diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a895b33..a0f11fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* Drop dependency on `typing_extensions`.
+
 ## v3.0.0 (2025-05-18)
 > Bumping to version 3; changes to code do break some API compatability.
 * Implement a new decorator registry pattern to impement checks on database connection string.
diff --git a/dj_database_url/__init__.py b/dj_database_url/__init__.py
index 3918ab7..8e9fa27 100644
--- a/dj_database_url/__init__.py
+++ b/dj_database_url/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
-
-from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, TypedDict, Union
 
 DEFAULT_ENV = "DATABASE_URL"
 ENGINE_SCHEMES: Dict[str, "Engine"] = {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75ed8e7..a6b34cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ setup(
     long_description=readme,
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     packages=["dj_database_url"],
-    install_requires=["Django>=4.2", "typing_extensions>=4.0.0"],
+    install_requires=["Django>=4.2"],
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={
         "dj_database_url": ["py.typed"],