diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index f82cefc9..670b7284 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 """Setup for Sybil."""
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import uuid
-from collections.abc import Generator  # noqa: TC003
 from doctest import ELLIPSIS
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import MockVWS
@@ -16,6 +15,10 @@
     PythonCodeBlockParser,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+    from collections.abc import Generator
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="make_image_file")
 def fixture_make_image_file(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 783df569..5ba6fb94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dynamic = [
     "version",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "beartype>=0.22.9",
+    "beartype==0.23.0rc0",
     "httpx>=0.28.0",
     "requests>=2.32.3",
     "urllib3>=2.2.3",
diff --git a/src/vws/_async_vws_request.py b/src/vws/_async_vws_request.py
index bd8d9142..3a9065e1 100644
--- a/src/vws/_async_vws_request.py
+++ b/src/vws/_async_vws_request.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 Vuforia Target API.
 """
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 from vws_auth_tools import authorization_header, rfc_1123_date
 
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
-from vws.transports import AsyncTransport  # noqa: TC001
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.response import Response
+    from vws.transports import AsyncTransport
 
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
diff --git a/src/vws/_vws_request.py b/src/vws/_vws_request.py
index 3153dce0..ef4017c0 100644
--- a/src/vws/_vws_request.py
+++ b/src/vws/_vws_request.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 API.
 """
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 from vws_auth_tools import authorization_header, rfc_1123_date
 
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
-from vws.transports import Transport  # noqa: TC001
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.response import Response
+    from vws.transports import Transport
 
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
diff --git a/src/vws/async_vumark_service.py b/src/vws/async_vumark_service.py
index 6575f771..8e792109 100644
--- a/src/vws/async_vumark_service.py
+++ b/src/vws/async_vumark_service.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 from http import HTTPMethod, HTTPStatus
-from typing import Self
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self
 
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 from vws.exceptions.custom_exceptions import ServerError
 from vws.exceptions.vws_exceptions import TooManyRequestsError
 from vws.transports import AsyncHTTPXTransport, AsyncTransport
-from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept  # noqa: TC001
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
diff --git a/src/vws/async_vws.py b/src/vws/async_vws.py
index aad20576..4d5577d8 100644
--- a/src/vws/async_vws.py
+++ b/src/vws/async_vws.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import base64
 import json
 from http import HTTPMethod, HTTPStatus
-from typing import Self
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self
 
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
     TargetStatuses,
     TargetSummaryReport,
 )
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
 from vws.transports import AsyncHTTPXTransport, AsyncTransport
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.response import Response
+
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
 class AsyncVWS:
diff --git a/src/vws/exceptions/base_exceptions.py b/src/vws/exceptions/base_exceptions.py
index 616e0682..8fbbe1c4 100644
--- a/src/vws/exceptions/base_exceptions.py
+++ b/src/vws/exceptions/base_exceptions.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 Cloud Recognition Web API.
 """
 
-from collections.abc import Mapping  # noqa: TC003
-from typing import ClassVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar
 
 from beartype import beartype
 
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Mapping
+
+    from vws.response import Response
 
 
 @beartype
diff --git a/src/vws/exceptions/custom_exceptions.py b/src/vws/exceptions/custom_exceptions.py
index c53f5db2..4b7ffea7 100644
--- a/src/vws/exceptions/custom_exceptions.py
+++ b/src/vws/exceptions/custom_exceptions.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 https://developer.vuforia.com/library/web-api/cloud-targets-web-services-api#result-codes
 """
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from beartype import beartype
 
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.response import Response
 
 
 @beartype
diff --git a/src/vws/vumark_service.py b/src/vws/vumark_service.py
index 168e8b6f..ca43f707 100644
--- a/src/vws/vumark_service.py
+++ b/src/vws/vumark_service.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 from http import HTTPMethod, HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@
 from vws.exceptions.custom_exceptions import ServerError
 from vws.exceptions.vws_exceptions import TooManyRequestsError
 from vws.transports import RequestsTransport, Transport
-from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept  # noqa: TC001
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
diff --git a/src/vws/vws.py b/src/vws/vws.py
index fc54c30f..dddbd259 100644
--- a/src/vws/vws.py
+++ b/src/vws/vws.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import json
 import time
 from http import HTTPMethod, HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from beartype import BeartypeConf, beartype
 
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@
     TargetStatuses,
     TargetSummaryReport,
 )
-from vws.response import Response  # noqa: TC001
 from vws.transports import RequestsTransport, Transport
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.response import Response
+
 
 @beartype(conf=BeartypeConf(is_pep484_tower=True))
 class VWS:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 15ef17da..ffad3529 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 """Configuration, plugins and fixtures for `pytest`."""
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
-from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Generator  # noqa: TC003
-from pathlib import Path  # noqa: TC003
-from typing import BinaryIO, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO, Literal
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -20,6 +17,11 @@
     VuMarkService,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+    from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Generator
+    from pathlib import Path
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="_mock_database")
 def fixture_mock_database() -> Generator[CloudDatabase]:
diff --git a/tests/test_async_cloud_reco_exceptions.py b/tests/test_async_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
index a9c1395a..2d41bded 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 AsyncCloudRecoService.
 """
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import json
 import uuid
 from http import HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import CloudQueryFailureResponse, MockVWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     RequestEntityTooLargeError,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_too_many_max_results(
diff --git a/tests/test_async_query.py b/tests/test_async_query.py
index 2026d491..7da4b305 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_query.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for the ``AsyncCloudRecoService`` querying functionality."""
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import uuid
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import MockVWS
@@ -11,6 +10,9 @@
 from vws import AsyncCloudRecoService, AsyncVWS
 from vws.include_target_data import CloudRecoIncludeTargetData
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 class TestQuery:
     """Tests for making async image queries."""
diff --git a/tests/test_async_vws.py b/tests/test_async_vws.py
index f59c5f2e..a44ebb11 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_vws.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_vws.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for async helper functions for managing a Vuforia database."""
 
 import base64
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import uuid
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import MockVWS
@@ -20,6 +19,9 @@
 )
 from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 class TestAddTarget:
     """Tests for adding a target."""
diff --git a/tests/test_async_vws_exceptions.py b/tests/test_async_vws_exceptions.py
index efc3c05a..96a5b2c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_vws_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_vws_exceptions.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import io
 import uuid
 from http import HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import MockVWS, VuMarkGenerationFailure
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@
 from mock_vws.states import States
 
 from vws import AsyncVuMarkService, AsyncVWS
-from vws.exceptions.base_exceptions import VWSError  # noqa: TC001
 from vws.exceptions.custom_exceptions import (
     ServerError,
 )
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 )
 from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vws.exceptions.base_exceptions import VWSError
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_image_too_large(
diff --git a/tests/test_cloud_reco_exceptions.py b/tests/test_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
index 29632000..f2675760 100644
--- a/tests/test_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
+++ b/tests/test_cloud_reco_exceptions.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Tests for exceptions raised when using the CloudRecoService."""
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import json
 import uuid
 from http import HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 from mock_vws import CloudQueryFailureResponse, MockVWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     RequestEntityTooLargeError,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 def test_too_many_max_results(
     *,
diff --git a/tests/test_query.py b/tests/test_query.py
index dac206b2..f847a5d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_query.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for the ``CloudRecoService`` querying functionality."""
 
 import datetime
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import uuid
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 import requests
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@
 from vws import VWS, CloudRecoService
 from vws.include_target_data import CloudRecoIncludeTargetData
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 class TestQuery:
     """Tests for making image queries."""
diff --git a/tests/test_transports.py b/tests/test_transports.py
index c039ea7a..9f45a3ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_transports.py
+++ b/tests/test_transports.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for HTTP transport implementations."""
 
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import uuid
 from http import HTTPStatus
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import httpx
 import pytest
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 from vws.transports import AsyncHTTPXTransport, HTTPXTransport
 from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 class TestHTTPXTransport:
     """Tests for ``HTTPXTransport``."""
diff --git a/tests/test_vws.py b/tests/test_vws.py
index dff029c2..829df1ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_vws.py
+++ b/tests/test_vws.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 import base64
 import datetime
-import io  # noqa: TC003
 import secrets
 import uuid
-from typing import BinaryIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 import requests
@@ -23,6 +22,9 @@
 )
 from vws.vumark_accept import VuMarkAccept
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import io
+
 
 class TestAddTarget:
     """Tests for adding a target."""