZulipBaseCommand):
                         value=value,
                         **id_args,
                     )
-                    for end_time, value in zip(end_times, values)
+                    for end_time, value in zip(end_times, values, strict=False)
                     if value != 0
                 )
 
diff --git a/corporate/lib/activity.py b/corporate/lib/activity.py
index 7b3603baf7..9ade58731f 100644
--- a/corporate/lib/activity.py
+++ b/corporate/lib/activity.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_query_data(query: Composable) -> list[list[Any]]:
 def dictfetchall(cursor: CursorWrapper) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     """Returns all rows from a cursor as a dict"""
     desc = cursor.description
-    return [dict(zip((col[0] for col in desc), row)) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+    return [dict(zip((col[0] for col in desc), row, strict=False)) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
 
 def format_optional_datetime(date: datetime | None, display_none: bool = False) -> str:
diff --git a/scripts/lib/sharding.py b/scripts/lib/sharding.py
index 5dbf11117b..64a187a0de 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/sharding.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/sharding.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ full_real_paths = [f"{config_file_path}/{filename}" for filename in base_files]
 full_new_paths = [f"{filename}.tmp" for filename in full_real_paths]
 try:
     write_updated_configs()
-    for old, new in zip(full_real_paths, full_new_paths):
+    for old, new in zip(full_real_paths, full_new_paths, strict=False):
         if not filecmp.cmp(old, new):
             # There are changes; leave .tmp files and exit 0
             if "SUPPRESS_SHARDING_NOTICE" not in os.environ:
diff --git a/tools/screenshots/generate-user-messages-screenshot b/tools/screenshots/generate-user-messages-screenshot
index a0746bddb6..3f0a7e6291 100755
--- a/tools/screenshots/generate-user-messages-screenshot
+++ b/tools/screenshots/generate-user-messages-screenshot
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def send_stream_messages(
     global message_thread_ids
     message_thread_ids += message_ids
 
-    for message, message_id in zip(staged_messages, message_ids):
+    for message, message_id in zip(staged_messages, message_ids, strict=False):
         if message.get("reactions") is not None:
             reactions = message["reactions"]
             for reaction, user_names in reactions.items():
diff --git a/zerver/lib/import_realm.py b/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
index 5882f4bc97..b3b7a32df8 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/import_realm.py
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ def update_message_foreign_keys(import_dir: Path, sort_by_date: bool) -> None:
 
     new_id_list = allocate_ids(model_class=Message, count=count)
 
-    for old_id, new_id in zip(old_id_list, new_id_list):
+    for old_id, new_id in zip(old_id_list, new_id_list, strict=False):
         update_id_map(
             table="message",
             old_id=old_id,
diff --git a/zerver/lib/mobile_auth_otp.py b/zerver/lib/mobile_auth_otp.py
index ec1794f1f7..1f6ea1006e 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/mobile_auth_otp.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/mobile_auth_otp.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def xor_hex_strings(bytes_a: str, bytes_b: str) -> str:
     """Given two hex strings of equal length, return a hex string with
     the bitwise xor of the two hex strings."""
     assert len(bytes_a) == len(bytes_b)
-    return "".join(f"{int(x, 16) ^ int(y, 16):x}" for x, y in zip(bytes_a, bytes_b))
+    return "".join(f"{int(x, 16) ^ int(y, 16):x}" for x, y in zip(bytes_a, bytes_b, strict=False))
 
 
 def ascii_to_hex(input_string: str) -> str:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py b/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
index de8375686d..45cd5f802c 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/push_notifications.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def send_apple_push_notification(
             *(apns_context.apns.send_notification(request) for request in requests),
             return_exceptions=True,
         )
-        return zip(devices, results)
+        return zip(devices, results, strict=False)
 
     results = apns_context.loop.run_until_complete(send_all_notifications())
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/rate_limiter.py b/zerver/lib/rate_limiter.py
index a65f7b6b93..0ff3665c17 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/rate_limiter.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/rate_limiter.py
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class RedisRateLimiterBackend(RateLimiterBackend):
             return True, blocking_ttl
 
         now = time.time()
-        for timestamp, (range_seconds, num_requests) in zip(rule_timestamps, rules):
+        for timestamp, (range_seconds, num_requests) in zip(rule_timestamps, rules, strict=False):
             # Check if the nth timestamp is newer than the associated rule. If so,
             # it means we've hit our limit for this rule
             if timestamp is None:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/request.py b/zerver/lib/request.py
index b1d79fd1b7..f24886797e 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/request.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/request.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def has_request_variables(
 
     view_func_full_name = f"{req_func.__module__}.{req_func.__name__}"
 
-    for name, value in zip(default_param_names, default_param_values):
+    for name, value in zip(default_param_names, default_param_values, strict=False):
         if isinstance(value, _REQ):
             value.func_var_name = name
             if value.post_var_name is None:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
index fc456d32c9..dd5d8af150 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_classes.py
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ Output:
 
         self.assert_length(subscribed_streams, len(streams))
 
-        for x, y in zip(subscribed_streams, streams):
+        for x, y in zip(subscribed_streams, streams, strict=False):
             self.assertEqual(x["name"], y.name)
 
     def resolve_topic_containing_message(
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/makemessages.py b/zerver/management/commands/makemessages.py
index 397f286ac1..5e6c941fdd 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/makemessages.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/makemessages.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Command(makemessages.Command):
         return new_strings
 
     def write_translation_strings(self, translation_strings: list[str]) -> None:
-        for locale, output_path in zip(self.get_locales(), self.get_output_paths()):
+        for locale, output_path in zip(self.get_locales(), self.get_output_paths(), strict=False):
             self.stdout.write(f"[frontend] processing locale {locale}")
             try:
                 with open(output_path) as reader:
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_markdown.py b/zerver/tests/test_markdown.py
index 565c9fe52a..a84d1a56d4 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_markdown.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_markdown.py
@@ -1274,7 +1274,9 @@ class MarkdownTest(ZulipTestCase):
         self, linkifiers: list[RealmFilter], expected_linkifier_reprs: list[str]
     ) -> None:
         self.assert_length(linkifiers, len(expected_linkifier_reprs))
-        for linkifier, expected_linkifier_repr in zip(linkifiers, expected_linkifier_reprs):
+        for linkifier, expected_linkifier_repr in zip(
+            linkifiers, expected_linkifier_reprs, strict=False
+        ):
             linkifier.clean()
             linkifier.save()
             self.assertEqual(repr(linkifier), expected_linkifier_repr)
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_reactions.py b/zerver/tests/test_reactions.py
index 8bce4d9584..44677bfbfc 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_reactions.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_reactions.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ReactionEmojiTest(ZulipTestCase):
         emojis = ["smile", "tada"]
         expected_emoji_codes = ["1f642", "1f389"]
 
-        for sender, emoji in zip(senders, emojis):
+        for sender, emoji in zip(senders, emojis, strict=False):
             reaction_info = {
                 "emoji_name": emoji,
             }
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class ReactionEmojiTest(ZulipTestCase):
             # It's important that we preserve the loop order in this
             # test, since this is our test to verify that we're
             # returning reactions in chronological order.
-            for sender, emoji, emoji_code in zip(senders, emojis, expected_emoji_codes)
+            for sender, emoji, emoji_code in zip(
+                senders, emojis, expected_emoji_codes, strict=False
+            )
         ]
         self.assertEqual(expected_reaction_data, message["reactions"])
 
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_slack_importer.py b/zerver/tests/test_slack_importer.py
index d6b9ca6614..13e430067e 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_slack_importer.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_slack_importer.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class SlackImporter(ZulipTestCase):
             ("U22222222", "foreignteam2"),
             ("U33333333", "foreignteam2"),
         ]
-        for expected, found in zip(expected_users, later_users):
+        for expected, found in zip(expected_users, later_users, strict=False):
             self.assertEqual(found["id"], expected[0])
             self.assertEqual(found["team_domain"], expected[1])
             self.assertEqual(found["is_mirror_dummy"], True)
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_subs.py b/zerver/tests/test_subs.py
index f8b858a240..d0f75a3723 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_subs.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_subs.py
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ class TestCreateStreams(ZulipTestCase):
                     "message_retention_days": -1,
                     "can_remove_subscribers_group": moderators_system_group,
                 }
-                for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(stream_names, stream_descriptions)
+                for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(
+                    stream_names, stream_descriptions, strict=False
+                )
             ],
         )
 
@@ -325,7 +327,9 @@ class TestCreateStreams(ZulipTestCase):
             realm,
             [
                 {"name": stream_name, "description": stream_description, "invite_only": True}
-                for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(stream_names, stream_descriptions)
+                for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(
+                    stream_names, stream_descriptions, strict=False
+                )
             ],
         )
 
@@ -799,7 +803,9 @@ class StreamAdminTest(ZulipTestCase):
         stream_descriptions = ["des1", "des2", "des3"]
         streams_raw: list[StreamDict] = [
             {"name": stream_name, "description": stream_description, "is_web_public": True}
-            for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(stream_names, stream_descriptions)
+            for (stream_name, stream_description) in zip(
+                stream_names, stream_descriptions, strict=False
+            )
         ]
 
         self.assertFalse(user_profile.can_create_web_public_streams())
diff --git a/zerver/webhooks/bitbucket2/view.py b/zerver/webhooks/bitbucket2/view.py
index e288e10bf0..c2632f974d 100644
--- a/zerver/webhooks/bitbucket2/view.py
+++ b/zerver/webhooks/bitbucket2/view.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def api_bitbucket2_webhook(
         topic_names = get_push_topics(payload)
         bodies = get_push_bodies(request, payload)
 
-        for b, t in zip(bodies, topic_names):
+        for b, t in zip(bodies, topic_names, strict=False):
             check_send_webhook_message(
                 request, user_profile, t, b, type, unquote_url_parameters=True
             )
diff --git a/zerver/webhooks/librato/view.py b/zerver/webhooks/librato/view.py
index 3e45bfb96a..e89d048534 100644
--- a/zerver/webhooks/librato/view.py
+++ b/zerver/webhooks/librato/view.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class LibratoWebhookHandler(LibratoWebhookParser):
         conditions = self.parse_conditions()
         violations = self.parse_violations()
         content = ""
-        for condition, violation in zip(conditions, violations):
+        for condition, violation in zip(conditions, violations, strict=False):
             content += self.generate_violated_metric_condition(violation, condition)
         return content
 
diff --git a/zilencer/management/commands/compare_messages.py b/zilencer/management/commands/compare_messages.py
index 3929a3ca2c..863a3cb954 100644
--- a/zilencer/management/commands/compare_messages.py
+++ b/zilencer/management/commands/compare_messages.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Command(ZulipBaseCommand):
         total_count = 0
         changed_count = 0
         with open(options["dump1"]) as dump1, open(options["dump2"]) as dump2:
-            for line1, line2 in zip(dump1, dump2):
+            for line1, line2 in zip(dump1, dump2, strict=False):
                 m1 = orjson.loads(line1)
                 m2 = orjson.loads(line2)
                 total_count += 1