diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f0ebf0c69..c40eca70e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 async-timeout>=4.0.2
 deprecated>=1.2.3
 packaging>=20.4
-typing-extensions
+typing-extensions; python_version<"3.8"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a3293addb2..0e7b1f5801 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "deprecated>=1.2.3",
         "packaging>=20.4",
         'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < "3.8"',
-        "typing-extensions",
+        'typing-extensions; python_version<"3.8"',
         "async-timeout>=4.0.2",
     ],
     classifiers=[