diff --git a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/SPKG.rst b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/SPKG.rst
index da23c19d36d..861399b66b5 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/SPKG.rst
+++ b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/SPKG.rst
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-typing_extensions: Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+
+typing_extensions: Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+
 =========================================================================
 
 Description
 -----------
 
-Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+
+Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+
 
 License
 -------
diff --git a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/checksums.ini
index 449824b887b..babfa059d5c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/checksums.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-tarball=typing_extensions-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=ef61789c91d5e9de37c5960c1e6f904e029fbba3
-md5=06e7fff4b1d51f8dc6f49b16e71de54e
-cksum=3833864103
-upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/source/t/typing_extensions/typing_extensions-VERSION.tar.gz
+tarball=typing_extensions-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
+sha1=84d6a73b5a5d303c9187a861d5eedd50da42e7a3
+md5=9c84e613da80ced7a5e86329ec75dc6c
+cksum=2951292774
+upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/py3/t/typing_extensions/typing_extensions-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/dependencies b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/dependencies
index e0e94942dba..644ad35f773 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- | flit_core $(PYTHON)
+ | pip $(PYTHON)
 
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 All lines of this file are ignored except the first.
diff --git a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/package-version.txt
index 7c66fca5791..88f181192c4 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.7.1
+4.8.0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/spkg-install.in b/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/spkg-install.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 37ac1a53437..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/typing_extensions/spkg-install.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-cd src
-sdh_pip_install .