diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index f774841..0b530e7 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
 from argparse import Namespace
 from typing import Iterator, Callable
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
diff --git a/tests/test_blag.py b/tests/test_blag.py
index d4f40ae..cb200f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_blag.py
+++ b/tests/test_blag.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
diff --git a/tests/test_devserver.py b/tests/test_devserver.py
index cdbb842..9699f91 100644
--- a/tests/test_devserver.py
+++ b/tests/test_devserver.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
 import time
 import threading
 from argparse import Namespace
diff --git a/tests/test_markdown.py b/tests/test_markdown.py
index 4cee8c2..670a4e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_markdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_markdown.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any
 
diff --git a/tests/test_quickstart.py b/tests/test_quickstart.py
index ada2844..ac6ccaf 100644
--- a/tests/test_quickstart.py
+++ b/tests/test_quickstart.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from pytest import MonkeyPatch
 
 from blag.quickstart import get_input, quickstart
diff --git a/tests/test_templates.py b/tests/test_templates.py
index dc3395a..b25388e 100644
--- a/tests/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/test_templates.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
 import datetime
 
 from jinja2 import Template
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index d978f67..b772f4b 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# remove when we don't support py38 anymore
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import blag