diff --git a/python-inflect.spec b/python-inflect.spec
index 4aa259e..56eb079 100644
--- a/python-inflect.spec
+++ b/python-inflect.spec
@@ -25,18 +25,21 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/jaraco/inflect
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/i/inflect/inflect-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM typing_extensions-version.patch bsc#[0-9]+ mcepl@suse.com
+# Correct handling of the potential missing Annotated type
+Patch0:         typing_extensions-version.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.8}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module more-itertools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module more-itertools >= 8.5.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
-Requires:       %{python_module typeguard}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module typeguard}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing_extensions}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing_extensions if %python-base < 3.9}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Requires:       more-itertools
+Requires:       %{python_module typeguard}
+Requires:       python-more-itertools >= 8.5.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
diff --git a/typing_extensions-version.patch b/typing_extensions-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c86b3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typing_extensions-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+ inflect/compat/py38.py |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/inflect/compat/py38.py
++++ b/inflect/compat/py38.py
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ import sys
+ 
+ 
+-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
++try:
+     from typing import Annotated
+-else:  # pragma: no cover
++except ImportError:
+     from typing_extensions import Annotated  # noqa: F401