diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
index bb65516e4f2..589ed58c827 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/context/contextvars_context.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context, _RuntimeContext
 
 if version_info < (3, 7):
-    import aiocontextvars  # pylint: disable=import-error
+    import aiocontextvars  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=import-error
 
     aiocontextvars  # pylint: disable=pointless-statement