diff --git a/xarray/core/dataarray.py b/xarray/core/dataarray.py
index 0f245ff464b..dcdc9edbd26 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataarray.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataarray.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     try:
         from dask.delayed import Delayed
     except ImportError:
-        Delayed = None  # type: ignore
+        Delayed = None  # type: ignore[misc,assignment]
     try:
         from iris.cube import Cube as iris_Cube
     except ImportError:
diff --git a/xarray/core/dataset.py b/xarray/core/dataset.py
index a6fc0e2ca18..b4460e956df 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataset.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     try:
         from dask.delayed import Delayed
     except ImportError:
-        Delayed = None  # type: ignore
+        Delayed = None  # type: ignore[misc,assignment]
     try:
         from dask.dataframe import DataFrame as DaskDataFrame
     except ImportError: