diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 347e9ace24..af0541c3e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = ["matplotlib", "matplotlib.*", "pyNN.*", "quantities", "neo", "neo.*", "scipy", "scipy.*", "lazyarray"]
+module = ["matplotlib", "matplotlib.*", "pyNN.*","quantities", "neo", "neo.*", "scipy", "scipy.*", "lazyarray"]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
index 8d6e09ffc3..38f2f93a42 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/setup_pynn.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 
 # The version of PyNN that we really want
-_TARGET_PYNN_VERSION = "0.9"
+_TARGET_PYNN_VERSION = "0.12"
 
 
 def version_satisfies(module: ModuleType, requirement: str) -> bool:
@@ -58,8 +58,16 @@ def install_spynnaker_into(module: ModuleType) -> None:
 
     pynn_init = os.path.join(spinnaker_dir, "__init__.py")
     spynnaker_init = os.path.abspath(sim.__file__)
+    pynn_dir = os.path.dirname(spynnaker_init)
+    spynnaker_dir = os.path.dirname(pynn_dir)
     shutil.copyfile(spynnaker_init, pynn_init)
+
+    py_typed = os.path.join(spynnaker_dir, "py.typed")
+    pynn_typed = os.path.join(spinnaker_dir, "py.typed")
+    shutil.copyfile(py_typed, pynn_typed)
+
     print(f"Updated {pynn_init} to be the same as spynnaker.pyNN")
+    print(f"Added {pynn_typed}")
 
 
 def setup_pynn() -> None: