diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a73934a..277d2b4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        additional_dependencies: [types-redis, motor-types]
+        additional_dependencies: [types-redis, motor-types, types-requests]
         exclude: 'venv|__jac_gen__|tests|setup.py'
         args:
           - --follow-imports=silent
diff --git a/jaclang_jaseci/utils/__init__.py b/jaclang_jaseci/utils/__init__.py
index 12ce5f6..977aa6e 100644
--- a/jaclang_jaseci/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/jaclang_jaseci/utils/__init__.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ def make_optional(cls: type) -> type:
 class ElasticConnector:
     """Elastic Connector."""
 
+    url: str = ""
+    headers: dict = {}
+
     @classmethod
     def configure(cls, url: str) -> None:
         """Configure Elastic Connector."""
@@ -57,14 +60,14 @@ def configure(cls, url: str) -> None:
         }
 
     @classmethod
-    def post(cls, url_suffix: str, payload: dict = None) -> dict:
+    def post(cls, url_suffix: str, payload: dict) -> requests.Response:
         """Post to Elastic."""
         return requests.post(
             f"{cls.url}/{url_suffix}", headers=cls.headers, json=payload
         )
 
 
-def format_elastic_record(record: dict) -> dict:
+def format_elastic_record(record: logging.LogRecord) -> dict:
     # Strip out color code from message before sending to elastic
     msg = record.getMessage()
     msg = re.sub(r"\033\[[0-9]*m", "", msg)
@@ -85,13 +88,13 @@ def format_elastic_record(record: dict) -> dict:
 
 def add_elastic_log_handler(
     logger_instance: logging.Logger, index: str, under_test: bool = False
-) -> None:
+) -> Optional[multiprocessing.Queue]:
     has_queue_handler = any(
-        isinstance(h, logging.handlers.QueueHandler) for h in logger_instance.handlers
+        isinstance(h, logging.handlers.QueueHandler) for h in logger_instance.handlers  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     )
     if not has_queue_handler:
-        log_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
-        queue_handler = logging.handlers.QueueHandler(log_queue)
+        log_queue: multiprocessing.Queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
+        queue_handler = logging.handlers.QueueHandler(log_queue)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
         logger_instance.addHandler(queue_handler)
 
         def elastic_log_worker(elastic_index: str) -> None:
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ def elastic_log_worker(elastic_index: str) -> None:
             worker_proc.start()
 
         return log_queue
+    return None
 
 
 def start_elastic_logger(index: str) -> None:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c4495f..2b78384 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         "nest-asyncio==1.6.0",
         "fastapi-sso==0.15.0",
         "google-auth==2.32.0",
-        "requests",
+        "requests>=2.32.3, <2.33.0",
+        "types-requests>=2.32.0, <2.33.0",
     ],
     package_data={},
     entry_points={