diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f167597..ef9347d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.16.3 (2023-01-03)
+-------------------
+
+- Fix broken ``Protocol`` import due to absent ``typing_extensions``
+  on Python <3.10.
+
 0.16.2 (2022-12-29)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/advanced.rst b/docs/advanced.rst
index d41af64..4f45f83 100644
--- a/docs/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Use the following configuration:
 
    repos:
    - repo: https://github.com/ariebovenberg/slotscheck
-     rev: v0.16.2
+     rev: v0.16.3
      hooks:
      - id: slotscheck
        # If your Python files are not importable from the project root,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d85baf..bc52e09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "slotscheck"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 description = "Ensure your __slots__ are working properly."
 authors = ["Arie Bovenberg <a.c.bovenberg@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/slotscheck/cli.py b/src/slotscheck/cli.py
index 2c38494..de641d2 100644
--- a/src/slotscheck/cli.py
+++ b/src/slotscheck/cli.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 )
 
 import click
-from typing_extensions import Protocol
 
 from . import config
 from .checks import (
@@ -52,6 +51,11 @@
     walk_classes,
 )
 
+try:
+    from typing import Protocol
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    from typing_extensions import Protocol  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
 
 @click.command("slotscheck")
 @click.argument(
diff --git a/tests/examples/module_not_ok/foo.py b/tests/examples/module_not_ok/foo.py
index 8598383..0f93089 100644
--- a/tests/examples/module_not_ok/foo.py
+++ b/tests/examples/module_not_ok/foo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-from typing_extensions import Protocol
+
+try:
+    from typing import Protocol
+except ImportError:
+    from typing_extensions import Protocol
 
 
 class A: