diff --git a/api/audit/models.py b/api/audit/models.py
index 162c4e2faf40..21988ee73d60 100644
--- a/api/audit/models.py
+++ b/api/audit/models.py
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ def add_project(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         if self.environment and self.project is None:
             self.project = self.environment.project
 
-    @hook(BEFORE_CREATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_CREATE)
     def add_created_date(self) -> None:
         if not self.created_date:
             self.created_date = timezone.now()
 
-    @hook(  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(
         AFTER_CREATE,
         priority=priority.HIGHEST_PRIORITY,
         when="environment_document_updated",
diff --git a/api/environments/models.py b/api/environments/models.py
index 18b90242f9f6..743d17c16d0a 100644
--- a/api/environments/models.py
+++ b/api/environments/models.py
@@ -165,30 +165,30 @@ class Environment(
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["id"]
 
-    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)
     def create_feature_states(self) -> None:
         FeatureState.create_initial_feature_states_for_environment(environment=self)
 
-    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE)
     def clear_environment_cache(self) -> None:
         # TODO: this could rebuild the cache itself (using an async task)
         environment_cache.delete_many(
             [self.initial_value("api_key"), *[eak.key for eak in self.api_keys.all()]]
         )
 
-    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE, when="api_key", has_changed=True)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE, when="api_key", has_changed=True)
     def update_environment_document_cache(self) -> None:
         environment_document_cache.delete(self.initial_value("api_key"))
         self.write_environment_documents(self.id)
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def delete_from_dynamo(self) -> None:
         if self.project.enable_dynamo_db and environment_wrapper.is_enabled:
             from environments.tasks import delete_environment_from_dynamo
 
             delete_environment_from_dynamo.delay(args=(self.api_key, self.id))
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def delete_environment_document_from_cache(self) -> None:
         if (
             settings.CACHE_ENVIRONMENT_DOCUMENT_MODE
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def delete_environment_document_from_cache(self) -> None:
 
     # Use the BEFORE_SAVE hook instead of BEFORE_CREATE to account for the logic in the
     # Environment.clone() method
-    @hook(BEFORE_SAVE, when="pk", is_now=None)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_SAVE, when="pk", is_now=None)
     def enable_v2_versioning(self) -> None:
         if self.use_v2_feature_versioning:
             # if the environment has already been created with versioning enabled,
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ def send_to_dynamo(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     def delete_from_dynamo(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         environment_api_key_wrapper.delete_api_key(self.key)
 
-    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)
     def sync_to_ingestion_on_save(self) -> None:
         from experimentation.models import WarehouseConnection
         from experimentation.tasks import write_environment_ingestion_key
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ def sync_to_ingestion_on_save(self) -> None:
             kwargs={"environment_api_key_id": self.id},
         )
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def remove_from_ingestion_on_delete(self) -> None:
         from experimentation.models import WarehouseConnection
         from experimentation.tasks import remove_environment_ingestion_key
diff --git a/api/experimentation/models.py b/api/experimentation/models.py
index a53b16fa28db..62b2c81d4dd7 100644
--- a/api/experimentation/models.py
+++ b/api/experimentation/models.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Meta:
             ),
         ]
 
-    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)
     def sync_to_ingestion_on_create(self) -> None:
         from experimentation.tasks import write_environment_ingestion_keys
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def sync_to_ingestion_on_create(self) -> None:
             kwargs={"environment_id": self.environment_id},
         )
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def sync_to_ingestion_on_delete(self) -> None:
         from experimentation.tasks import remove_environment_ingestion_keys
 
diff --git a/api/features/feature_external_resources/models.py b/api/features/feature_external_resources/models.py
index 32dff039a183..3789e0f57177 100644
--- a/api/features/feature_external_resources/models.py
+++ b/api/features/feature_external_resources/models.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ def notify_github_on_link(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
                 feature_states=feature_states,
             )
 
-    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE, when="type", is_now="GITHUB_ISSUE")  # type: ignore[misc]
-    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE, when="type", is_now="GITHUB_PR")  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE, when="type", is_now="GITHUB_ISSUE")
+    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE, when="type", is_now="GITHUB_PR")
     def notify_github_on_unlink(self) -> None:
         # Add a comment to GitHub Issue/PR when feature is unlinked to the GH external resource
         if (
diff --git a/api/features/models.py b/api/features/models.py
index e30a6bbb9fda..33d56c54f8ba 100644
--- a/api/features/models.py
+++ b/api/features/models.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Meta:
         # TODO: after upgrade to Django 4.0 use UniqueConstraint()
         ordering = ("id",)  # explicit ordering to prevent pagination warnings
 
-    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)
     def create_github_comment(self) -> None:
         from integrations.github.github import call_github_task
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def create_github_comment(self) -> None:
                 feature_states=None,
             )
 
-    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)
     def create_gitlab_comment(self) -> None:
         from features.feature_external_resources.models import (
             GITLAB_RESOURCE_TYPES,
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def create_gitlab_comment(self) -> None:
     def create_feature_states(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         FeatureState.create_initial_feature_states_for_feature(feature=self)
 
-    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_SAVE)
     def delete_identity_overrides(self) -> None:
         # Note that we have to use conditional logic on self.deleted_at inside
         # the hook method because the django-lifecycle logic for when / was / is_not
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def get_delete_log_message(self, history_instance) -> typing.Optional[str]:  # t
     def _get_environment(self) -> "Environment":
         return self.environment
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def create_github_comment(self) -> None:
         from integrations.github.github import call_github_task
 
diff --git a/api/features/release_pipelines/core/models.py b/api/features/release_pipelines/core/models.py
index 770d8a0a673d..b2637e82f572 100644
--- a/api/features/release_pipelines/core/models.py
+++ b/api/features/release_pipelines/core/models.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class PhasedRolloutState(LifecycleModelMixin, models.Model):  # type: ignore[mis
     is_rollout_complete = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     last_updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 
-    @hook(BEFORE_CREATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_CREATE)
     def set_initial_split(self) -> None:
         if self.current_split is None:
             self.current_split = self.initial_split
diff --git a/api/features/workflows/core/models.py b/api/features/workflows/core/models.py
index ae0e980d360b..cc716cb9dcc8 100644
--- a/api/features/workflows/core/models.py
+++ b/api/features/workflows/core/models.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def create_audit_log_for_related_feature_state(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped
                     args=(feature_state.id,),
                 )
 
-    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE)
     def prevent_change_request_delete_if_committed(self) -> None:
         # In the workflows-logic module, we prevent change requests from being
         # deleted but, since this can have unexpected effects on published
diff --git a/api/integrations/github/models.py b/api/integrations/github/models.py
index c9c343190b68..ebf2985ad212 100644
--- a/api/integrations/github/models.py
+++ b/api/integrations/github/models.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Meta:
         ]
         ordering = ("id",)
 
-    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(BEFORE_DELETE)
     def delete_feature_external_resources(
         self,
     ) -> None:
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ def delete_feature_external_resources(
             url__regex=pattern,
         ).delete()
 
-    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)  # type: ignore[misc]
-    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE, when="tagging_enabled", has_changed=True, was=False)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_CREATE)
+    @hook(AFTER_UPDATE, when="tagging_enabled", has_changed=True, was=False)
     def create_github_tags(
         self,
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/api/projects/models.py b/api/projects/models.py
index f56e43f63856..13b26d23c8e0 100644
--- a/api/projects/models.py
+++ b/api/projects/models.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def clear_environments_cache(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
             list(self.environments.values_list("api_key", flat=True))
         )
 
-    @hook(  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(
         AFTER_SAVE,
         when="edge_v2_migration_status",
         has_changed=True,
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def write_to_dynamo(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     def clean_up_dynamo(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         DynamoProjectMetadata(self.id).delete()  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
 
-    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_DELETE)
     def handle_cascade_delete(self) -> None:
         handle_cascade_delete.delay(kwargs={"project_id": self.id})
 
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index 5756b28e0c4a..022440472ca4 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "drf-spectacular>=0.28.0,<0.29.0",
     "sentry-sdk>=2.24.1,<3",
     "environs>=14.1.1,<15.0.0",
-    "django-lifecycle>=1.2.4,<1.3.0",
+    "django-lifecycle>=1.2.5,<1.3.0",
     "drf-writable-nested>=0.6.2,<0.7.0",
     "django-filter>=2.4.0,<2.5.0",
     "flagsmith-flag-engine>=10.1.0,<11.0.0",
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ override-dependencies = [
     "django-extensions==3.2.3",
     "django-filter==2.4.0",
     "django-health-check==3.18.2",
-    "django-lifecycle==1.2.4",
+    "django-lifecycle==1.2.5",
     "django-multiselectfield==1.0.1",
     "django-oauth-toolkit==3.1.0",
     "django-ordered-model==3.4.3",
diff --git a/api/users/models.py b/api/users/models.py
index d1dca609bbc7..e13030dbadde 100644
--- a/api/users/models.py
+++ b/api/users/models.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def superuser(self, value: bool) -> None:
         self.is_staff = value
         self.is_superuser = value
 
-    @hook(AFTER_SAVE, condition=(WhenFieldHasChanged("email", has_changed=True)))  # type: ignore[misc]
+    @hook(AFTER_SAVE, condition=(WhenFieldHasChanged("email", has_changed=True)))
     def send_warning_email(self) -> None:
         from users.tasks import send_email_changed_notification_email