diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/assertion/compiler_interface.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/assertion/compiler_interface.py
index 27b43a58530b1..09a2371329c72 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/assertion/compiler_interface.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/assertion/compiler_interface.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Literal
 
 from datahub.api.entities.assertion.assertion_config_spec import AssertionsConfigSpec
 from datahub.ingestion.api.report import Report
 from datahub.utilities.lossy_collections import LossyDict, LossyList
-
-
-class StrEnum(str, Enum):
-    pass
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
 class CompileResultArtifactType(StrEnum):
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/dataprocess/dataprocess_instance.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/dataprocess/dataprocess_instance.py
index 771efd1f2aa51..bf521ded5dbf3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/dataprocess/dataprocess_instance.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/api/entities/dataprocess/dataprocess_instance.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union, cast
 
 from datahub.api.entities.datajob import DataFlow, DataJob
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
     DataProcessRunStatusClass,
     DataProcessTypeClass,
 )
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 from datahub.utilities.urns.data_flow_urn import DataFlowUrn
 from datahub.utilities.urns.data_job_urn import DataJobUrn
 from datahub.utilities.urns.data_process_instance_urn import DataProcessInstanceUrn
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DataProcessInstanceKey(DatahubKey):
     id: str
 
 
-class InstanceRunResult(str, Enum):
+class InstanceRunResult(StrEnum):
     SUCCESS = RunResultType.SUCCESS
     SKIPPED = RunResultType.SKIPPED
     FAILURE = RunResultType.FAILURE
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/time_window_config.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/time_window_config.py
index f20ab85be0585..b3cc031609117 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/time_window_config.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/configuration/time_window_config.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 from datahub.configuration.common import ConfigModel
 from datahub.configuration.datetimes import parse_absolute_time, parse_relative_timespan
 from datahub.metadata.schema_classes import CalendarIntervalClass
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
 @enum.unique
-class BucketDuration(str, enum.Enum):
+class BucketDuration(StrEnum):
     DAY = CalendarIntervalClass.DAY
     HOUR = CalendarIntervalClass.HOUR
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/glossary/datahub_classifier.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/glossary/datahub_classifier.py
index 94a65d887efbc..50268768d0ce9 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/glossary/datahub_classifier.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/glossary/datahub_classifier.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from datahub_classify.helper_classes import ColumnInfo
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 from datahub.configuration.common import ConfigModel
 from datahub.configuration.pydantic_migration_helpers import PYDANTIC_VERSION_2
 from datahub.ingestion.glossary.classifier import Classifier
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
 class NameFactorConfig(ConfigModel):
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DataTypeFactorConfig(ConfigModel):
     )
 
 
-class ValuePredictionType(str, Enum):
+class ValuePredictionType(StrEnum):
     REGEX = "regex"
     LIBRARY = "library"
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
index 55bd0b3cf0afc..234d7e5e255d7 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import contextlib
-import enum
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@
     TelemetryClientIdClass,
 )
 from datahub.utilities.perf_timer import PerfTimer
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 from datahub.utilities.urns.urn import Urn, guess_entity_type
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -1138,9 +1138,7 @@ def execute_graphql(
 
         return result["data"]
 
-    class RelationshipDirection(str, enum.Enum):
-        # FIXME: Upgrade to enum.StrEnum when we drop support for Python 3.10
-
+    class RelationshipDirection(StrEnum):
         INCOMING = "INCOMING"
         OUTGOING = "OUTGOING"
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/common/subtypes.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/common/subtypes.py
index 4d335779fe49b..fb22f0b6edde2 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/common/subtypes.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/common/subtypes.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class DatasetSubTypes(str, Enum):
+class DatasetSubTypes(StrEnum):
     # Generic SubTypes
     TABLE = "Table"
     VIEW = "View"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DatasetSubTypes(str, Enum):
     NOTEBOOK = "Notebook"
 
 
-class DatasetContainerSubTypes(str, Enum):
+class DatasetContainerSubTypes(StrEnum):
     # Generic SubTypes
     DATABASE = "Database"
     SCHEMA = "Schema"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DatasetContainerSubTypes(str, Enum):
     ABS_CONTAINER = "ABS container"
 
 
-class BIContainerSubTypes(str, Enum):
+class BIContainerSubTypes(StrEnum):
     LOOKER_FOLDER = "Folder"
     LOOKML_PROJECT = "LookML Project"
     LOOKML_MODEL = "LookML Model"
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ class BIContainerSubTypes(str, Enum):
     MODE_COLLECTION = "Collection"
 
 
-class JobContainerSubTypes(str, Enum):
+class JobContainerSubTypes(StrEnum):
     NIFI_PROCESS_GROUP = "Process Group"
 
 
-class BIAssetSubTypes(str, Enum):
+class BIAssetSubTypes(StrEnum):
     # Generic SubTypes
     REPORT = "Report"
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/kafka.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/kafka.py
index 0d718e509d5c5..a757250a0d6c8 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/kafka.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/kafka.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Type, cast
 
 import avro.schema
@@ -73,11 +72,12 @@
 )
 from datahub.utilities.mapping import Constants, OperationProcessor
 from datahub.utilities.registries.domain_registry import DomainRegistry
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class KafkaTopicConfigKeys(str, Enum):
+class KafkaTopicConfigKeys(StrEnum):
     MIN_INSYNC_REPLICAS_CONFIG = "min.insync.replicas"
     RETENTION_SIZE_CONFIG = "retention.bytes"
     RETENTION_TIME_CONFIG = "retention.ms"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_query_model.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_query_model.py
index b3002828ceeff..7ed46c8f7084c 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_query_model.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker/looker_query_model.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Dict, List, cast
 
 from looker_sdk.sdk.api40.models import WriteQuery
 
-
-# Enum whose value is string and compatible with dictionary having string value as key
-class StrEnum(str, Enum):
-    pass
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
 class LookerModel(StrEnum):
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/constants.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/constants.py
index 3ce684b29cf39..fc464cc5ea9bb 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/constants.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 
-class SnowflakeCloudProvider(str, Enum):
+class SnowflakeCloudProvider(StrEnum):
     AWS = "aws"
     GCP = "gcp"
     AZURE = "azure"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class SnowflakeCloudProvider(str, Enum):
 SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CLOUD = SnowflakeCloudProvider.AWS
 
 
-class SnowflakeEdition(str, Enum):
+class SnowflakeEdition(StrEnum):
     STANDARD = "Standard"
 
     # We use this to represent Enterprise Edition or higher
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class SnowflakeEdition(str, Enum):
 
 # We will always compare with lowercase
 # Complete list for objectDomain - https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/account-usage/access_history.html
-class SnowflakeObjectDomain(str, Enum):
+class SnowflakeObjectDomain(StrEnum):
     TABLE = "table"
     EXTERNAL_TABLE = "external table"
     VIEW = "view"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/snowflake_config.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/snowflake_config.py
index 9e74fb8b496aa..229c0e292fbaf 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/snowflake_config.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/snowflake/snowflake_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, cast
 
 import pydantic
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@
 )
 from datahub.ingestion.source.usage.usage_common import BaseUsageConfig
 from datahub.utilities.global_warning_util import add_global_warning
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 logger = logging.Logger(__name__)
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 ]
 
 
-class TagOption(str, Enum):
+class TagOption(StrEnum):
     with_lineage = "with_lineage"
     without_lineage = "without_lineage"
     skip = "skip"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/hive_metastore.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/hive_metastore.py
index 9da6c29488124..adb171d4ad54b 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/hive_metastore.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/hive_metastore.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 from collections import namedtuple
-from enum import Enum
 from itertools import groupby
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
 from pydantic.fields import Field
 
 # This import verifies that the dependencies are available.
-from pyhive import hive  # noqa: F401
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 from sqlalchemy.engine.reflection import Inspector
 
@@ -61,13 +59,14 @@
     ViewPropertiesClass,
 )
 from datahub.utilities.hive_schema_to_avro import get_schema_fields_for_hive_column
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
 
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 TableKey = namedtuple("TableKey", ["schema", "table"])
 
 
-class HiveMetastoreConfigMode(str, Enum):
+class HiveMetastoreConfigMode(StrEnum):
     hive: str = "hive"  # noqa: F811
     presto: str = "presto"
     presto_on_hive: str = "presto-on-hive"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/check_str_enum.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/check_str_enum.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d1a84aa5f738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/testing/check_str_enum.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import pathlib
+from typing import List
+
+
+def ensure_no_enum_mixin(dirs: List[pathlib.Path]) -> None:
+    # See the docs on the StrEnum implementation for why this is necessary.
+
+    bad_lines = {
+        "(str, Enum)",
+        "(str, enum.Enum)",
+        # We don't have any int enums right now, but this will catch them if we add some.
+        "(int, Enum)",
+        "(int, enum.Enum)",
+    }
+
+    ignored_files = {
+        "datahub/utilities/str_enum.py",
+        "datahub/testing/check_str_enum.py",
+    }
+
+    for dir in dirs:
+        for file in dir.rglob("*.py"):
+            if any(str(file).endswith(ignored_file) for ignored_file in ignored_files):
+                continue
+
+            with file.open() as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    if any(bad_line in line for bad_line in bad_lines):
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            f"Disallowed enum mixin found in {file}: `{line.rstrip()}`. "
+                            "This enum mixin's behavior changed in Python 3.11, so it will work inconsistently across versions."
+                            "Use datahub.utilities.str_enum.StrEnum instead."
+                        )
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/str_enum.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/str_enum.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b8392f40770e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/utilities/str_enum.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class StrEnum(str, Enum):
+    """String Enum class."""
+
+    # This is required for compatibility with Python 3.11+, which changed the
+    # behavior of enums in format() and f-strings.
+    # Once we're using only Python 3.11+, we can replace this with enum.StrEnum.
+    # See https://blog.pecar.me/python-enum for more details.
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        """Return the string representation of the enum."""
+        return str(self.value)
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/performance/data_model.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/performance/data_model.py
index 728bb6ddde215..99b8820b45fba 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/performance/data_model.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/performance/data_model.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime
-from enum import Enum
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
+from datahub.utilities.str_enum import StrEnum
+
 StatementType = Literal[  # SELECT + values from OperationTypeClass
     "SELECT",
     "INSERT",
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class Container:
     parent: Optional["Container"] = None
 
 
-class ColumnType(str, Enum):
+class ColumnType(StrEnum):
     # Can add types that take parameters in the future
 
     INTEGER = "INTEGER"
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_packages.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_packages.py
index 69fe42e9f1e8a..f4045bac6e6ef 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_packages.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_packages.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import setuptools
 
 from datahub.testing.check_imports import ensure_no_indirect_model_imports
+from datahub.testing.check_str_enum import ensure_no_enum_mixin
 
 
 def test_package_list_match_inits():
@@ -15,3 +16,9 @@ def test_check_import_paths(pytestconfig: pytest.Config) -> None:
     root = pytestconfig.rootpath
 
     ensure_no_indirect_model_imports([root / "src", root / "tests"])
+
+
+def test_check_str_enum_usage(pytestconfig: pytest.Config) -> None:
+    root = pytestconfig.rootpath
+
+    ensure_no_enum_mixin([root / "src", root / "tests"])