diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df457ac3ad..5678d342b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "s3fs>=2023.3.0,!=2024.3.1",
     "statsd>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
     "typing_extensions",
+    "typing-inspect",
     "urllib3>=1.22,<2.0.0",
 ]
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_interface.py b/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_interface.py
index 5ec53bc1d8..fad5c5c049 100644
--- a/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_interface.py
+++ b/tests/flytekit/unit/core/test_interface.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import sys
 import typing
 from typing import Dict, List
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ def t1() -> FlyteFile[typing.TypeVar("svg")]:
     return_type = extract_return_annotation(typing.get_type_hints(t1).get("return", None))
     assert return_type["o0"].extension() == FlyteFile[typing.TypeVar("svg")].extension()
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 10), reason="PEP604 requires >=3.10.")
 def test_parameters_and_defaults():
     ctx = context_manager.FlyteContext.current_context()