From bb4de91ac918b4befe9cbd4e260ae1b5c7b80b77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:12:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Require typing_extensions on Python < 3.13

On newer Python releases, the typing module has all we need.

Fixes: #189
---
 confuse/core.py      | 6 +++++-
 confuse/templates.py | 6 +++++-
 pyproject.toml       | 1 +
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/confuse/core.py b/confuse/core.py
index 41cb5d6..d1b117e 100644
--- a/confuse/core.py
+++ b/confuse/core.py
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeVar, overload
 
+try:
+    from typing import Self
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.11
+    from typing_extensions import Self
+
 import yaml
-from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from . import templates, util, yaml_util
 from .exceptions import ConfigError, ConfigTypeError, NotFoundError
diff --git a/confuse/templates.py b/confuse/templates.py
index 55bbd7c..a706765 100644
--- a/confuse/templates.py
+++ b/confuse/templates.py
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
+import sys
 from collections import abc
 from collections.abc import Hashable, Iterable, Mapping
 from functools import singledispatchmethod
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generic, NoReturn, overload
 
-from typing_extensions import TypeVar
+if sys.version_info < (3, 13):
+    from typing_extensions import TypeVar
+else:
+    from typing import TypeVar
 
 from . import exceptions, util
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cbf03c9..835f816 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "pyyaml",
+    "typing_extensions >= 4.4; python_version < '1.13'",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]

From 08f8e3b4341b7a11d34571c82f4b459e9279fe22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:44:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Changelog entry

---
 docs/changelog.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 1e2c5c0..e60c61c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Unreleased
+-----------
+- Require `typing_extensions` on older Python versions (and use `typing`
+  on newer versions). [#189](https://github.com/beetbox/confuse/issues/189)
+
+
 v2.2.0
 ------