diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6dff8e2afd..cc8fd9ca9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ module = [
     "PIL.*",
     "premailer.*",
     "psycopg2.*",
-    "pygments.*",
     "pyinotify.*",
     "pyoembed.*",
     "pyuca.*",
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 6b64fda0ce..0e1add517c 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1660,6 +1660,10 @@ types-decorator==0.1.5 \
     --hash=sha256:76045ca8ccb4cf2a2ccbaa36d02a75f4ec07af334036771af0a0b0ea0503d4a9 \
     --hash=sha256:88c8f0f4229124f7bea7cbd968dea48aebbfb0144f0b50c0ec810fe18916cf65
     # via -r requirements/mypy.in
+types-docutils==0.1.7 \
+    --hash=sha256:241b901395b4da05de39fe4aa364acc55536029e51308e11673f51e74e861645 \
+    --hash=sha256:61f1e12f3b090c28979338830f122d5bfc1a2287156a8c384b6142ce6d0aa8ec
+    # via types-pygments
 types-markdown==3.3.0 \
     --hash=sha256:b7bf9ce52a9f712c6a59b75350ed435d6fc1f1d5eafed44a321472bf96cf77db \
     --hash=sha256:cc18cc0fcc2ba8ab3f5233b2945db33e2e68ddad179708b2d2f08da08d33bc4e
@@ -1672,6 +1676,10 @@ types-polib==0.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:54fb4d5a9edc2b2f7e3cd7ebbf8631dbcecdeb69e9e31597e81c2b5b3bd3613b \
     --hash=sha256:bd79bc1780e5d7fb6fd0dce59bb8d118ca81f8b2f14d5d05e21d2716e2e1937b
     # via -r requirements/mypy.in
+types-pygments==2.9.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:04dd3054e579d739e61c48757962969285ebdd09aca1bdac7c6d210455fb8f98 \
+    --hash=sha256:4dc3c9b1e96bce89b30b32503d9976b2a66dbcf0d285aabc59ffd7302dbf199f
+    # via -r requirements/mypy.in
 types-python-dateutil==0.1.4 \
     --hash=sha256:39bfe0bde61fc673b8fa28167bd78622d976210f791971b9f3e10877cbf119a4 \
     --hash=sha256:e6486ca27b6dde73e0ec079a9e1b03e208766e6bc7f1e08964a7e9104a5c7d7a
diff --git a/requirements/mypy.in b/requirements/mypy.in
index 0ea329645e..2069e17380 100644
--- a/requirements/mypy.in
+++ b/requirements/mypy.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ types-decorator
 types-Markdown
 types-orjson
 types-polib
+types-Pygments
 types-python-dateutil
 types-pytz
 types-PyYAML
diff --git a/requirements/mypy.txt b/requirements/mypy.txt
index bc9b0d092b..0d9630e29e 100644
--- a/requirements/mypy.txt
+++ b/requirements/mypy.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ types-decorator==0.1.5 \
     --hash=sha256:76045ca8ccb4cf2a2ccbaa36d02a75f4ec07af334036771af0a0b0ea0503d4a9 \
     --hash=sha256:88c8f0f4229124f7bea7cbd968dea48aebbfb0144f0b50c0ec810fe18916cf65
     # via -r requirements/mypy.in
+types-docutils==0.1.7 \
+    --hash=sha256:241b901395b4da05de39fe4aa364acc55536029e51308e11673f51e74e861645 \
+    --hash=sha256:61f1e12f3b090c28979338830f122d5bfc1a2287156a8c384b6142ce6d0aa8ec
+    # via types-pygments
 types-markdown==3.3.0 \
     --hash=sha256:b7bf9ce52a9f712c6a59b75350ed435d6fc1f1d5eafed44a321472bf96cf77db \
     --hash=sha256:cc18cc0fcc2ba8ab3f5233b2945db33e2e68ddad179708b2d2f08da08d33bc4e
@@ -113,6 +117,10 @@ types-polib==0.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:54fb4d5a9edc2b2f7e3cd7ebbf8631dbcecdeb69e9e31597e81c2b5b3bd3613b \
     --hash=sha256:bd79bc1780e5d7fb6fd0dce59bb8d118ca81f8b2f14d5d05e21d2716e2e1937b
     # via -r requirements/mypy.in
+types-pygments==2.9.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:04dd3054e579d739e61c48757962969285ebdd09aca1bdac7c6d210455fb8f98 \
+    --hash=sha256:4dc3c9b1e96bce89b30b32503d9976b2a66dbcf0d285aabc59ffd7302dbf199f
+    # via -r requirements/mypy.in
 types-python-dateutil==0.1.4 \
     --hash=sha256:39bfe0bde61fc673b8fa28167bd78622d976210f791971b9f3e10877cbf119a4 \
     --hash=sha256:e6486ca27b6dde73e0ec079a9e1b03e208766e6bc7f1e08964a7e9104a5c7d7a
diff --git a/tools/lib/provision_inner.py b/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
index 5ff8f2bf5b..9a87c434cc 100755
--- a/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
+++ b/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import List
 ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 sys.path.append(ZULIP_PATH)
-from pygments import __version__ as pygments_version
+import pygments
 from pytz import VERSION as timezones_version
 
 from scripts.lib import clean_unused_caches
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import (
 from tools.setup.generate_zulip_bots_static_files import generate_zulip_bots_static_files
 from version import PROVISION_VERSION
 
+pygments_version = pygments.__version__  # type: ignore[attr-defined] # private member missing from stubs
+
 VENV_PATH = "/srv/zulip-py3-venv"
 UUID_VAR_PATH = get_dev_uuid_var_path()
 
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index e7694377bd..5a25fd3f13 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 89
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = "153.5"
+PROVISION_VERSION = "153.6"