diff --git a/.changeset/chubby-hairs-beam.md b/.changeset/chubby-hairs-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e3986753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chubby-hairs-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"gradio": minor
+"gradio_client": minor
+---
+
+feat:Drop python 3.8 and 3.9
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7ec3127cc3..33a2c936d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: "gradio-app/gradio/.github/actions/install-all-deps@main"
         with:
           always_install_pnpm: true
+          python_version: "3.10"
           skip_build: "false"
       - name: Build packages
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook-build.yml b/.github/workflows/storybook-build.yml
index 31cf484b11..2319a12822 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook-build.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install dependencies
         uses: "gradio-app/gradio/.github/actions/install-all-deps@main"
         with:
+          python_version: "3.10"
           always_install_pnpm: true
           skip_build: "true"
       - name: build client
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-functional-lite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-functional-lite.yml
index f9b7d6d387..6731594ecd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-functional-lite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-functional-lite.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
           always_install_pnpm: true
           build_lite: true
           skip_build: true
+          python_version: "3.10"
+          test: true
       - run: pnpm exec playwright install chromium firefox
       - name: Run Lite E2E tests
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-functional.yml b/.github/workflows/test-functional.yml
index 4812b5f3ab..3cd4a13f71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-functional.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-functional.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: "gradio-app/gradio/.github/actions/install-all-deps@main"
         with:
           always_install_pnpm: true
-      - name: install outbreak_forecast dependencies
+          python_version: "3.10"
+          test: true
+      - name: install dependencies for specific tests
         run: |
           . venv/bin/activate
           python -m pip install -r demo/outbreak_forecast/requirements.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-build.yml b/.github/workflows/website-build.yml
index d4a2cfa4b7..87594bcc04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-build.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           always_install_pnpm: true
           skip_build: true
+          python_version: "3.10"
       - name: build client
         run: pnpm --filter @gradio/client build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-docs-build.yml b/.github/workflows/website-docs-build.yml
index 7552b77a52..69a43d30e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-docs-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-docs-build.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: install dependencies
         uses: "gradio-app/gradio/.github/actions/install-all-deps@main"
         with:
+          python_version: "3.10"
           skip_build: true
+          test: true
 
         # generated when installing deps
       - name: upload website json artifacts
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 47d8976c17..28ea87702f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ More than 200 awesome developers have contributed to the `gradio` library, and w
 
 Prerequisites:
 
-- [Python 3.8+](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+- [Python 3.10+](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 - [Node.js v16.14+](https://nodejs.dev/en/download/package-manager/) (only needed if you are making changes to the frontend)
 - [pnpm 8.1+](https://pnpm.io/8.x/installation) (only needed if you are making changes to the frontend)
  
diff --git a/client/python/gradio_client/cli/deploy_discord.py b/client/python/gradio_client/cli/deploy_discord.py
index 9a828a32a0..e653007428 100644
--- a/client/python/gradio_client/cli/deploy_discord.py
+++ b/client/python/gradio_client/cli/deploy_discord.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 from typer import Option
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from gradio_client import Client
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ def main(
         str, Option(help="Discord bot token. Get one on the discord website.")
     ] = None,
     api_names: Annotated[
-        List[str], Option(help="Api names to turn into discord bots")
+        list[str], Option(help="Api names to turn into discord bots")
     ] = None,
     to_id: Annotated[
         Optional[str], Option(help="Name of the space used to host the discord bot")
diff --git a/client/python/gradio_client/client.py b/client/python/gradio_client/client.py
index 2d7ce6c0a1..8cb81e327c 100644
--- a/client/python/gradio_client/client.py
+++ b/client/python/gradio_client/client.py
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 import urllib.parse
 import uuid
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Lock
-from typing import Any, Callable, Literal
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
 import httpx
 import huggingface_hub
@@ -1303,7 +1304,11 @@ def download_files(self, *data) -> tuple:
 
     def remove_skipped_components(self, *data) -> tuple:
         """"""
-        data = [d for d, oct in zip(data, self.output_component_types) if not oct.skip]
+        data = [
+            d
+            for d, oct in zip(data, self.output_component_types, strict=False)
+            if not oct.skip
+        ]
         return tuple(data)
 
     def reduce_singleton_output(self, *data) -> Any:
diff --git a/client/python/gradio_client/compatibility.py b/client/python/gradio_client/compatibility.py
index ca5f323b74..8348cf0c19 100644
--- a/client/python/gradio_client/compatibility.py
+++ b/client/python/gradio_client/compatibility.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def _upload(
                             "orig_name": Path(f).name,
                             "data": None,
                         }
-                        for f, o in zip(fs, output)
+                        for f, o in zip(fs, output, strict=False)
                     ]
                 else:
                     o = next(o for ix, o in enumerate(result) if indices[ix] == i)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def insert_state(self, *data) -> tuple:
     def remove_skipped_components(self, *data) -> tuple:
         data = [
             d
-            for d, oct in zip(data, self.output_component_types)
+            for d, oct in zip(data, self.output_component_types, strict=False)
             if oct not in utils.SKIP_COMPONENTS
         ]
         return tuple(data)
@@ -235,13 +235,15 @@ def serialize(self, *data) -> tuple:
 
         files = [
             f
-            for f, t in zip(data, self.input_component_types)
+            for f, t in zip(data, self.input_component_types, strict=False)
             if t in ["file", "uploadbutton"]
         ]
         uploaded_files = self._upload(files)
         data = list(data)
         self._add_uploaded_files_to_data(uploaded_files, data)
-        o = tuple([s.serialize(d) for s, d in zip(self.serializers, data)])
+        o = tuple(
+            [s.serialize(d) for s, d in zip(self.serializers, data, strict=False)]
+        )
         return o
 
     def deserialize(self, *data) -> tuple:
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ def deserialize(self, *data) -> tuple:
                     hf_token=self.client.hf_token,
                     root_url=self.root_url,
                 )
-                for s, d in zip(self.deserializers, data)
+                for s, d in zip(self.deserializers, data, strict=False)
             ]
         )
         return outputs
diff --git a/client/python/gradio_client/documentation.py b/client/python/gradio_client/documentation.py
index 741ad78abb..a3ab654930 100644
--- a/client/python/gradio_client/documentation.py
+++ b/client/python/gradio_client/documentation.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import inspect
 import warnings
 from collections import defaultdict
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import Callable
 
 classes_to_document = defaultdict(list)
 classes_inherit_documentation = {}
diff --git a/client/python/gradio_client/utils.py b/client/python/gradio_client/utils.py
index 1e5cc88c4c..ce08e0de24 100644
--- a/client/python/gradio_client/utils.py
+++ b/client/python/gradio_client/utils.py
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 import tempfile
 import time
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Lock
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Coroutine, Literal, Optional, TypedDict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Optional, TypedDict
 
 import fsspec.asyn
 import httpx
diff --git a/client/python/pyproject.toml b/client/python/pyproject.toml
index 54778eb45e..c7dcf0846f 100644
--- a/client/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/client/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "gradio_client"
 dynamic = ["version", "dependencies", "readme"]
 description = "Python library for easily interacting with trained machine learning models"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 authors = [
   { name = "Abubakar Abid", email = "gradio-team@huggingface.co" },
   { name = "Ali Abid", email = "gradio-team@huggingface.co" },
diff --git a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpledropdown.py b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpledropdown.py
index c1d8ad1423..3fbe8cebd9 100644
--- a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpledropdown.py
+++ b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpledropdown.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio.components.base import Component, FormComponent
 from gradio.events import Events
diff --git a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpleimage.py b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpleimage.py
index 712b843f60..9e33732178 100644
--- a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpleimage.py
+++ b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpleimage.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client import handle_file
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
diff --git a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpletextbox.py b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpletextbox.py
index 12aa16acb5..fb0eb4209a 100644
--- a/gradio/_simple_templates/simpletextbox.py
+++ b/gradio/_simple_templates/simpletextbox.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio.components.base import Component, FormComponent
 from gradio.events import Events
diff --git a/gradio/blocks.py b/gradio/blocks.py
index f9ce3b6dc2..864c27fbcd 100644
--- a/gradio/blocks.py
+++ b/gradio/blocks.py
@@ -15,16 +15,13 @@
 import warnings
 import webbrowser
 from collections import defaultdict
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable, Sequence, Set
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
-    AbstractSet,
     Any,
-    AsyncIterator,
-    Callable,
     Literal,
-    Sequence,
     cast,
 )
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
@@ -681,14 +678,14 @@ def set_event_trigger(
             Component
             | BlockContext
             | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-            | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+            | Set[Component | BlockContext]
             | None
         ),
         outputs: (
             Component
             | BlockContext
             | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-            | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+            | Set[Component | BlockContext]
             | None
         ),
         preprocess: bool = True,
@@ -754,7 +751,7 @@ def set_event_trigger(
             )
             for target in targets
         ]
-        if isinstance(inputs, AbstractSet):
+        if isinstance(inputs, Set):
             inputs_as_dict = True
             inputs = sorted(inputs, key=lambda x: x._id)
         else:
@@ -764,7 +761,7 @@ def set_event_trigger(
             elif not isinstance(inputs, Sequence):
                 inputs = [inputs]
 
-        if isinstance(outputs, AbstractSet):
+        if isinstance(outputs, Set):
             outputs = sorted(outputs, key=lambda x: x._id)
         elif outputs is None:
             outputs = []
@@ -1215,7 +1212,7 @@ def iterate_over_children(children_list):
                 raise ValueError(
                     "This config is missing the 'dependencies' field and cannot be loaded."
                 )
-            for dependency, fn in zip(config["dependencies"], fns):
+            for dependency, fn in zip(config["dependencies"], fns, strict=False):
                 # We used to add a "fake_event" to the config to cache examples
                 # without removing it. This was causing bugs in calling gr.load
                 # We fixed the issue by removing "fake_event" from the config in examples.py
@@ -1521,7 +1518,9 @@ async def call_function(
 
         if iterator is None:  # If not a generator function that has already run
             if block_fn.inputs_as_dict:
-                processed_input = [dict(zip(block_fn.inputs, processed_input))]
+                processed_input = [
+                    dict(zip(block_fn.inputs, processed_input, strict=False))
+                ]
 
             processed_input, progress_index, _ = special_args(
                 block_fn.fn, processed_input, request, event_data
@@ -1928,11 +1927,11 @@ async def process_api(
                 )
             inputs = [
                 await self.preprocess_data(block_fn, list(i), state, explicit_call)
-                for i in zip(*inputs)
+                for i in zip(*inputs, strict=False)
             ]
             result = await self.call_function(
                 block_fn,
-                list(zip(*inputs)),
+                list(zip(*inputs, strict=False)),
                 None,
                 request,
                 event_id,
@@ -1943,11 +1942,11 @@ async def process_api(
             preds = result["prediction"]
             data = [
                 await self.postprocess_data(block_fn, list(o), state)
-                for o in zip(*preds)
+                for o in zip(*preds, strict=False)
             ]
             if root_path is not None:
                 data = processing_utils.add_root_url(data, root_path, None)  # type: ignore
-            data = list(zip(*data))
+            data = list(zip(*data, strict=False))
             is_generating, iterator = None, None
         else:
             old_iterator = iterator
@@ -1972,7 +1971,9 @@ async def process_api(
             if state:
                 changed_state_ids = [
                     state_id
-                    for hash_value, state_id in zip(hashed_values, state_ids_to_track)
+                    for hash_value, state_id in zip(
+                        hashed_values, state_ids_to_track, strict=False
+                    )
                     if hash_value != utils.deep_hash(state[state_id])
                 ]
 
diff --git a/gradio/chat_interface.py b/gradio/chat_interface.py
index 38f4ab9aff..2ddceeca24 100644
--- a/gradio/chat_interface.py
+++ b/gradio/chat_interface.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 import warnings
-from typing import AsyncGenerator, Callable, Literal, Union, cast
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Callable
+from typing import Literal, Union, cast
 
 import anyio
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/_docs_utils.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/_docs_utils.py
index 855e15eb07..9b61b76889 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/_docs_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/_docs_utils.py
@@ -145,31 +145,14 @@ def get_type_arguments(type_hint) -> tuple:
 
 def get_container_name(arg):
     """Gets a human readable name for a type."""
-
-    # This is a bit of a hack to get the generic type for python 3.8
-    typing_genericalias = getattr(typing, "_GenericAlias", None)
-    types_genericalias = getattr(types, "GenericAlias", None)
-    types_uniontype = getattr(types, "UnionType", None)
-    if types_genericalias is None:
-        raise ValueError(
-            """Unable to find GenericAlias type. This is likely because you are using an older version of python. Please upgrade to python 3.10 or higher."""
-        )
-
-    generic_type_tuple = (
-        (types_genericalias,)
-        if typing_genericalias is None
-        else (types_genericalias, typing_genericalias)
-    )
-
     if inspect.isclass(arg):
         return arg.__name__
-    if isinstance(arg, (generic_type_tuple)):
+    if isinstance(arg, types.GenericAlias):
         return arg.__origin__.__name__
-    elif types_uniontype and isinstance(arg, types_uniontype):
+    elif isinstance(arg, types.UnionType):
         return "Union"
     elif getattr(arg, "__origin__", None) is typing.Literal:
         return "Literal"
-
     else:
         return str(arg)
 
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/build.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/build.py
index 3c0bfed5e1..0cefe66824 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/build.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/build.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import semantic_version
 import typer
 from tomlkit import dump, parse
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 import gradio
 from gradio.analytics import custom_component_analytics
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/create.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/create.py
index 59453e9173..410c1ddde8 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/create.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/create.py
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import typer
 from rich import print
 from rich.panel import Panel
 from rich.prompt import Confirm, Prompt
 from tomlkit import dump, parse
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from gradio.analytics import custom_component_analytics
 
@@ -156,14 +155,14 @@ def _create(
                 pyproject_toml["project"]["license"] = license_  # type: ignore
 
                 requires_python = Prompt.ask(
-                    "\n:snake: Please enter the [bold][magenta]allowed python[/][/] versions for your component. Leave blank for '>=3.8'"
+                    "\n:snake: Please enter the [bold][magenta]allowed python[/][/] versions for your component. Leave blank for '>=3.10'"
                 )
-                requires_python = requires_python or ">=3.8"
+                requires_python = requires_python or ">=3.10"
                 print(
                     f":snake: Using requires-python of [bold][magenta]{requires_python}[/][/]"
                 )
                 pyproject_toml["project"]["requires-python"] = (  # type: ignore
-                    requires_python or ">=3.8"
+                    requires_python or ">=3.10"
                 )
 
                 print(
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/dev.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/dev.py
index 0563618500..025c5ea320 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/dev.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/dev.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import typer
 from rich import print
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 import gradio
 from gradio.analytics import custom_component_analytics
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/docs.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/docs.py
index 62e0c068c1..145d9073ab 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/docs.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/docs.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 import importlib
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional
 
 import requests
 import tomlkit as toml
 from typer import Argument, Option
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from gradio.analytics import custom_component_analytics
 from gradio.cli.commands.display import LivePanelDisplay
@@ -201,5 +200,5 @@ def run_command(
 
     if type_mode == "simple":
         live.update(
-            "\n:orange_circle: [red]The docs were generated in simple mode. Updating python to a version greater than 3.9 will result in richer documentation.[/]"
+            "\n:orange_circle: [red]The docs were generated in simple mode. Updating python to a more recent version will result in richer documentation.[/]"
         )
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/install_component.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/install_component.py
index 08092e76d7..6dd0a90573 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/install_component.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/install_component.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 from rich.markup import escape
 from typer import Argument, Option
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from gradio.cli.commands.display import LivePanelDisplay
 from gradio.utils import set_directory
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/components/publish.py b/gradio/cli/commands/components/publish.py
index ff2bdc8d71..2affbe4172 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/components/publish.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/components/publish.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import semantic_version
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from rich.prompt import Confirm, Prompt
 from tomlkit import parse
 from typer import Argument, Option
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from gradio.analytics import custom_component_analytics
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ def _get_version_from_file(dist_file: Path) -> Optional[str]:
         return match.group(1)
 
 
-def _get_max_version(distribution_files: List[Path]) -> Optional[str]:
+def _get_max_version(distribution_files: list[Path]) -> Optional[str]:
     versions = []
     for p in distribution_files:
         version = _get_version_from_file(p)
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/deploy_space.py b/gradio/cli/commands/deploy_space.py
index ad082d5817..e3f19a26bd 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/deploy_space.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/deploy_space.py
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Annotated, Optional
 
 import huggingface_hub
 from rich import print
 from typer import Option
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 import gradio as gr
 
diff --git a/gradio/cli/commands/reload.py b/gradio/cli/commands/reload.py
index 2468c74d43..5df9995980 100644
--- a/gradio/cli/commands/reload.py
+++ b/gradio/cli/commands/reload.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Optional
 
 import typer
 from rich import print
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def _setup_config(
 def main(
     demo_path: Path,
     demo_name: str = "demo",
-    watch_dirs: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    watch_dirs: Optional[list[str]] = None,
     encoding: str = "utf-8",
 ):
     # default execution pattern to start the server and watch changes
diff --git a/gradio/components/annotated_image.py b/gradio/components/annotated_image.py
index 0cd79082f0..111743605e 100644
--- a/gradio/components/annotated_image.py
+++ b/gradio/components/annotated_image.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import gradio_client.utils as client_utils
 import numpy as np
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class Annotation(GradioModel):
 
 class AnnotatedImageData(GradioModel):
     image: FileData
-    annotations: List[Annotation]
+    annotations: list[Annotation]
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/audio.py b/gradio/components/audio.py
index 6b8abd327f..34f7f3986c 100644
--- a/gradio/components/audio.py
+++ b/gradio/components/audio.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 import io
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 import anyio
 import httpx
diff --git a/gradio/components/bar_plot.py b/gradio/components/bar_plot.py
index c38422c389..f2adef960d 100644
--- a/gradio/components/bar_plot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/bar_plot.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/base.py b/gradio/components/base.py
index 12690b2ba1..7606ae85d2 100644
--- a/gradio/components/base.py
+++ b/gradio/components/base.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence, Type
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import gradio_client.utils as client_utils
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ def __init__(
         # This gets overridden when `select` is called
         self._selectable = False
         if not hasattr(self, "data_model"):
-            self.data_model: Type[GradioDataModel] | None = None
+            self.data_model: type[GradioDataModel] | None = None
 
         Block.__init__(
             self,
diff --git a/gradio/components/button.py b/gradio/components/button.py
index 1b42620018..e53901092a 100644
--- a/gradio/components/button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/button.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/chatbot.py b/gradio/components/chatbot.py
index 74caf6ae3d..ceaaa9f1fe 100644
--- a/gradio/components/chatbot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/chatbot.py
@@ -3,19 +3,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    Tuple,
-    Type,
     TypedDict,
     Union,
     cast,
@@ -66,13 +61,13 @@ class FileMessage(GradioModel):
 class ComponentMessage(GradioModel):
     component: str
     value: Any
-    constructor_args: Dict[str, Any]
-    props: Dict[str, Any]
+    constructor_args: dict[str, Any]
+    props: dict[str, Any]
 
 
 class ChatbotDataTuples(GradioRootModel):
-    root: List[
-        Tuple[
+    root: list[
+        tuple[
             Union[str, FileMessage, ComponentMessage, None],
             Union[str, FileMessage, ComponentMessage, None],
         ]
@@ -97,10 +92,10 @@ class ChatMessage:
 
 
 class ChatbotDataMessages(GradioRootModel):
-    root: List[Message]
+    root: list[Message]
 
 
-TupleFormat = List[List[Union[str, Tuple[str], Tuple[str, str], None]]]
+TupleFormat = list[list[Union[str, tuple[str], tuple[str, str], None]]]
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from gradio.components import Timer
@@ -485,7 +480,7 @@ def postprocess(
             an object of type ChatbotData
         """
         data_model = cast(
-            Union[Type[ChatbotDataTuples], Type[ChatbotDataMessages]], self.data_model
+            Union[type[ChatbotDataTuples], type[ChatbotDataMessages]], self.data_model
         )
         if value is None:
             return data_model(root=[])
diff --git a/gradio/components/checkbox.py b/gradio/components/checkbox.py
index e4dc833ed3..ba3a5daf1c 100644
--- a/gradio/components/checkbox.py
+++ b/gradio/components/checkbox.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/checkboxgroup.py b/gradio/components/checkboxgroup.py
index 95cbdf2b68..c25839aa4d 100644
--- a/gradio/components/checkboxgroup.py
+++ b/gradio/components/checkboxgroup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/clear_button.py b/gradio/components/clear_button.py
index f1617a74b9..f8ba9c4048 100644
--- a/gradio/components/clear_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/clear_button.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 import copy
 import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/code.py b/gradio/components/code.py
index 4393294613..80220f57f7 100644
--- a/gradio/components/code.py
+++ b/gradio/components/code.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -159,10 +160,15 @@ def postprocess(self, value: str | None) -> None | str:
         Parameters:
             value: Expects a `str` of code.
         Returns:
-            Returns the code as a `str`.
+            Returns the code as a `str` stripped of leading and trailing whitespace.
         """
         if value is None:
             return None
+        if isinstance(value, tuple):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Code component does not support returning files as tuples anymore. "
+                "Please read the file contents and return as str instead."
+            )
         return value.strip()
 
     def api_info(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/gradio/components/color_picker.py b/gradio/components/color_picker.py
index 163732ad31..0eee7c20c1 100644
--- a/gradio/components/color_picker.py
+++ b/gradio/components/color_picker.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/dataframe.py b/gradio/components/dataframe.py
index 4dd6f1a04b..e1380db7de 100644
--- a/gradio/components/dataframe.py
+++ b/gradio/components/dataframe.py
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    Tuple,
     Union,
 )
 
@@ -46,9 +42,9 @@ def _import_polars():
 
 
 class DataframeData(GradioModel):
-    headers: List[str]
-    data: Union[List[List[Any]], List[Tuple[Any, ...]]]
-    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Optional[List[Any]]]] = None
+    headers: list[str]
+    data: Union[list[list[Any]], list[tuple[Any, ...]]]
+    metadata: Optional[dict[str, Optional[list[Any]]]] = None
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/dataset.py b/gradio/components/dataset.py
index 468087aef2..9551c0052f 100644
--- a/gradio/components/dataset.py
+++ b/gradio/components/dataset.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import Any, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.samples: list[list] = []
         for example in self.raw_samples:
             self.samples.append([])
-            for component, ex in zip(self._components, example):
+            for component, ex in zip(self._components, example, strict=False):
                 # If proxy_url is set, that means it is being loaded from an external Gradio app
                 # which means that the example has already been processed.
                 if self.proxy_url is None:
diff --git a/gradio/components/download_button.py b/gradio/components/download_button.py
index 15c5aec9ed..6c34718c09 100644
--- a/gradio/components/download_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/download_button.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import tempfile
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from gradio_client import handle_file
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
diff --git a/gradio/components/dropdown.py b/gradio/components/dropdown.py
index 5102e09374..1abe4ebbdf 100644
--- a/gradio/components/dropdown.py
+++ b/gradio/components/dropdown.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/duplicate_button.py b/gradio/components/duplicate_button.py
index 90f01bc4c2..0094e57243 100644
--- a/gradio/components/duplicate_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/duplicate_button.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/file.py b/gradio/components/file.py
index 4bc4503cd7..70dbcfd995 100644
--- a/gradio/components/file.py
+++ b/gradio/components/file.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 import gradio_client.utils as client_utils
 from gradio_client import handle_file
diff --git a/gradio/components/file_explorer.py b/gradio/components/file_explorer.py
index 7f9ca06313..8ad9e957f1 100644
--- a/gradio/components/file_explorer.py
+++ b/gradio/components/file_explorer.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 import fnmatch
 import os
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 class FileExplorerData(GradioRootModel):
     # The outer list is the list of files selected, and the inner list
     # is the path to the file as a list, split by the os.sep.
-    root: List[List[str]]
+    root: list[list[str]]
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/gallery.py b/gradio/components/gallery.py
index 7a514ab988..4e2b00bcf2 100644
--- a/gradio/components/gallery.py
+++ b/gradio/components/gallery.py
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    Tuple,
     Union,
 )
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@
     from gradio.components import Timer
 
 GalleryImageType = Union[np.ndarray, PIL.Image.Image, Path, str]
-CaptionedGalleryImageType = Tuple[GalleryImageType, str]
+CaptionedGalleryImageType = tuple[GalleryImageType, str]
 
 
 class GalleryImage(GradioModel):
@@ -41,7 +38,7 @@ class GalleryImage(GradioModel):
 
 
 class GalleryData(GradioRootModel):
-    root: List[GalleryImage]
+    root: list[GalleryImage]
 
 
 @document()
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ def __init__(
         elem_classes: list[str] | str | None = None,
         render: bool = True,
         key: int | str | None = None,
-        columns: int | list[int] | Tuple[int, ...] | None = 2,
+        columns: int | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | None = 2,
         rows: int | list[int] | None = None,
         height: int | float | str | None = None,
         allow_preview: bool = True,
@@ -163,9 +160,9 @@ def __init__(
     def preprocess(
         self, payload: GalleryData | None
     ) -> (
-        List[tuple[str, str | None]]
-        | List[tuple[PIL.Image.Image, str | None]]
-        | List[tuple[np.ndarray, str | None]]
+        list[tuple[str, str | None]]
+        | list[tuple[PIL.Image.Image, str | None]]
+        | list[tuple[np.ndarray, str | None]]
         | None
     ):
         """
diff --git a/gradio/components/highlighted_text.py b/gradio/components/highlighted_text.py
index 58a2486eec..17200579d6 100644
--- a/gradio/components/highlighted_text.py
+++ b/gradio/components/highlighted_text.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Sequence, Union
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Union
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class HighlightedToken(GradioModel):
 
 
 class HighlightedTextData(GradioRootModel):
-    root: List[HighlightedToken]
+    root: list[HighlightedToken]
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/html.py b/gradio/components/html.py
index e3fd3c17cb..eac6a277b4 100644
--- a/gradio/components/html.py
+++ b/gradio/components/html.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/image.py b/gradio/components/image.py
index 67ff6f9466..b4f7713718 100644
--- a/gradio/components/image.py
+++ b/gradio/components/image.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, cast
 
 import numpy as np
 import PIL.Image
diff --git a/gradio/components/image_editor.py b/gradio/components/image_editor.py
index b59798760b..4fa0bf8272 100644
--- a/gradio/components/image_editor.py
+++ b/gradio/components/image_editor.py
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Iterable,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Sequence,
-    Tuple,
     Union,
     cast,
 )
@@ -50,14 +47,14 @@ class EditorExampleValue(TypedDict):
 
 class EditorData(GradioModel):
     background: Optional[FileData] = None
-    layers: List[FileData] = []
+    layers: list[FileData] = []
     composite: Optional[FileData] = None
     id: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 class EditorDataBlobs(GradioModel):
     background: Optional[bytes]
-    layers: List[Union[bytes, None]]
+    layers: list[Union[bytes, None]]
     composite: Optional[bytes]
 
 
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ class BlobData(TypedDict):
 
 class AcceptBlobs(GradioModel):
     data: BlobData
-    files: List[Tuple[str, bytes]]
+    files: list[tuple[str, bytes]]
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/json_component.py b/gradio/components/json_component.py
index 5f57f89d71..7a8754af7e 100644
--- a/gradio/components/json_component.py
+++ b/gradio/components/json_component.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    Sequence,
 )
 
 import orjson
diff --git a/gradio/components/label.py b/gradio/components/label.py
index fd623111d8..21fdbe68e4 100644
--- a/gradio/components/label.py
+++ b/gradio/components/label.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 import json
 import operator
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Union
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class LabelConfidence(GradioModel):
 
 class LabelData(GradioModel):
     label: Optional[Union[str, int, float]] = None
-    confidences: Optional[List[LabelConfidence]] = None
+    confidences: Optional[list[LabelConfidence]] = None
 
 
 @document()
diff --git a/gradio/components/line_plot.py b/gradio/components/line_plot.py
index ebddcc278c..c80b885989 100644
--- a/gradio/components/line_plot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/line_plot.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/login_button.py b/gradio/components/login_button.py
index 35bba307fc..1a062a1ce4 100644
--- a/gradio/components/login_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/login_button.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import json
 import time
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/logout_button.py b/gradio/components/logout_button.py
index 9cee4098ea..c064e7994e 100644
--- a/gradio/components/logout_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/logout_button.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/markdown.py b/gradio/components/markdown.py
index 265d65d68b..98e0489796 100644
--- a/gradio/components/markdown.py
+++ b/gradio/components/markdown.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/model3d.py b/gradio/components/model3d.py
index f421b8a9ec..a4a6744c66 100644
--- a/gradio/components/model3d.py
+++ b/gradio/components/model3d.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from gradio_client import handle_file
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
diff --git a/gradio/components/multimodal_textbox.py b/gradio/components/multimodal_textbox.py
index d91051a4c4..aee8ccfcf0 100644
--- a/gradio/components/multimodal_textbox.py
+++ b/gradio/components/multimodal_textbox.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Literal, Sequence, TypedDict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, TypedDict
 
 import gradio_client.utils as client_utils
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
@@ -20,12 +21,12 @@
 
 class MultimodalData(GradioModel):
     text: str
-    files: List[FileData] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    files: list[FileData] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
 class MultimodalPostprocess(TypedDict):
     text: str
-    files: List[FileData]
+    files: list[FileData]
 
 
 class MultimodalValue(TypedDict):
diff --git a/gradio/components/native_plot.py b/gradio/components/native_plot.py
index 8414fd68dc..c840660f7a 100644
--- a/gradio/components/native_plot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/native_plot.py
@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 
 import json
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence, Set
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
-    AbstractSet,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    List,
     Literal,
-    Sequence,
 )
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -25,9 +21,9 @@
 
 
 class PlotData(GradioModel):
-    columns: List[str]
-    data: List[List[Any]]
-    datatypes: Dict[str, Literal["quantitative", "nominal", "temporal"]]
+    columns: list[str]
+    data: list[list[Any]]
+    datatypes: dict[str, Literal["quantitative", "nominal", "temporal"]]
     mark: str
 
 
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ def __init__(
         scale: int | None = None,
         min_width: int = 160,
         every: Timer | float | None = None,
-        inputs: Component | Sequence[Component] | AbstractSet[Component] | None = None,
+        inputs: Component | Sequence[Component] | Set[Component] | None = None,
         visible: bool = True,
         elem_id: str | None = None,
         elem_classes: list[str] | str | None = None,
diff --git a/gradio/components/number.py b/gradio/components/number.py
index 05b2e21f2d..b79e201002 100644
--- a/gradio/components/number.py
+++ b/gradio/components/number.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/paramviewer.py b/gradio/components/paramviewer.py
index 1d20d81c2c..4b244694fe 100644
--- a/gradio/components/paramviewer.py
+++ b/gradio/components/paramviewer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Mapping, Sequence, TypedDict
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, TypedDict
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/plot.py b/gradio/components/plot.py
index 166ccac380..02c21b1531 100644
--- a/gradio/components/plot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/plot.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/radio.py b/gradio/components/radio.py
index 414118eae4..16021eb2ed 100644
--- a/gradio/components/radio.py
+++ b/gradio/components/radio.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/scatter_plot.py b/gradio/components/scatter_plot.py
index 5351971a26..0557554864 100644
--- a/gradio/components/scatter_plot.py
+++ b/gradio/components/scatter_plot.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import warnings
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/slider.py b/gradio/components/slider.py
index 384d3f3239..076df2faf1 100644
--- a/gradio/components/slider.py
+++ b/gradio/components/slider.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 import math
 import random
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/state.py b/gradio/components/state.py
index 305ce37ec7..e77f3c81b6 100644
--- a/gradio/components/state.py
+++ b/gradio/components/state.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import math
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Any, Callable
+from typing import Any
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/textbox.py b/gradio/components/textbox.py
index 32202a9b04..7f38b3639e 100644
--- a/gradio/components/textbox.py
+++ b/gradio/components/textbox.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
diff --git a/gradio/components/upload_button.py b/gradio/components/upload_button.py
index a75cf757e7..d377cd73a8 100644
--- a/gradio/components/upload_button.py
+++ b/gradio/components/upload_button.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 import gradio_client.utils as client_utils
 from gradio_client import handle_file
diff --git a/gradio/components/video.py b/gradio/components/video.py
index 9f5bb4f862..8464f3a572 100644
--- a/gradio/components/video.py
+++ b/gradio/components/video.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Optional
 
 from gradio_client import handle_file
 from gradio_client import utils as client_utils
@@ -378,9 +379,10 @@ def _format_subtitle(self, subtitle: str | Path | None) -> FileData | None:
 
         def srt_to_vtt(srt_file_path, vtt_file_path):
             """Convert an SRT subtitle file to a VTT subtitle file"""
-            with open(srt_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as srt_file, open(
-                vtt_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8"
-            ) as vtt_file:
+            with (
+                open(srt_file_path, encoding="utf-8") as srt_file,
+                open(vtt_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as vtt_file,
+            ):
                 vtt_file.write("WEBVTT\n\n")
                 for subtitle_block in srt_file.read().strip().split("\n\n"):
                     subtitle_lines = subtitle_block.split("\n")
diff --git a/gradio/data_classes.py b/gradio/data_classes.py
index ba02f4d6d1..0311ea8f85 100644
--- a/gradio/data_classes.py
+++ b/gradio/data_classes.py
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@
 import secrets
 import shutil
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from typing import (
     Any,
-    Iterator,
-    List,
     Literal,
     NewType,
     Optional,
-    Tuple,
     TypedDict,
     Union,
 )
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ class CancelBody(BaseModel):
 
 
 class SimplePredictBody(BaseModel):
-    data: List[Any]
+    data: list[Any]
     session_hash: Optional[str] = None
 
 
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ class PredictBody(BaseModel):
 
     session_hash: Optional[str] = None
     event_id: Optional[str] = None
-    data: List[Any]
+    data: list[Any]
     event_data: Optional[Any] = None
     fn_index: Optional[int] = None
     trigger_id: Optional[int] = None
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ class ComponentServerJSONBody(BaseModel):
 
 class DataWithFiles(BaseModel):
     data: Any
-    files: List[Tuple[str, bytes]]
+    files: list[tuple[str, bytes]]
 
 
 class ComponentServerBlobBody(BaseModel):
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ def is_file_data(cls, obj: Any) -> bool:
 
 
 class ListFiles(GradioRootModel):
-    root: List[FileData]
+    root: list[FileData]
 
     def __getitem__(self, index):
         return self.root[index]
diff --git a/gradio/events.py b/gradio/events.py
index 243f466b65..cf35ff61ab 100644
--- a/gradio/events.py
+++ b/gradio/events.py
@@ -4,16 +4,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import dataclasses
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence, Set
 from functools import partial, wraps
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
-    AbstractSet,
     Any,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    List,
     Literal,
-    Sequence,
     Union,
     cast,
 )
@@ -322,7 +318,7 @@ class EventListenerMethod:
             int,
             bool,
             bool,
-            Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, Any]], None],
+            Union[dict[str, Any], list[dict[str, Any]], None],
             Union[float, None],
             Union[Literal["once", "multiple", "always_last"], None],
             Union[str, None],
@@ -406,12 +402,12 @@ def event_trigger(
             inputs: Component
             | BlockContext
             | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-            | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+            | Set[Component | BlockContext]
             | None = None,
             outputs: Component
             | BlockContext
             | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-            | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+            | Set[Component | BlockContext]
             | None = None,
             api_name: str | None | Literal[False] = None,
             scroll_to_output: bool = False,
@@ -545,12 +541,12 @@ def on(
     inputs: Component
     | BlockContext
     | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-    | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+    | Set[Component | BlockContext]
     | None = None,
     outputs: Component
     | BlockContext
     | Sequence[Component | BlockContext]
-    | AbstractSet[Component | BlockContext]
+    | Set[Component | BlockContext]
     | None = None,
     *,
     api_name: str | None | Literal[False] = None,
diff --git a/gradio/external.py b/gradio/external.py
index 7f2e4c32e2..3cca34d905 100644
--- a/gradio/external.py
+++ b/gradio/external.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 import re
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 import httpx
 import huggingface_hub
diff --git a/gradio/external_utils.py b/gradio/external_utils.py
index ab982c0f92..7126489b49 100644
--- a/gradio/external_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/external_utils.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def chatbot_postprocess(response):
         zip(
             response["conversation"]["past_user_inputs"],
             response["conversation"]["generated_responses"],
+            strict=False,
         )
     )
     return chatbot_history, response
diff --git a/gradio/flagging.py b/gradio/flagging.py
index f2d03e6cd5..490784377b 100644
--- a/gradio/flagging.py
+++ b/gradio/flagging.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 import os
 import time
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from gradio_client import utils as client_utils
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ def flag(
         log_filepath = Path(flagging_dir) / "log.csv"
 
         csv_data = []
-        for component, sample in zip(self.components, flag_data):
+        for component, sample in zip(self.components, flag_data, strict=False):
             save_dir = Path(
                 flagging_dir
             ) / client_utils.strip_invalid_filename_characters(component.label or "")
@@ -153,7 +154,9 @@ def flag(
         ]
 
         csv_data = []
-        for idx, (component, sample) in enumerate(zip(self.components, flag_data)):
+        for idx, (component, sample) in enumerate(
+            zip(self.components, flag_data, strict=False)
+        ):
             save_dir = Path(
                 flagging_dir
             ) / client_utils.strip_invalid_filename_characters(
diff --git a/gradio/helpers.py b/gradio/helpers.py
index e70ad9e3f0..f4a5f45463 100644
--- a/gradio/helpers.py
+++ b/gradio/helpers.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
 from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Iterable, Literal, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 import PIL
@@ -227,10 +228,14 @@ def __init__(
                         pass  # If there are more example components than inputs, ignore. This can sometimes be intentional (e.g. loading from a log file where outputs and timestamps are also logged)
 
         inputs_with_examples = [
-            inp for (inp, keep) in zip(inputs, input_has_examples) if keep
+            inp for (inp, keep) in zip(inputs, input_has_examples, strict=False) if keep
         ]
         non_none_examples = [
-            [ex for (ex, keep) in zip(example, input_has_examples) if keep]
+            [
+                ex
+                for (ex, keep) in zip(example, input_has_examples, strict=False)
+                if keep
+            ]
             for example in examples
         ]
         if example_labels is not None and len(example_labels) != len(examples):
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ def _get_processed_example(self, example):
             return self.non_none_processed_examples[example]
         with utils.set_directory(self.working_directory):
             sub = []
-            for component, sample in zip(self.inputs, example):
+            for component, sample in zip(self.inputs, example, strict=False):
                 prediction_value = component.postprocess(sample)
                 if isinstance(prediction_value, (GradioRootModel, GradioModel)):
                     prediction_value = prediction_value.model_dump()
@@ -296,7 +301,9 @@ def _get_processed_example(self, example):
                     postprocess=True,
                 )
                 sub.append(prediction_value)
-        return [ex for (ex, keep) in zip(sub, self.input_has_examples) if keep]
+        return [
+            ex for (ex, keep) in zip(sub, self.input_has_examples, strict=False) if keep
+        ]
 
     def create(self) -> None:
         """Caches the examples if self.cache_examples is True and creates the Dataset
@@ -564,7 +571,7 @@ def load_from_cache(self, example_id: int) -> list[Any]:
         output = []
         if self.outputs is None:
             raise ValueError("self.outputs is missing")
-        for component, value in zip(self.outputs, example):
+        for component, value in zip(self.outputs, example, strict=False):
             value_to_use = value
             try:
                 value_as_dict = ast.literal_eval(value)
@@ -908,12 +915,8 @@ def special_args(
             if inputs is not None:
                 inputs.insert(i, request)
         elif type_hint in (
-            # Note: "OAuthProfile | None" is equals to Optional[OAuthProfile] in Python
-            #       => it is automatically handled as well by the above condition
-            #       (adding explicit "OAuthProfile | None" would break in Python3.9)
-            #       (same for "OAuthToken")
-            Optional[oauth.OAuthProfile],
-            Optional[oauth.OAuthToken],
+            oauth.OAuthProfile | None,
+            oauth.OAuthToken | None,
             oauth.OAuthProfile,
             oauth.OAuthToken,
         ):
diff --git a/gradio/interface.py b/gradio/interface.py
index ce7d98e8dd..382115c110 100644
--- a/gradio/interface.py
+++ b/gradio/interface.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 import os
 import warnings
 import weakref
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -289,7 +290,10 @@ def __init__(
 
         if len(self.input_components) == len(self.output_components):
             same_components = [
-                i is o for i, o in zip(self.input_components, self.output_components)
+                i is o
+                for i, o in zip(
+                    self.input_components, self.output_components, strict=False
+                )
             ]
             if all(same_components):
                 self.interface_type = InterfaceTypes.UNIFIED
@@ -445,7 +449,9 @@ def __init__(
                     param_names.remove(param_name)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             param_names = utils.default_input_labels()
-        for component, param_name in zip(self.input_components, param_names):
+        for component, param_name in zip(
+            self.input_components, param_names, strict=False
+        ):
             if not isinstance(component, Component):
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"Input component must be a Component, not {type(component)}"
@@ -834,7 +840,9 @@ def attach_flagging_events(
         else:
             flag_components = self.input_components + self.output_components
 
-        for flag_btn, (label, value) in zip(flag_btns, self.flagging_options):
+        for flag_btn, (label, value) in zip(
+            flag_btns, self.flagging_options, strict=False
+        ):
             if not isinstance(value, str):
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"Flagging option value must be a string, not {value!r}"
@@ -951,7 +959,7 @@ def __init__(
                     f"<h1 style='text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1rem'>{title}</h1>"
                 )
             with Tabs():
-                for interface, tab_name in zip(interface_list, tab_names):
+                for interface, tab_name in zip(interface_list, tab_names, strict=False):
                     with Tab(label=tab_name):
                         interface.render()
 
diff --git a/gradio/pipelines_utils.py b/gradio/pipelines_utils.py
index b1908dc291..a6ffa6e689 100644
--- a/gradio/pipelines_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/pipelines_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 These are used by load_from_pipeline method in pipelines.py.
 """
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from gradio import components
 
 
-def handle_transformers_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+def handle_transformers_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:
     try:
         import transformers
     except ImportError as ie:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def is_transformers_pipeline_type(pipeline, class_name: str):
     raise ValueError(f"Unsupported transformers pipeline type: {type(pipeline)}")
 
 
-def handle_diffusers_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+def handle_diffusers_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:
     try:
         import diffusers
     except ImportError as ie:
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def is_diffusers_pipeline_type(pipeline, class_name: str):
     raise ValueError(f"Unsupported diffusers pipeline type: {type(pipeline)}")
 
 
-def handle_transformers_js_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def handle_transformers_js_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
     try:
         from transformers_js_py import as_url, read_audio  # type: ignore
     except ImportError as ie:
@@ -605,7 +605,9 @@ def handle_transformers_js_pipeline(pipeline: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
                 text,
                 [c.strip() for c in classnames.split(",")],
             ),
-            "postprocess": lambda result: dict(zip(result["labels"], result["scores"])),
+            "postprocess": lambda result: dict(
+                zip(result["labels"], result["scores"], strict=False)
+            ),
         }
     if pipeline.task == "feature-extraction":
         return {
diff --git a/gradio/processing_utils.py b/gradio/processing_utils.py
index 364f8b6246..b003ec57d8 100644
--- a/gradio/processing_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/processing_utils.py
@@ -309,9 +309,10 @@ def save_url_to_cache(url: str, cache_dir: str) -> str:
     full_temp_file_path = str(abspath(temp_dir / name))
 
     if not Path(full_temp_file_path).exists():
-        with sync_client.stream("GET", url, follow_redirects=True) as response, open(
-            full_temp_file_path, "wb"
-        ) as f:
+        with (
+            sync_client.stream("GET", url, follow_redirects=True) as response,
+            open(full_temp_file_path, "wb") as f,
+        ):
             for redirect in response.history:
                 check_public_url(str(redirect.url))
 
diff --git a/gradio/queueing.py b/gradio/queueing.py
index 8fa5dea71b..1eba6f31ed 100644
--- a/gradio/queueing.py
+++ b/gradio/queueing.py
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 import uuid
 from collections import defaultdict
 from queue import Queue as ThreadQueue
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, cast
 
 import fastapi
-from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from gradio import route_utils, routes
 from gradio.data_classes import (
@@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ async def wait_for_batch(
         events: list[Event], timeouts: list[float]
     ) -> tuple[list[Event], list[Event]]:
         tasks = []
-        for event, timeout in zip(events, timeouts):
+        for event, timeout in zip(events, timeouts, strict=False):
             tasks.append(
                 asyncio.create_task(Queue.wait_for_event_or_timeout(event, timeout))
             )
@@ -551,7 +550,7 @@ async def wait_for_batch(
         done = [d.result() for d in done]
         awake_events = []
         closed_events = []
-        for result, event in zip(done, events):
+        for result, event in zip(done, events, strict=False):
             if result == "signal":
                 awake_events.append(event)
             else:
@@ -592,7 +591,10 @@ async def process_events(
 
             if batch:
                 body.data = list(
-                    zip(*[event.data.data for event in events if event.data])
+                    zip(
+                        *[event.data.data for event in events if event.data],
+                        strict=False,
+                    )
                 )
                 body.request = events[0].request
                 body.batched = True
@@ -687,7 +689,12 @@ async def process_events(
                         if batch:
                             body.data = list(
                                 zip(
-                                    *[event.data.data for event in events if event.data]
+                                    *[
+                                        event.data.data
+                                        for event in events
+                                        if event.data
+                                    ],
+                                    strict=False,
                                 )
                             )
                         response = await route_utils.call_process_api(
@@ -723,7 +730,9 @@ async def process_events(
                 output = copy.deepcopy(response)
                 for e, event in enumerate(awake_events):
                     if batch and "data" in output:
-                        output["data"] = list(zip(*response.get("data")))[e]
+                        output["data"] = list(zip(*response.get("data"), strict=False))[
+                            e
+                        ]
                     success = response is not None
                     self.send_message(
                         event,
diff --git a/gradio/renderable.py b/gradio/renderable.py
index dfa75851ec..5e3b004499 100644
--- a/gradio/renderable.py
+++ b/gradio/renderable.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, List, Literal, Sequence, Union, cast
+from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Union, cast
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ def show_split(text):
                             btn = gr.Button("Clear")
                             btn.click(lambda: gr.Textbox(value=""), None, text)
     """
-    new_triggers = cast(Union[List[EventListener], EventListener, None], triggers)
+    new_triggers = cast(Union[list[EventListener], EventListener, None], triggers)
 
     if Context.root_block is None:
         raise ValueError("Reactive render must be inside a Blocks context.")
diff --git a/gradio/route_utils.py b/gradio/route_utils.py
index 703056e309..09ff1cf353 100644
--- a/gradio/route_utils.py
+++ b/gradio/route_utils.py
@@ -8,24 +8,19 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
-import sys
 import threading
 import uuid
 from collections import deque
-from contextlib import AsyncExitStack, asynccontextmanager
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Callable
+from contextlib import AbstractAsyncContextManager, AsyncExitStack, asynccontextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass as python_dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, _TemporaryFileWrapper
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
-    AsyncContextManager,
-    AsyncGenerator,
     BinaryIO,
-    Callable,
-    List,
     Optional,
-    Tuple,
     Union,
 )
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -485,7 +480,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.stream = stream
         self.max_files = max_files
         self.max_fields = max_fields
-        self.items: List[Tuple[str, Union[str, UploadFile]]] = []
+        self.items: list[tuple[str, Union[str, UploadFile]]] = []
         self.upload_id = upload_id
         self.upload_progress = upload_progress
         self._current_files = 0
@@ -495,9 +490,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._current_partial_header_value: bytes = b""
         self._current_part = MultipartPart()
         self._charset = ""
-        self._file_parts_to_write: List[Tuple[MultipartPart, bytes]] = []
-        self._file_parts_to_finish: List[MultipartPart] = []
-        self._files_to_close_on_error: List[_TemporaryFileWrapper] = []
+        self._file_parts_to_write: list[tuple[MultipartPart, bytes]] = []
+        self._file_parts_to_finish: list[MultipartPart] = []
+        self._files_to_close_on_error: list[_TemporaryFileWrapper] = []
 
     def on_part_begin(self) -> None:
         self._current_part = MultipartPart()
@@ -646,7 +641,7 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
 
 
 def move_uploaded_files_to_cache(files: list[str], destinations: list[str]) -> None:
-    for file, dest in zip(files, destinations):
+    for file, dest in zip(files, destinations, strict=False):
         shutil.move(file, dest)
 
 
@@ -832,20 +827,15 @@ async def _delete_state(app: App):
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def _delete_state_handler(app: App):
     """When the server launches, regularly delete expired state."""
-    # The stop event needs to get the current event loop for python 3.8
-    # but the loop parameter is deprecated for 3.8+
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-        app.stop_event = asyncio.Event(loop=loop)
     asyncio.create_task(_delete_state(app))
     yield
 
 
 def create_lifespan_handler(
-    user_lifespan: Callable[[App], AsyncContextManager] | None,
+    user_lifespan: Callable[[App], AbstractAsyncContextManager] | None,
     frequency: int | None = 1,
     age: int | None = 1,
-) -> Callable[[App], AsyncContextManager]:
+) -> Callable[[App], AbstractAsyncContextManager]:
     """Return a context manager that applies _lifespan_handler and user_lifespan if it exists."""
 
     @asynccontextmanager
diff --git a/gradio/routes.py b/gradio/routes.py
index 959cab7f7d..4163bb2ca2 100644
--- a/gradio/routes.py
+++ b/gradio/routes.py
@@ -5,34 +5,25 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
-import math
-import sys
-import warnings
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-    from importlib.resources import files
-else:
-    from importlib_resources import files
 import hashlib
 import inspect
 import json
+import math
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import secrets
+import sys
 import time
 import traceback
+import warnings
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Empty as EmptyQueue
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    AsyncIterator,
-    Callable,
-    Dict,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Type,
     Union,
     cast,
 )
@@ -54,6 +45,7 @@
 from gradio_client import utils as client_utils
 from gradio_client.documentation import document
 from gradio_client.utils import ServerMessage
+from importlib_resources import files
 from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
 from multipart.multipart import parse_options_header
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTask
@@ -244,7 +236,7 @@ def _cancel_asyncio_tasks(self):
     @staticmethod
     def create_app(
         blocks: gradio.Blocks,
-        app_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        app_kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         auth_dependency: Callable[[fastapi.Request], str | None] | None = None,
         strict_cors: bool = True,
     ) -> App:
@@ -1299,7 +1291,7 @@ def routes_safe_join(directory: DeveloperPath, path: UserProvidedPath) -> str:
     return str(fullpath)
 
 
-def get_types(cls_set: List[Type]):
+def get_types(cls_set: list[type]):
     docset = []
     types = []
     for cls in cls_set:
diff --git a/gradio/server_messages.py b/gradio/server_messages.py
index 4222b84e23..0c746bef88 100644
--- a/gradio/server_messages.py
+++ b/gradio/server_messages.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Literal, Optional, Union
 
 from gradio_client.utils import ServerMessage
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ProgressUnit(BaseModel):
 
 class ProgressMessage(BaseMessage):
     msg: Literal[ServerMessage.progress] = ServerMessage.progress  # type: ignore
-    progress_data: List[ProgressUnit] = []
+    progress_data: list[ProgressUnit] = []
 
 
 class LogMessage(BaseMessage):
diff --git a/gradio/state_holder.py b/gradio/state_holder.py
index 13783fcc7a..133865dabb 100644
--- a/gradio/state_holder.py
+++ b/gradio/state_holder.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 import os
 import threading
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from copy import copy, deepcopy
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterator
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from gradio.blocks import Blocks
diff --git a/gradio/strings.py b/gradio/strings.py
index f2e0a08409..4e2dad2288 100644
--- a/gradio/strings.py
+++ b/gradio/strings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import threading
-from typing import Dict
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 }
 
 
-def get_updated_messaging(en: Dict):
+def get_updated_messaging(en: dict):
     try:
         updated_messaging = httpx.get(MESSAGING_API_ENDPOINT, timeout=3).json()
         en.update(updated_messaging)
diff --git a/gradio/templates.py b/gradio/templates.py
index 2c8f9536c0..cb8e625522 100644
--- a/gradio/templates.py
+++ b/gradio/templates.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Iterable, Literal, Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 import numpy as np
 import PIL.Image
diff --git a/gradio/themes/base.py b/gradio/themes/base.py
index 93c53f52a7..bee7dea537 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/base.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/base.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterable
 
 import huggingface_hub
 import semantic_version as semver
diff --git a/gradio/themes/builder_app.py b/gradio/themes/builder_app.py
index 8d6dd5c2c6..4c2c48371f 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/builder_app.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/builder_app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 import time
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from gradio_client.documentation import document_fn
 
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ def generate_theme_code(
                     gr.themes.Size,
                 ],
                 core_variables,
+                strict=False,
             ):
                 if base_value.name != final_value:
                     core_diffs[value_name] = final_value
@@ -649,7 +650,9 @@ def generate_theme_code(
                 if len(base_font_set) != len(theme_font_set) or any(
                     base_font.name != theme_font[0]
                     or isinstance(base_font, gr.themes.GoogleFont) != theme_font[1]
-                    for base_font, theme_font in zip(base_font_set, theme_font_set)
+                    for base_font, theme_font in zip(
+                        base_font_set, theme_font_set, strict=False
+                    )
                 ):
                     font_diffs[font_set_name] = [
                         f"gr.themes.GoogleFont('{font_name}')"
@@ -770,19 +773,19 @@ def render_variables(history, base_theme, *args):
 
             final_main_fonts = []
             font_weights = set()
-            for attr, val in zip(flat_variables, remaining_args):
+            for attr, val in zip(flat_variables, remaining_args, strict=False):
                 if "weight" in attr:
                     font_weights.add(val)
             font_weights = sorted(font_weights)
 
-            for main_font, is_google in zip(main_fonts, main_is_google):
+            for main_font, is_google in zip(main_fonts, main_is_google, strict=False):
                 if not main_font:
                     continue
                 if is_google:
                     main_font = gr.themes.GoogleFont(main_font, weights=font_weights)
                 final_main_fonts.append(main_font)
             final_mono_fonts = []
-            for mono_font, is_google in zip(mono_fonts, mono_is_google):
+            for mono_font, is_google in zip(mono_fonts, mono_is_google, strict=False):
                 if not mono_font:
                     continue
                 if is_google:
@@ -800,7 +803,7 @@ def render_variables(history, base_theme, *args):
                 font_mono=final_mono_fonts,
             )
 
-            theme.set(**dict(zip(flat_variables, remaining_args)))
+            theme.set(**dict(zip(flat_variables, remaining_args, strict=False)))
             new_step = (base_theme, args)
             if len(history) == 0 or str(history[-1]) != str(new_step):
                 history.append(new_step)
@@ -820,8 +823,8 @@ def render_variables(history, base_theme, *args):
                         spacing_size,
                         radius_size,
                     ),
-                    list(zip(main_fonts, main_is_google)),
-                    list(zip(mono_fonts, mono_is_google)),
+                    list(zip(main_fonts, main_is_google, strict=False)),
+                    list(zip(mono_fonts, mono_is_google, strict=False)),
                 ),
                 theme,
             )
diff --git a/gradio/themes/default.py b/gradio/themes/default.py
index 8f5dd2d5a1..b1c4f35158 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/default.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/default.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from gradio.themes.base import Base
 from gradio.themes.utils import colors, fonts, sizes
diff --git a/gradio/themes/glass.py b/gradio/themes/glass.py
index ec43ac6966..10f5d0c1b5 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/glass.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/glass.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from gradio.themes.base import Base
 from gradio.themes.utils import colors, fonts, sizes
diff --git a/gradio/themes/monochrome.py b/gradio/themes/monochrome.py
index b0911953d9..b62604cbf9 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/monochrome.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/monochrome.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from gradio.themes.base import Base
 from gradio.themes.utils import colors, fonts, sizes
diff --git a/gradio/themes/soft.py b/gradio/themes/soft.py
index 5d9e30e57b..493f31ed05 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/soft.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/soft.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 from gradio.themes.base import Base
 from gradio.themes.utils import colors, fonts, sizes
diff --git a/gradio/themes/utils/fonts.py b/gradio/themes/utils/fonts.py
index 5525c2c4d5..55da523ecd 100644
--- a/gradio/themes/utils/fonts.py
+++ b/gradio/themes/utils/fonts.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from typing import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 
 
 class FontEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
diff --git a/gradio/tunneling.py b/gradio/tunneling.py
index b73602bffd..43f75bca27 100644
--- a/gradio/tunneling.py
+++ b/gradio/tunneling.py
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 import time
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
 
 import httpx
 
 VERSION = "0.2"
-CURRENT_TUNNELS: List["Tunnel"] = []
+CURRENT_TUNNELS: list["Tunnel"] = []
 
 machine = platform.machine()
 if machine == "x86_64":
diff --git a/gradio/utils.py b/gradio/utils.py
index e29e601242..540afd7628 100644
--- a/gradio/utils.py
+++ b/gradio/utils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from collections.abc import MutableMapping
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, MutableMapping, Sequence
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import wraps
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -36,14 +36,9 @@
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
-    Callable,
     Generic,
-    Iterable,
-    Iterator,
-    List,
     Literal,
     Optional,
-    Sequence,
     TypeVar,
 )
 
@@ -511,7 +506,7 @@ def assert_same_components(config1_id, config2_id):
             raise ValueError(f"{c1} does not match {c2}")
 
     def same_children_recursive(children1, chidren2):
-        for child1, child2 in zip(children1, chidren2):
+        for child1, child2 in zip(children1, chidren2, strict=False):
             assert_same_components(child1["id"], child2["id"])
             if "children" in child1 or "children" in child2:
                 same_children_recursive(child1["children"], child2["children"])
@@ -520,12 +515,12 @@ def same_children_recursive(children1, chidren2):
     children2 = config2["layout"]["children"]
     same_children_recursive(children1, children2)
 
-    for d1, d2 in zip(config1["dependencies"], config2["dependencies"]):
-        for t1, t2 in zip(d1.pop("targets"), d2.pop("targets")):
+    for d1, d2 in zip(config1["dependencies"], config2["dependencies"], strict=False):
+        for t1, t2 in zip(d1.pop("targets"), d2.pop("targets"), strict=False):
             assert_same_components(t1[0], t2[0])
-        for i1, i2 in zip(d1.pop("inputs"), d2.pop("inputs")):
+        for i1, i2 in zip(d1.pop("inputs"), d2.pop("inputs"), strict=False):
             assert_same_components(i1, i2)
-        for o1, o2 in zip(d1.pop("outputs"), d2.pop("outputs")):
+        for o1, o2 in zip(d1.pop("outputs"), d2.pop("outputs"), strict=False):
             assert_same_components(o1, o2)
 
         if d1 != d2:
@@ -665,8 +660,7 @@ async def __anext__(self):
 
 
 async def async_iteration(iterator):
-    # anext not introduced until 3.10 :(
-    return await iterator.__anext__()
+    return await anext(iterator)
 
 
 @contextmanager
@@ -899,55 +893,13 @@ def get_cancelled_fn_indices(
 
 
 def get_type_hints(fn):
-    # Importing gradio with the canonical abbreviation. Used in typing._eval_type.
-    import gradio as gr  # noqa: F401
-    from gradio import OAuthProfile, OAuthToken, Request  # noqa: F401
-
     if inspect.isfunction(fn) or inspect.ismethod(fn):
         pass
     elif callable(fn):
         fn = fn.__call__
     else:
         return {}
-
-    try:
-        return typing.get_type_hints(fn)
-    except TypeError:
-        # On Python 3.9 or earlier, get_type_hints throws a TypeError if the function
-        # has a type annotation that include "|". We resort to parsing the signature
-        # manually using inspect.signature.
-        type_hints = {}
-        sig = inspect.signature(fn)
-        for name, param in sig.parameters.items():
-            if param.annotation is inspect.Parameter.empty:
-                continue
-            if param.annotation in ["gr.OAuthProfile | None", "None | gr.OAuthProfile"]:
-                # Special case: we want to inject the OAuthProfile value even on Python 3.9
-                type_hints[name] = Optional[OAuthProfile]
-            if param.annotation == ["gr.OAuthToken | None", "None | gr.OAuthToken"]:
-                # Special case: we want to inject the OAuthToken value even on Python 3.9
-                type_hints[name] = Optional[OAuthToken]
-            if param.annotation in [
-                "gr.Request | None",
-                "Request | None",
-                "None | gr.Request",
-                "None | Request",
-            ]:
-                # Special case: we want to inject the Request value even on Python 3.9
-                type_hints[name] = Optional[Request]
-            if "|" in str(param.annotation):
-                continue
-            # To convert the string annotation to a class, we use the
-            # internal typing._eval_type function. This is not ideal, but
-            # it's the only way to do it without eval-ing the string.
-            # Since the API is internal, it may change in the future.
-            try:
-                type_hints[name] = typing._eval_type(  # type: ignore
-                    typing.ForwardRef(param.annotation), globals(), locals()
-                )
-            except (NameError, TypeError):
-                pass
-        return type_hints
+    return typing.get_type_hints(fn)
 
 
 def is_special_typed_parameter(name, parameter_types):
@@ -1473,7 +1425,7 @@ def as_list(self):
 def safe_join(directory: DeveloperPath, path: UserProvidedPath) -> str:
     """Safely path to a base directory to avoid escaping the base directory.
     Borrowed from: werkzeug.security.safe_join"""
-    _os_alt_seps: List[str] = [
+    _os_alt_seps: list[str] = [
         sep for sep in [os.path.sep, os.path.altsep] if sep is not None and sep != "/"
     ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bcd2989597..1aade61c27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "gradio"
 dynamic = ["version", "dependencies", "optional-dependencies", "readme"]
 description = "Python library for easily interacting with trained machine learning models"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 authors = [
   { name = "Abubakar Abid", email = "gradio-team@huggingface.co" },
   { name = "Ali Abid", email = "gradio-team@huggingface.co" },
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ ignore = [
   "B017",    # pytest.raises considered evil
   "B023",    # function definition in loop (TODO: un-ignore this)
   "B028",    # explicit stacklevel for warnings
+  "B905",    # zip without explicit `strict` argument
   "C901",    # function is too complex (TODO: un-ignore this)
   "E501",    # from scripts/lint_backend.sh
   "PLR091",  # complexity rules
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ ignore = [
   "SIM117",  # multiple nested with blocks (doesn't look good with gr.Row etc)
   "UP006",   # use `list` instead of `List` for type annotations (fails for 3.8)
   "UP007",   # use X | Y for type annotations (TODO: can be enabled once Pydantic plays nice with them)
+  "UP038",   # uses of isinstance and issubclass that take a tuple of types for comparison.
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
diff --git a/test/test_api_info.py b/test/test_api_info.py
index 9da72ce4c8..18ce52e60e 100644
--- a/test/test_api_info.py
+++ b/test/test_api_info.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import ClassVar, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
+from typing import ClassVar, Literal, Optional, Union
 from uuid import UUID
 
 import pytest
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ class FloatModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class ListModel(GradioModel):
-    items: List[int]
+    items: list[int]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(items: List[int])"
 
 
 class DictModel(GradioModel):
-    data_dict: Dict[str, int]
+    data_dict: dict[str, int]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(data_dict: Dict(str, int))"
 
 
 class DictModel2(GradioModel):
-    data_dict: Dict[str, List[float]]
+    data_dict: dict[str, list[float]]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(data_dict: Dict(str, List[float]))"
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class RootWithNestedModel(GradioModel):
 class LessNestedModel(GradioModel):
     nested_int: int
     nested_enum: ColorEnum
-    nested_dict: Dict[str, List[Union[int, float]]]
+    nested_dict: dict[str, list[Union[int, float]]]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(nested_int: int, nested_enum: Literal['red', 'green', 'blue'], nested_dict: Dict(str, List[int | float]))"
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class StatusModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class PointModel(GradioRootModel):
-    root: Tuple[float, float]
+    root: tuple[float, float]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Tuple[float, float]"
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DateTimeModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class SetModel(GradioModel):
-    unique_numbers: Set[int]
+    unique_numbers: set[int]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(unique_numbers: List[int])"
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class ItemModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class OrderModel(GradioModel):
-    items: List[ItemModel]
+    items: list[ItemModel]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(items: List[Dict(name: str, price: float)])"
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class CartItemModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class ShoppingCartModel(GradioModel):
-    items: List[CartItemModel]
+    items: list[CartItemModel]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(items: List[Dict(product_name: str, quantity: int, price_per_unit: float)])"
 
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ class CoordinateModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class TupleListModel(GradioModel):
-    data: List[Tuple[int, str]]
+    data: list[tuple[int, str]]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(data: List[Tuple[int, str]]"
 
 
 class PathListModel(GradioModel):
-    file_paths: List[Path]
+    file_paths: list[Path]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(file_paths: List[str])"
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class PathListModel(GradioModel):
 class PostModel(GradioModel):
     author: str
     content: str
-    tags: List[str]
+    tags: list[str]
     likes: int = 0
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(author: str, content: str, tags: List[str], likes: int)"
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class PostModel(GradioModel):
 
 
 class NamedTupleDictionaryModel(GradioModel):
-    people: Dict[str, Person]
+    people: dict[str, Person]
 
     answer: ClassVar = "Dict(people: Dict(str, Tuple[Any, Any]))"
 
diff --git a/test/test_blocks.py b/test/test_blocks.py
index 2ce1f76bab..4c19188e5b 100644
--- a/test/test_blocks.py
+++ b/test/test_blocks.py
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@ def process_and_dump(component):
             return output
 
         assert all(
-            o["value"] == process_and_dump(c) for o, c in zip(output, io_components)
+            o["value"] == process_and_dump(c)
+            for o, c in zip(output, io_components, strict=False)
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -1011,7 +1012,9 @@ def generator(x):
 class TestBatchProcessing:
     def test_raise_exception_if_batching_an_event_thats_not_queued(self):
         def trim(words, lens):
-            trimmed_words = [word[: int(length)] for word, length in zip(words, lens)]
+            trimmed_words = [
+                word[: int(length)] for word, length in zip(words, lens, strict=False)
+            ]
             return [trimmed_words]
 
         msg = "In order to use batching, the queue must be enabled."
@@ -1062,7 +1065,7 @@ def regular_fn(word1, word2):
         def batch_fn(words, lengths):
             comparisons = []
             trim_words = []
-            for word, length in zip(words, lengths):
+            for word, length in zip(words, lengths, strict=False):
                 trim_words.append(word[:length])
                 comparisons.append(len(word) > length)
             return trim_words, comparisons
@@ -1137,7 +1140,7 @@ async def test_unequal_batch_sizes(self):
 
             def batch_fn(x, y):
                 results = []
-                for word1, word2 in zip(x, y):
+                for word1, word2 in zip(x, y, strict=False):
                     results.append(f"Hello {word1}{word2}")
                 return (results,)
 
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.py b/test/test_helpers.py
index af4bdab7d4..df1a70f1f7 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers.py
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ def many_missing(a, b, c):
 
     def test_caching_with_batch(self, patched_cache_folder):
         def trim_words(words, lens):
-            trimmed_words = [word[:length] for word, length in zip(words, lens)]
+            trimmed_words = [
+                word[:length] for word, length in zip(words, lens, strict=False)
+            ]
             return [trimmed_words]
 
         io = gr.Interface(
@@ -475,7 +477,9 @@ def trim_words(words, lens):
 
     def test_caching_with_batch_multiple_outputs(self, patched_cache_folder):
         def trim_words(words, lens):
-            trimmed_words = [word[:length] for word, length in zip(words, lens)]
+            trimmed_words = [
+                word[:length] for word, length in zip(words, lens, strict=False)
+            ]
             return trimmed_words, lens
 
         io = gr.Interface(
diff --git a/test/test_processing_utils.py b/test/test_processing_utils.py
index 96fa39184e..7961b71c67 100644
--- a/test/test_processing_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_processing_utils.py
@@ -284,11 +284,12 @@ def raise_ffmpy_runtime_exception(*args, **kwargs):
     def test_video_has_playable_codecs_catches_exceptions(
         self, exception_to_raise, test_file_dir
     ):
-        with patch(
-            "ffmpy.FFprobe.run", side_effect=exception_to_raise
-        ), tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
-            suffix="out.avi", delete=False
-        ) as tmp_not_playable_vid:
+        with (
+            patch("ffmpy.FFprobe.run", side_effect=exception_to_raise),
+            tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                suffix="out.avi", delete=False
+            ) as tmp_not_playable_vid,
+        ):
             shutil.copy(
                 str(test_file_dir / "bad_video_sample.mp4"),
                 tmp_not_playable_vid.name,
diff --git a/test/test_reload.py b/test/test_reload.py
index 6bd65ae09a..032e7a0ea5 100644
--- a/test/test_reload.py
+++ b/test/test_reload.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import dataclasses
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ def build_demo():
 class Config:
     module_name: str
     path: Path
-    watch_dirs: List[str]
+    watch_dirs: list[str]
     demo_name: str
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_routes.py b/test/test_routes.py
index 01ec7fc710..46c8c1b809 100644
--- a/test/test_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_routes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import time
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, closing
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import gradio_client as grc
@@ -1202,7 +1201,7 @@ def test_get_root_url(
     ],
 )
 def test_get_root_url_headers(
-    headers: Dict[str, str], root_path: str, route_path: str, expected_root_url: str
+    headers: dict[str, str], root_path: str, route_path: str, expected_root_url: str
 ):
     scope = {
         "type": "http",
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index f8662ff1f7..886e928b92 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import warnings
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Sequence
+from typing import Literal
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from hypothesis import given, settings
 from hypothesis import strategies as st
-from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from gradio import EventData, Request
 from gradio.external_utils import format_ner_list