diff --git a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt b/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
index 5f50cb4b02..adf6d03ba4 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 
 cmakelang==0.6.13
 codespell==2.4.2
-pytype==2024.10.11
 reuse==6.2.0
 ruff==0.15.16
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
index dad8ed48f5..83f5afe7a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
@@ -88,16 +88,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           scripts/perlcheck.sh
 
-      - name: 'pytype'
-        run: |
-          source ~/venv/bin/activate
-          find . -name '*.py' -exec pytype -j auto -k -- {} +
-
       - name: 'ruff'
         run: |
           source ~/venv/bin/activate
           scripts/pythonlint.sh
 
+  pytype:
+    name: 'pytype'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm  # pytype is discontinued and requires python 3.8-3.12
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: 'install prereqs'
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv ~/venv
+          ~/venv/bin/pip --disable-pip-version-check --no-input --no-cache-dir install --progress-bar off --prefer-binary pytype==2024.10.11 \
+            -r .github/scripts/requirements.txt \
+            -r tests/http/requirements.txt \
+            -r tests/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: 'check'
+        run: |
+          source ~/venv/bin/activate
+          find . -name '*.py' -exec pytype -j auto -k -- {} +
+
   complexity:
     name: 'complexity and function sizes'
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim