diff --git a/class_singledispatch/__init__.py b/class_singledispatch/__init__.py
index 7bb5fe4..6e2d748 100644
--- a/class_singledispatch/__init__.py
+++ b/class_singledispatch/__init__.py
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import sys
+from contextlib import suppress
 from functools import partial, singledispatch
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
+    ForwardRef,
     Generic,
     Type,
     TypeVar,
@@ -29,22 +32,21 @@
     from typing import overload
 
 
-OldFashionGenericAlias = type(Type[object])
+OldFashionGenericAlias: type[object] = type(Type[object])
 
-try:
-    from types import GenericAlias  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
     GenericAlias = OldFashionGenericAlias
+else:
+    from types import GenericAlias
 
-try:  # pragma: no cover
-    from typing_extensions import ParamSpec  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    from typing import ParamSpec  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
 
-try:
-    from eval_type_backport import ForwardRef  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    from typing import ForwardRef  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
+else:
+    from typing import ParamSpec
+
+with suppress(ImportError):
+    from eval_type_backport import ForwardRef  # noqa: F811
 
 
 __all__ = (
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 732000c..893c022 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1178,13 +1178,13 @@ test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pluggy-1.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7db9f7b503d67d1c5b95f59773ebb58a8c1c288129a88665838012cfb07b8981"},
-    {file = "pluggy-1.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8c85c2876142a764e5b7548e7d9a0e0ddb46f5185161049a79b7e974454223be"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:44e1ad92c8ca002de6377e165f3e0f1be63266ab4d554740532335b9d75ea669"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2cffa88e94fdc978c4c574f15f9e59b7f4201d439195c3715ca9e2486f1d0cf1"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
diff --git a/tests/test_class_singledispatch.py b/tests/test_class_singledispatch.py
index 9a8ab9b..164c196 100644
--- a/tests/test_class_singledispatch.py
+++ b/tests/test_class_singledispatch.py
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@
 
 import enum
 import sys
+from contextlib import suppress
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Type
+from typing import ForwardRef, Type
 
 import pytest
 
 from class_singledispatch import class_singledispatch, resolve_annotated_type
 
-
-try:
-    from eval_type_backport import ForwardRef  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
-except ImportError:
-    from typing import ForwardRef  # type: ignore  # noqa: PGH003
+with suppress(ImportError):
+    from eval_type_backport import ForwardRef
 
 
 @dataclass