diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 993426bd98..0308eda295 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in astroid 2.15.5?
 =============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* Handle ``objects.Super`` in ``helpers.object_type()``.
+
+  Refs pylint-dev/pylint#8554
 
 
 What's New in astroid 2.15.4?
diff --git a/astroid/helpers.py b/astroid/helpers.py
index 24dba6d7bc..bb19bbf4bd 100644
--- a/astroid/helpers.py
+++ b/astroid/helpers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Generator
 
-from astroid import bases, manager, nodes, raw_building, util
+from astroid import bases, manager, nodes, objects, raw_building, util
 from astroid.context import CallContext, InferenceContext
 from astroid.exceptions import (
     AstroidTypeError,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _object_type(
             raise InferenceError
         elif isinstance(inferred, util.UninferableBase):
             yield inferred
-        elif isinstance(inferred, (bases.Proxy, nodes.Slice)):
+        elif isinstance(inferred, (bases.Proxy, nodes.Slice, objects.Super)):
             yield inferred._proxied
         else:  # pragma: no cover
             raise AssertionError(f"We don't handle {type(inferred)} currently")
diff --git a/requirements_test_brain.txt b/requirements_test_brain.txt
index b4778baea8..2014e07aee 100644
--- a/requirements_test_brain.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_brain.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ regex
 types-python-dateutil
 six
 types-six
-urllib3
+urllib3>1,<2
 typing_extensions>=4.4.0
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
index fe97eb6466..90182a23ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def test_object_type(self) -> None:
             ("type", self._extract("type")),
             ("object", self._extract("type")),
             ("object()", self._extract("object")),
+            ("super()", self._extract("super")),
             ("lambda: None", self._build_custom_builtin("function")),
             ("len", self._build_custom_builtin("builtin_function_or_method")),
             ("None", self._build_custom_builtin("NoneType")),
diff --git a/tests/test_modutils.py b/tests/test_modutils.py
index 0c8bee8880..04f5eeed68 100644
--- a/tests/test_modutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_modutils.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 try:
     import urllib3  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
-    HAS_URLLIB3 = True
+    HAS_URLLIB3_V1 = urllib3.__version__.startswith("1")
 except ImportError:
-    HAS_URLLIB3 = False
+    HAS_URLLIB3_V1 = False
 
 
 def _get_file_from_object(obj) -> str:
@@ -547,8 +547,9 @@ def test_is_module_name_part_of_extension_package_whitelist_success(self) -> Non
         )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_URLLIB3, reason="This test requires urllib3.")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_URLLIB3_V1, reason="This test requires urllib3 < 2.")
 def test_file_info_from_modpath__SixMetaPathImporter() -> None:
+    """Six is not backported anymore in urllib3 v2.0.0+"""
     assert modutils.file_info_from_modpath(["urllib3.packages.six.moves.http_client"])