diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.json b/.vscode/cspell.json
index f3507259eada..1ccbad188c69 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.json
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.json
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@
     "nbsp",
     "noarch",
     "NOPERM",
+    "norecursedirs",
     "northcentralus",
     "nspkg",
     "OAEP",
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/variables/globals.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/variables/globals.yml
index faa1609c97b8..58f4749d6c65 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/variables/globals.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/variables/globals.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  PythonVersion: '3.9'
+  PythonVersion: '3.10'
   skipComponentGovernanceDetection: true
   AzureSDKCondaChannel: https://azuresdkconda.blob.core.windows.net/channel1/
   Package.EnableSBOMSigning: true
diff --git a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/mypy.py b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/mypy.py
index 24c21f83a3d6..d409fca3ebe2 100644
--- a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/mypy.py
+++ b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/mypy.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import is_check_enabled, is_typing_ignored
 from ci_tools.logging import logger
 
-PYTHON_VERSION = "3.9"
+PYTHON_VERSION = "3.10"
 MYPY_VERSION = "1.14.1"
 ADDITIONAL_LOCKED_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "types-chardet==5.0.4.6",
diff --git a/sdk/agentserver/ci.yml b/sdk/agentserver/ci.yml
index 64247d4dea21..4744814b750a 100644
--- a/sdk/agentserver/ci.yml
+++ b/sdk/agentserver/ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ extends:
     TestProxy: true
     BuildDocs: true
     TestTimeoutInMinutes: 60
-    PythonVersionForAnalyze: '3.10'
     # The job "Test ubuntu2404_pypy39" in the "python - agentserver" pipeline hangs and eventually times out.
     # Disable it until the issue is understood.
     MatrixConfigs:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ad481747f45b..e85d2350ef69 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 [tool:pytest]
-norecursedirs = models
\ No newline at end of file
+norecursedirs = models
+
+[tool.mypy]
+# Exclude any directory that starts with `venv` or `.venv` anywhere in the tree
+exclude = "(^|/)(\.?venv[^/]*)(/|$)"
\ No newline at end of file