diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/gometa/ingestion/api/common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/gometa/ingestion/api/common.py
index 3ea0158bc2..e563ddc479 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/gometa/ingestion/api/common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/gometa/ingestion/api/common.py
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ class RecordEnvelope(Generic[T]):
     record: T 
     metadata: dict
 
-
 @dataclass
-class WorkUnit(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class _WorkUnitId(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     id: str
 
+# For information on why the WorkUnit class is structured this way
+# and is separating the dataclass portion from the abstract methods, see
+# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/5374#issuecomment-568335302.
+class WorkUnit(_WorkUnitId, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     @abstractmethod
     def get_metadata(self) -> dict:
         pass