diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 026d20aa3..131456469 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ swagger-spec-validator==2.4.3
 marshmallow==3.9.0
 treelib==1.5.5
 Twisted[tls]==20.3.0
-typing==3.7.4.1
 urllib3==1.25.9
 watchdog==0.9.0
 Werkzeug==0.16.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 139eb118e..a44f8544f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     description=description,
     long_description=long_description,
     url=url,
+    python_requires="==3.8.*",
     packages=packages,
     version=version,
     data_files=data_files,