diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 650e2ec1b..b3f0a64d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: 3.x
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Cache PyPI
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
diff --git a/CHANGES/798.bugfix b/CHANGES/798.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83a28163d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/798.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a type annotations regression introduced in v6.0.2 under Python versions <3.10. It was caused by importing certain types only available in newer versions.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e08e526a..fc0206827 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ black-check:
 mypy:
 	mypy
 
-lint: flake8 black-check mypy isort-check check_changes
+lint: mypy flake8 black-check isort-check check_changes
 
 fmt:
 	black -t py35 $(SRC)
diff --git a/multidict/__init__.pyi b/multidict/__init__.pyi
index f2cf00259..bbc5a5c0c 100644
--- a/multidict/__init__.pyi
+++ b/multidict/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import abc
-from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, MutableMapping
-from typing import Generic, TypeAlias, TypeVar, overload
+from typing import (
+    Generic,
+    Iterable,
+    Iterator,
+    Mapping,
+    MutableMapping,
+    TypeVar,
+    overload,
+)
 
 class istr(str): ...
 
 upstr = istr
 
-_S: TypeAlias = str | istr
+_S = str | istr
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
@@ -28,9 +35,9 @@ class MultiMapping(Mapping[_S, _T_co]):
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def getone(self, key: _S, default: _D) -> _T_co | _D: ...
 
-_Arg: TypeAlias = (Mapping[str, _T] | Mapping[istr, _T] | dict[str, _T]
-                   | dict[istr, _T] | MultiMapping[_T]
-                   | Iterable[tuple[str, _T]] | Iterable[tuple[istr, _T]])
+_Arg = (Mapping[str, _T] | Mapping[istr, _T] | dict[str, _T]
+        | dict[istr, _T] | MultiMapping[_T]
+        | Iterable[tuple[str, _T]] | Iterable[tuple[istr, _T]])
 
 class MutableMultiMapping(MultiMapping[_T], MutableMapping[_S, _T], Generic[_T]):
     @abc.abstractmethod
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7a0f57fe3..b5dce175b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ long_description = file: README.rst
 
 
 [flake8]
-ignore = E302,E701,E305,E704,F811,N811, W503
+# Y026,Y027: Incompatible with Python 3.7 (https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/pull/798)
+ignore = E302,E701,E305,E704,F811,N811,W503,Y026,Y027
 max-line-length=88