diff --git a/beets/dbcore/db.py b/beets/dbcore/db.py
index b780c5756..d55cf70cd 100755
--- a/beets/dbcore/db.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/db.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ from abc import ABC
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
 from sqlite3 import Connection
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AnyStr, Callable, Generic, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AnyStr, Callable, Generic
 
+from typing_extensions import TypeVar  # default value support
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
 import beets
@@ -49,10 +50,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
     from .query import SQLiteType
 
-    D = TypeVar("D", bound="Database", default=Any)
-else:
-    D = TypeVar("D", bound="Database")
-
+D = TypeVar("D", bound="Database", default=Any)
 
 FlexAttrs = dict[str, str]
 
diff --git a/beets/metadata_plugins.py b/beets/metadata_plugins.py
index 5b11dc4ec..9d69633d6 100644
--- a/beets/metadata_plugins.py
+++ b/beets/metadata_plugins.py
@@ -10,20 +10,16 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import abc
 import inspect
 import re
-import sys
 import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Generic, Literal, Sequence, TypedDict, TypeVar
 
+from typing_extensions import NotRequired
+
 from beets.util import cached_classproperty
 from beets.util.id_extractors import extract_release_id
 
 from .plugins import BeetsPlugin, find_plugins, notify_info_yielded, send
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-    from typing import NotRequired
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import NotRequired
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable
 
diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index 81f423431..3e04ccdfc 100644
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import abc
 import inspect
 import re
-import sys
 import traceback
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import wraps
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ from types import GenericAlias
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence, TypeVar
 
 import mediafile
+from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
 import beets
 from beets import logging
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ from beets import logging
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from beets.event_types import EventType
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-    from typing import ParamSpec
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
-
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable
diff --git a/beets/util/pipeline.py b/beets/util/pipeline.py
index 140407f04..bd2c49316 100644
--- a/beets/util/pipeline.py
+++ b/beets/util/pipeline.py
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ import sys
 from threading import Lock, Thread
 from typing import Callable, Generator, TypeVar
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-    from typing import TypeVarTuple, Unpack
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import TypeVarTuple, Unpack
+from typing_extensions import TypeVarTuple, Unpack
 
 BUBBLE = "__PIPELINE_BUBBLE__"
 POISON = "__PIPELINE_POISON__"
diff --git a/beetsplug/aura.py b/beetsplug/aura.py
index e7034c1e9..53458d7ee 100644
--- a/beetsplug/aura.py
+++ b/beetsplug/aura.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from mimetypes import guess_type
@@ -30,11 +29,7 @@ from flask import (
     request,
     send_file,
 )
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
-    from typing import Self
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import Self
+from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from beets import config
 from beets.dbcore.query import (
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c0e96635f..12454d154 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ For packagers:
 * Optional ``extra_tags`` parameter has been removed from
   ``BeetsPlugin.candidates`` method signature since it is never passed in. If
   you override this method in your plugin, feel free to remove this parameter.
+* Loosened `typing_extensions`` dependency in pyproject.toml to apply to every python version.
 
 For plugin developers:
 
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ For plugin developers:
   Old imports are now deprecated and will be removed in version ``3.0.0``.
 * ``beets.ui.decargs`` is deprecated and will be removed in version ``3.0.0``.
 
-
 Other changes:
 
 * Refactor: Split responsibilities of Plugins into MetaDataPlugins and general Plugins.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a7a0ee9f7..70b72e9ce 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3292,4 +3292,4 @@ web = ["flask", "flask-cors"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<4"
-content-hash = "b3f2746a43227fe639d17eb22d7924e30c9d83eef53dce2c10388c602f0c6665"
+content-hash = "c98049afba33c3cb22359ae75bb73bcc5d74b27c5a45802292a56f8d3c547f1e"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39c543307..d784fe4b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ musicbrainzngs = ">=0.4"
 numpy = ">=1.24.4"
 platformdirs = ">=3.5.0"
 pyyaml = "*"
-typing_extensions = { version = "*", python = "<=3.10" }
+typing_extensions = "*"
 unidecode = ">=1.3.6"
 
 beautifulsoup4 = { version = "*", optional = true }