diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/connector.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/connector.py
index 42373476888c..ffcb70dc4b23 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/connector.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/connector.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import os
 import pkgutil
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
+from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, Generic, TypeVar, Protocol
 
 import yaml
 from airbyte_cdk.models import AirbyteConnectionStatus, ConnectorSpecification
@@ -33,27 +33,27 @@ def __init__(self, spec_string):
         self.spec_string = spec_string
 
 
-class Connector(ABC):
+TConfig = TypeVar("TConfig", bound=Mapping[str, Any])
+
+
+class BaseConnector(ABC, Generic[TConfig]):
     # configure whether the `check_config_against_spec_or_exit()` needs to be called
     check_config_against_spec: bool = True
 
-    # can be overridden to change an input config
-    def configure(self, config: Mapping[str, Any], temp_dir: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    @abstractmethod
+    def configure(self, config: Mapping[str, Any], temp_dir: str) -> TConfig:
         """
         Persist config in temporary directory to run the Source job
         """
-        config_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "config.json")
-        self.write_config(config, config_path)
-        return config
 
     @staticmethod
-    def read_config(config_path: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    def read_config(config_path: str) -> TConfig:
         with open(config_path, "r") as file:
             contents = file.read()
         return json.loads(contents)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def write_config(config: Mapping[str, Any], config_path: str):
+    def write_config(config: TConfig, config_path: str):
         with open(config_path, "w") as fh:
             fh.write(json.dumps(config))
 
@@ -81,8 +81,26 @@ def spec(self, logger: logging.Logger) -> ConnectorSpecification:
         return ConnectorSpecification.parse_obj(spec_obj)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def check(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
+    def check(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: TConfig) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
         """
         Tests if the input configuration can be used to successfully connect to the integration e.g: if a provided Stripe API token can be used to connect
         to the Stripe API.
         """
+
+
+class _WriteConfigProtocol(Protocol):
+    @staticmethod
+    def write_config(config: Mapping[str, Any], config_path: str):
+        ...
+
+
+class DefaultConnectorMixin:
+    # can be overridden to change an input config
+    def configure(self: _WriteConfigProtocol, config: Mapping[str, Any], temp_dir: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+        config_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "config.json")
+        self.write_config(config, config_path)
+        return config
+
+
+class Connector(DefaultConnectorMixin, BaseConnector[Mapping[str, Any]], ABC):
+    ...
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
index d996c7798e8d..74044291ff01 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
@@ -84,11 +84,9 @@ def run(self, parsed_args: argparse.Namespace) -> Iterable[str]:
 
                 # Remove internal flags from config before validating so
                 # jsonschema's additionalProperties flag wont fail the validation
-                config, internal_config = split_config(config)
+                connector_config, _ = split_config(config)
                 if self.source.check_config_against_spec or cmd == "check":
-                    check_config_against_spec_or_exit(config, source_spec)
-                # Put internal flags back to config dict
-                config.update(internal_config.dict())
+                    check_config_against_spec_or_exit(connector_config, source_spec)
 
                 if cmd == "check":
                     check_result = self.source.check(self.logger, config)
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/__init__.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/__init__.py
index b0f243a9be77..6c76280f33c2 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/__init__.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #
 
 from .singer_helpers import SingerHelper, SyncModeInfo
-from .source import SingerSource
+from .source import ConfigContainer, SingerSource
 
-__all__ = ["SingerSource", "SyncModeInfo", "SingerHelper"]
+__all__ = ["ConfigContainer", "SingerSource", "SyncModeInfo", "SingerHelper"]
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/source.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/source.py
index c12453611583..ca4cbb420920 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/source.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/singer/source.py
@@ -4,38 +4,34 @@
 
 
 import os
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Mapping, Type
 
-from airbyte_cdk.logger import AirbyteLogger
 from airbyte_cdk.models import AirbyteCatalog, AirbyteConnectionStatus, AirbyteMessage, ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog, Status
-from airbyte_cdk.sources.source import Source
+from airbyte_cdk.sources.source import BaseSource
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.utils.catalog_helpers import CatalogHelper
 
 from .singer_helpers import Catalogs, SingerHelper, SyncModeInfo
 
 
-@dataclass
-class ConfigContainer:
-    config: Mapping[str, Any]
+class ConfigContainer(Dict[str, Any]):
     config_path: str
 
+    def __init__(self, config, config_path):
+        super().__init__(config)
+        self.config_path = config_path
 
-class SingerSource(Source):
 
-    # can be overridden to change an input config
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises error on this line
-    # 'Return type "ConfigContainer" of "configure" incompatible with return type "Mapping[str, Any]" in supertype "Connector"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def configure(self, raw_config: Mapping[str, Any], temp_dir: str) -> ConfigContainer:  # type: ignore
+class SingerSource(BaseSource[ConfigContainer, str, str]):
+    def configure(self, config: Mapping[str, Any], temp_dir: str) -> ConfigContainer:
         """
         Persist raw_config in temporary directory to run the Source job
         This can be overridden if extra temporary files need to be persisted in the temp dir
         """
-        config = self.transform_config(raw_config)
         config_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "config.json")
+        config = ConfigContainer(self.transform_config(config), config_path)
         self.write_config(config, config_path)
-        return ConfigContainer(config, config_path)
+        return config
 
     # Can be overridden to change an input config
     def transform_config(self, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
@@ -44,41 +40,33 @@ def transform_config(self, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
         """
         return config
 
-    # Overriding to change an input catalog as path instead
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises error on this line
-    # 'Return type "str" of "read_catalog" incompatible with return type "ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog" in supertype "Source"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def read_catalog(self, catalog_path: str) -> str:  # type: ignore
+    def read_catalog(self, catalog_path: str) -> str:
         """
         Since singer source don't need actual catalog object, we override this to return path only
         """
         return catalog_path
 
-    # Overriding to change an input state as path instead
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises error on this line
-    # 'Return type "str" of "read_state" incompatible with return type "Dict[str, Any]" in supertype "Source"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def read_state(self, state_path: str) -> str:  # type: ignore
+    def read_state(self, state_path: str) -> str:
         """
         Since singer source don't need actual state object, we override this to return path only
         """
         return state_path
 
-    def check_config(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
+    def check_config(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, config: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
         """
         Some Singer source may perform check using config_path or config to
         tests if the input configuration can be used to successfully connect to the integration
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def discover_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str) -> str:
+    def discover_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str) -> str:
         """
         Returns the command used to run discovery in the singer tap. For example, if the bash command used to invoke the singer tap is `tap-postgres`,
         and the config JSON lived in "/path/config.json", this method would return "tap-postgres --config /path/config.json"
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def read_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
+    def read_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
         """
         Returns the command used to read data from the singer tap. For example, if the bash command used to invoke the singer tap is `tap-postgres`,
         and the config JSON lived in "/path/config.json", and the catalog was in "/path/catalog.json",
@@ -86,52 +74,36 @@ def read_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, s
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _discover_internal(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str) -> Catalogs:
+    def _discover_internal(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str) -> Catalogs:
         cmd = self.discover_cmd(logger, config_path)
         catalogs = SingerHelper.get_catalogs(
             logger, cmd, self.get_sync_mode_overrides(), self.get_primary_key_overrides(), self.get_excluded_streams()
         )
         return catalogs
 
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises errors on this line
-    # 'Argument 1 of "check" is incompatible with supertype "Connector"; supertype defines the argument type as "Logger"'
-    # 'Argument 2 of "check" is incompatible with supertype "Connector"; supertype defines the argument type as "Mapping[str, Any]"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def check(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_container: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:  # type: ignore
+    def check(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
         """
         Tests if the input configuration can be used to successfully connect to the integration
         """
-        return self.check_config(logger, config_container.config_path, config_container.config)
+        return self.check_config(logger, config.config_path, config)
 
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises errors on this line
-    # 'Argument 1 of "discover" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Logger"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def discover(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_container) -> AirbyteCatalog:  # type: ignore
+    def discover(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteCatalog:
         """
         Implements the parent class discover method.
         """
-        if isinstance(config_container, ConfigContainer):
-            return self._discover_internal(logger, config_container.config_path).airbyte_catalog
-        else:
-            return self._discover_internal(logger, config_container).airbyte_catalog
-
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises errors on this line
-    # 'Argument 1 of "read" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Logger"'
-    # 'Argument 2 of "read" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Mapping[str, Any]"'
-    # 'Argument 3 of "read" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog"'
-    # 'Argument 4 of "read" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Optional[MutableMapping[str, Any]]"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def read(  # type: ignore
-        self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_container: ConfigContainer, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None
+        return self._discover_internal(logger, config.config_path).airbyte_catalog
+
+    def read(
+        self, logger: logging.Logger, config: ConfigContainer, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None
     ) -> Iterable[AirbyteMessage]:
         """
         Implements the parent class read method.
         """
-        catalogs = self._discover_internal(logger, config_container.config_path)
+        catalogs = self._discover_internal(logger, config.config_path)
         masked_airbyte_catalog = ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog.parse_obj(self.read_config(catalog_path))
         selected_singer_catalog_path = SingerHelper.create_singer_catalog_with_selection(masked_airbyte_catalog, catalogs.singer_catalog)
 
-        read_cmd = self.read_cmd(logger, config_container.config_path, selected_singer_catalog_path, state_path)
+        read_cmd = self.read_cmd(logger, config.config_path, selected_singer_catalog_path, state_path)
         return SingerHelper.read(logger, read_cmd)
 
     def get_sync_mode_overrides(self) -> Dict[str, SyncModeInfo]:
@@ -170,7 +142,7 @@ def get_excluded_streams(self) -> List[str]:
 class BaseSingerSource(SingerSource):
     force_full_refresh = False
 
-    def check_config(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
+    def check_config(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
         try:
             self.try_connect(logger, config)
         except self.api_error as err:
@@ -180,27 +152,23 @@ def check_config(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, config: Mapping[
             return AirbyteConnectionStatus(status=Status.FAILED, message=error_msg)
         return AirbyteConnectionStatus(status=Status.SUCCEEDED)
 
-    def discover_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str) -> str:
+    def discover_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str) -> str:
         return f"{self.tap_cmd} --config {config_path} --discover"
 
-    def read_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
+    def read_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
         state_path = None if self.force_full_refresh else state_path
         args = {"--config": config_path, "--catalog": catalog_path, "--state": state_path}
         cmd = " ".join([f"{k} {v}" for k, v in args.items() if v is not None])
 
         return f"{self.tap_cmd} {cmd}"
 
-    # according to issue CDK: typing errors #9500, mypy raises errors on this line
-    # 'Argument 1 of "discover" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Logger"'
-    # 'Argument 2 of "discover" is incompatible with supertype "Source"; supertype defines the argument type as "Mapping[str, Any]"'
-    # need to fix, ignored for now
-    def discover(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_container: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteCatalog:  # type: ignore
-        catalog = super().discover(logger, config_container)
+    def discover(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteCatalog:
+        catalog = super().discover(logger, config)
         if self.force_full_refresh:
             return CatalogHelper.coerce_catalog_as_full_refresh(catalog)
         return catalog
 
-    def try_connect(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config: Mapping[str, Any]):
+    def try_connect(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: Mapping[str, Any]):
         """Test provided credentials, raises self.api_error if something goes wrong"""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/source.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/source.py
index 4f934cde0be9..8ad24e342cd8 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/source.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/source.py
@@ -7,37 +7,51 @@
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import defaultdict
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Mapping, MutableMapping
+from typing import Any, Dict, Generic, Iterable, Mapping, MutableMapping, TypeVar
 
-from airbyte_cdk.connector import Connector
+from airbyte_cdk.connector import BaseConnector, DefaultConnectorMixin, TConfig
 from airbyte_cdk.models import AirbyteCatalog, AirbyteMessage, ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog
 
+TState = TypeVar("TState")
+TCatalog = TypeVar("TCatalog")
 
-class Source(Connector, ABC):
-    # can be overridden to change an input state
-    def read_state(self, state_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        if state_path:
-            state_obj = json.loads(open(state_path, "r").read())
-        else:
-            state_obj = {}
-        state = defaultdict(dict, state_obj)
-        return state
 
-    # can be overridden to change an input catalog
-    def read_catalog(self, catalog_path: str) -> ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog:
-        return ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog.parse_obj(self.read_config(catalog_path))
+class BaseSource(BaseConnector[TConfig], ABC, Generic[TConfig, TState, TCatalog]):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def read_state(self, state_path: str) -> TState:
+        ...
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def read_catalog(self, catalog_path: str) -> TCatalog:
+        ...
 
     @abstractmethod
     def read(
-        self, logger: logging.Logger, config: Mapping[str, Any], catalog: ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog, state: MutableMapping[str, Any] = None
+        self, logger: logging.Logger, config: TConfig, catalog: TCatalog, state: TState = None
     ) -> Iterable[AirbyteMessage]:
         """
         Returns a generator of the AirbyteMessages generated by reading the source with the given configuration, catalog, and state.
         """
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def discover(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> AirbyteCatalog:
+    def discover(self, logger: logging.Logger, config: TConfig) -> AirbyteCatalog:
         """
         Returns an AirbyteCatalog representing the available streams and fields in this integration. For example, given valid credentials to a
         Postgres database, returns an Airbyte catalog where each postgres table is a stream, and each table column is a field.
         """
+
+
+
+class Source(DefaultConnectorMixin, BaseSource[Mapping[str, Any], MutableMapping[str, Any], ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog], ABC):
+    # can be overridden to change an input state
+    def read_state(self, state_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        if state_path:
+            state_obj = json.loads(open(state_path, "r").read())
+        else:
+            state_obj = {}
+        state = defaultdict(dict, state_obj)
+        return state
+
+    # can be overridden to change an input catalog
+    def read_catalog(self, catalog_path: str) -> ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog:
+        return ConfiguredAirbyteCatalog.parse_obj(self.read_config(catalog_path))
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/type_check_and_test.sh b/airbyte-cdk/python/type_check_and_test.sh
index 643786b9f529..93fccd7e1e19 100755
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/type_check_and_test.sh
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/type_check_and_test.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 # Static Type Checking
 echo "Running MyPy to static check and test files."
-# Exclude Singer for the time being.
-mypy --exclude '/*singer*/' airbyte_cdk/ unit_tests/
+mypy airbyte_cdk/ unit_tests/
 
 printf "\n"
 
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-singer/source_{{snakeCase name}}_singer/source.py.hbs b/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-singer/source_{{snakeCase name}}_singer/source.py.hbs
index 4f7b9b6c9aa0..3d075252048f 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-singer/source_{{snakeCase name}}_singer/source.py.hbs	
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connector-templates/source-singer/source_{{snakeCase name}}_singer/source.py.hbs	
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
 #
 
 
-import json
+import logging
 
-from airbyte_cdk.logger import AirbyteLogger
 from airbyte_cdk.models import AirbyteConnectionStatus, Status
-from airbyte_cdk.sources.singer import SingerSource
+from airbyte_cdk.sources.singer import ConfigContainer, SingerSource
 
 
 class Source{{properCase name}}Singer(SingerSource):
     TAP_CMD = "{{ tap_name }}"
 
-    def check_config(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, config: json) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
+    def check_config(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, config: ConfigContainer) -> AirbyteConnectionStatus:
         """
         Tests if the input configuration can be used to successfully connect to the integration
             e.g: if a provided Stripe API token can be used to connect to the Stripe API.
@@ -33,14 +32,14 @@ class Source{{properCase name}}Singer(SingerSource):
         except Exception as e:
             return AirbyteConnectionStatus(status=Status.FAILED, message=f"An exception occurred: {str(e)}")
 
-    def discover_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str) -> str:
+    def discover_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str) -> str:
         """
         Return the string commands to invoke the tap with the --discover flag and the right configuration options
         """
         # TODO update the command below if needed. Otherwise you're good to go
         return f"{self.TAP_CMD} -c {config_path} --discover"
 
-    def read_cmd(self, logger: AirbyteLogger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
+    def read_cmd(self, logger: logging.Logger, config_path: str, catalog_path: str, state_path: str = None) -> str:
         """
         Return the string commands to invoke the tap with the right configuration options to read data from the source
         """