diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1e46744..1ab33b5e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rtoml", # fast, read-only parsing
     "ruamel.yaml", # better YAML dumping
     "tomlkit", # preserve original TOML formatting
+    'more-itertools; python_version <"3.10.0"', # pairwise
     'typing-extensions; python_version <"3.12.0"', # override
 ]
 description = "Pre-commit hooks that ensure that ComPWA repositories have a similar developer set-up"
diff --git a/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/_struct.py b/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/_struct.py
index 54385cb3..942b29f8 100644
--- a/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/_struct.py
+++ b/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/_struct.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     {
         "build-system": NotRequired["BuildSystem"],
         "project": "Project",
-        "dependency-groups": NotRequired[dict[str, list[str | IncludeGroup]]],
+        "dependency-groups": "NotRequired[dict[str, list[str | IncludeGroup]]]",
         "tool": NotRequired[dict[str, dict[str, str]]],
     },
 )
diff --git a/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/setters.py b/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/setters.py
index 02cc72a0..b28d38e4 100644
--- a/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/setters.py
+++ b/src/compwa_policy/utilities/pyproject/setters.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import itertools
 import re
+import sys
 from collections import abc
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 )
 from compwa_policy.utilities.toml import to_toml_array
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    from itertools import pairwise
+else:
+    from more_itertools import pairwise
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping, MutableMapping, Sequence
 
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ def _add_to_dependency_group(
         return True
     if isinstance(dependency_group, abc.Sequence) and len(dependency_group):
         updated = add_dependency(pyproject, package, dependency_group[0])
-        for previous, current in itertools.pairwise(dependency_group):
+        for previous, current in pairwise(dependency_group):
             dependencies = dependency_groups.get(current, [])
             expected: IncludeGroup = {"include-group": previous}
             if expected in dependencies:
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ def _add_to_optional_dependencies(
         this_package = get_package_name(pyproject, raise_on_missing=True)
         updated = False
         updated &= add_dependency(pyproject, package, optional_key=optional_key[0])
-        for previous, key in itertools.pairwise(optional_key):
+        for previous, key in pairwise(optional_key):
             updated &= add_dependency(
                 pyproject, f"{this_package}[{previous}]", optional_key=key
             )