diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e9570915..fb13450d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 ## Unreleased
-
+- datasets: Fix compatibility with Python 3.7
 
 ## 2024/03/07 v0.0.7
 - datasets: Fix dataset loader
diff --git a/cratedb_toolkit/datasets/model.py b/cratedb_toolkit/datasets/model.py
index e0ef6f2d..eec3e2c2 100644
--- a/cratedb_toolkit/datasets/model.py
+++ b/cratedb_toolkit/datasets/model.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 from cratedb_toolkit.util import DatabaseAdapter
 
+try:
+    from typing import Literal
+except ImportError:
+    from typing_extensions import Literal  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class Dataset:
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
 
     def create(
         self,
-        if_exists: t.Literal["append", "noop", "replace"] = "noop",
+        if_exists: Literal["append", "noop", "replace"] = "noop",
         drop: bool = False,
     ):
         """
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ def create(
 
     def load(
         self,
-        if_exists: t.Literal["append", "noop", "replace"] = "noop",
+        if_exists: Literal["append", "noop", "replace"] = "noop",
         drop: bool = False,
     ):
         self.create(if_exists=if_exists, drop=drop)
diff --git a/cratedb_toolkit/util/database.py b/cratedb_toolkit/util/database.py
index 1d286966..1e284009 100644
--- a/cratedb_toolkit/util/database.py
+++ b/cratedb_toolkit/util/database.py
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
 from cratedb_toolkit.util.data import str_contains
 
+try:
+    from typing import Literal
+except ImportError:
+    from typing_extensions import Literal  # type: ignore[assignment]
+
 
 def run_sql(dburi: str, sql: str, records: bool = False):
     return DatabaseAdapter(dburi=dburi).run_sql(sql=sql, records=records)
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ def run_sql_real(self, sql: str, records: bool = False):
         else:
             return results
 
-    def count_records(self, tablename_full: str, errors: t.Literal["raise", "ignore"] = "raise"):
+    def count_records(self, tablename_full: str, errors: Literal["raise", "ignore"] = "raise"):
         """
         Return number of records in table.
         """
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ def refresh_table(self, tablename_full: str):
         self.run_sql(sql=sql)
         return True
 
-    def prune_table(self, tablename_full: str, errors: t.Literal["raise", "ignore"] = "raise"):
+    def prune_table(self, tablename_full: str, errors: Literal["raise", "ignore"] = "raise"):
         """
         Run a `DELETE FROM ...` command.
         """
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c65da6aa..b62dc450 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "python-slugify<9",
   "sqlalchemy",
   "sqlparse<0.5",
+  'typing-extensions<5; python_version <= "3.7"',
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 all = [