diff --git a/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/models.py b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/models.py
index 779a9518..69558dba 100644
--- a/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/models.py
+++ b/toolkits/slack/arcade_slack/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Optional
-
-from typing_extensions import Literal, NotRequired, TypedDict
+from typing import Literal, Optional, TypedDict
 
 from arcade_slack.custom_types import (
     SlackOffsetSecondsFromUTC,
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ class Message(SlackMessage, total=False):
     datetime_timestamp: str  # Human-readable datetime string (e.g. "2025-01-22 12:00:00")
 
 
-class ConversationMetadata(TypedDict, total=True):
+class ConversationMetadata(TypedDict, total=False):
     """Type definition for the conversation metadata dictionary."""
 
     id: Optional[str]
@@ -184,9 +182,9 @@ class ConversationMetadata(TypedDict, total=True):
     is_archived: Optional[bool]
     is_member: Optional[bool]
     purpose: Optional[str]
-    num_members: NotRequired[Optional[int]]
-    user: NotRequired[Optional[SlackUser]]
-    is_user_deleted: NotRequired[Optional[bool]]
+    num_members: Optional[int]
+    user: Optional[SlackUser]
+    is_user_deleted: Optional[bool]
 
 
 class BasicUserInfo(TypedDict, total=False):
diff --git a/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml b/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml
index d317acef..ee624f25 100644
--- a/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml
+++ b/toolkits/slack/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ authors = ["Arcade <dev@arcade.dev>"]
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
 aiodns = "^1.0"  # required by slack - not picked by poetry due to slack requirements txt quirk :/
+typing = { version = "*", markers = "python_version < '3.7'" } # prevent aiodns from installing typing package
 aiohttp = ">=3.7.3,<4"  # same as aiodns, above comment
 arcade-ai = ">=0.1,<2.0"
 slack-sdk = "^3.31.0"
-typing-extensions = "^4.0.0"  # some typing annotations aren't available in older versions of python
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^8.3.0"