diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c36b24386..01ffd72c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: requirements-tests.txt
-      - run: pip install -r requirements-tests.txt
+      - run: pip install $(grep mypy== requirements-tests.txt) packaging pathspec termcolor tomli typing-extensions
       - run: python ./tests/mypy_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
   regression-tests:
diff --git a/tests/mypy_test.py b/tests/mypy_test.py
index efb58a836..a335f3832 100644
--- a/tests/mypy_test.py
+++ b/tests/mypy_test.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from itertools import product
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Lock
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, Tuple
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from _typeshed import StrPath
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ DIRECTORIES_TO_TEST = [Path("stdlib"), Path("stubs")]
 
 ReturnCode: TypeAlias = int
 VersionString: TypeAlias = Annotated[str, "Must be one of the entries in SUPPORTED_VERSIONS"]
-VersionTuple: TypeAlias = tuple[int, int]
+VersionTuple: TypeAlias = Tuple[int, int]
 Platform: TypeAlias = Annotated[str, "Must be one of the entries in SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS"]
 
 
@@ -78,6 +79,21 @@ def valid_path(cmd_arg: str) -> Path:
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description="Typecheck typeshed's stubs with mypy. Patterns are unanchored regexps on the full path."
 )
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+
+    class ExtendAction(argparse.Action):
+        def __call__(
+            self,
+            parser: argparse.ArgumentParser,
+            namespace: argparse.Namespace,
+            values: Sequence[str],
+            option_string: object = None,
+        ) -> None:
+            items = getattr(namespace, self.dest) or []
+            items.extend(values)
+            setattr(namespace, self.dest, items)
+
+    parser.register("action", "extend", ExtendAction)
 parser.add_argument(
     "filter",
     type=valid_path,
@@ -324,7 +340,7 @@ def test_third_party_distribution(
 
     mypypath = os.pathsep.join(str(Path("stubs", dist)) for dist in seen_dists)
     if args.verbose:
-        print(colored(f"\n{mypypath=}", "blue"))
+        print(colored(f"\nMYPYPATH={mypypath}", "blue"))
     code = run_mypy(
         args,
         configurations,
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index a8d81f93e..6924c209e 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import venv
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping
-from functools import cache
+from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ except ImportError:
         return text
 
 
+# A backport of functools.cache for Python <3.9
+# This module is imported by mypy_test.py, which needs to run on 3.7 in CI
+cache = lru_cache(None)
+
 # Used to install system-wide packages for different OS types:
 METADATA_MAPPING = {"linux": "apt_dependencies", "darwin": "brew_dependencies", "win32": "choco_dependencies"}