diff --git a/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.in b/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.in
index e5379ec50a..651b368c5e 100644
--- a/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.in
+++ b/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.in
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ scrypt
 setuptools>=46.0.0
 sh
 SQLAlchemy>=1.3.0
-typing
+typing;python_version<"3.8"
 Werkzeug>=0.15.3
diff --git a/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.txt b/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.txt
index 6c8f451867..5b245ad025 100644
--- a/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.txt
+++ b/securedrop/requirements/python3/securedrop-app-code-requirements.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ six==1.11.0 \
     # via argon2-cffi, cryptography, python-dateutil, qrcode
 sqlalchemy==1.3.3 \
     --hash=sha256:91c54ca8345008fceaec987e10924bf07dcab36c442925357e5a467b36a38319
-typing==3.6.4 \
+typing==3.6.4 ; python_version < "3.8" \
     --hash=sha256:3a887b021a77b292e151afb75323dea88a7bc1b3dfa92176cff8e44c8b68bddf \
     --hash=sha256:b2c689d54e1144bbcfd191b0832980a21c2dbcf7b5ff7a66248a60c90e951eb8 \
     --hash=sha256:d400a9344254803a2368533e4533a4200d21eb7b6b729c173bc38201a74db3f2