diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 790f61bd..0f3e4146 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-flakes",
     "sympy",
     "vcrpy>=1.6.1",
+    "importlib_metadata>=4.6; python_version<'3.10'",
 ]
 dev = [
     "doc8",
diff --git a/tests/test_extensions.py b/tests/test_extensions.py
index 9833016b..893c9c24 100644
--- a/tests/test_extensions.py
+++ b/tests/test_extensions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+from sys import version_info
+
+if version_info >= (3, 10):
+    # 'group' keyword argument was introduced in 3.10
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
+else:
+    from importlib_metadata import entry_points  # type: ignore[assignment,no-redef,import-not-found]
 
 from subliminal.extensions import (
     RegistrableExtensionManager,
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ def test_registrable_extension_manager_unregister():
 
 
 def test_provider_manager():
-    setup_names = {ep.name for ep in entry_points() if ep.group == provider_manager.namespace}
+    setup_names = {ep.name for ep in entry_points(group=provider_manager.namespace)}
     internal_names = {
         parse_entry_point(iep, provider_manager.namespace).name for iep in provider_manager.internal_extensions
     }