No module named 'importlib.readers' error when importing requests with pytest 7.0.0

[dave-edison]

have a module with directory structure like so:

.
├── mod
│   └── __init__.py
├── pytest.ini
└── tests
    ├── __init__.py # empty
    └── test.py

# mod/__init__.py

import requests

# tests/test.py

import mod

def test():
    assert True

# pytest.ini

[pytest]
testpaths =
    tests
python_files = *.py

using pytest==7.0.0:

$ pytest
====================================== test session starts =======================================
platform darwin -- Python 3.9.2, pytest-7.0.0, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /Users/david/pytest-issue, configfile: pytest.ini, testpaths: tests
collected 0 items / 1 error                                                                      

============================================= ERRORS =============================================
_________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/test.py _________________________________
ImportError while importing test module '/Users/david/pytest-issue/tests/test.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py:127: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
tests/test.py:1: in <module>
    import mod
mod/__init__.py:1: in <module>
    import requests
.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/__init__.py:133: in <module>
    from . import utils
.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/utils.py:42: in <module>
    DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE_PATH = certs.where()
.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/certifi/core.py:36: in where
    _CACERT_CTX = get_path("certifi", "cacert.pem")
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/resources.py:161: in path
    reader = _get_resource_reader(_get_package(package))
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/importlib/resources.py:76: in _get_resource_reader
    spec.loader.get_resource_reader(spec.name))
E   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'importlib.readers'
==================================== short test summary info =====================================
ERROR tests/test.py
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 error during collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
======================================== 1 error in 0.20s ========================================

using pytest==6.2.5:

$ pytest
============================================ test session starts ============================================
platform darwin -- Python 3.9.2, pytest-6.2.5, py-1.11.0, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /Users/david/pytest-issue, configfile: pytest.ini, testpaths: tests
collected 1 item                                                                                            

tests/test.py .                                                                                       [100%]

============================================= 1 passed in 0.42s =============================================

On MacOS catalina python 3.9.2, using requests==2.27.1, but I have also observed this same issue on ubuntu 20 / python 3.9.10

[dave-edison]

ah I see #9608, sorry for the dupe, closing this