diff --git a/changes/4424-commonism.md b/changes/4424-commonism.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1ace290a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/4424-commonism.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update requirement to `typing_extensions>=4.1.0` to guarantee `dataclass_transform` is available
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aec8d9b49f..d677cd7765 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def extra(self):
     python_requires='>=3.7',
     zip_safe=False,  # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installed_packages.html
     install_requires=[
-        'typing-extensions>=4.0.1'
+        'typing-extensions>=4.1.0'
     ],
     extras_require={
         'email': ['email-validator>=1.0.3'],