diff --git a/mypy-requirements.txt b/mypy-requirements.txt
index f81412be761e..341052822f25 100644
--- a/mypy-requirements.txt
+++ b/mypy-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # NOTE: this needs to be kept in sync with the "requires" list in pyproject.toml
-typing_extensions>=4.1.0
+typing_extensions>=4.6.0
 mypy_extensions>=1.0.0
 tomli>=1.1.0; python_version<'3.11'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 35f1592ca83c..33d4ec094f50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools >= 40.6.2",
     "wheel >= 0.30.0",
     # the following is from mypy-requirements.txt
-    "typing_extensions>=4.1.0",
+    "typing_extensions>=4.6.0",
     "mypy_extensions>=1.0.0",
     "tomli>=1.1.0; python_version<'3.11'",
     # the following is from build-requirements.txt