diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79e36315..2038d7c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extra-dependencies = [
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.types.scripts]
 check = [
-  "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --python-version 3.8 --pretty --show-error-context datalad_next",
+  "mypy --install-types --non-interactive --python-version 3.8 --pretty --show-error-context {args:datalad_next}",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.docs]