diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1/test_datastream.py b/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1/test_datastream.py
index 09e4ffb70af7..8b91b0d8f743 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1/test_datastream.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1/test_datastream.py
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-import math
 import os
 
+# try/except added for compatibility with python < 3.8
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+
+import math
+
 from google.api_core import (
     future,
     gapic_v1,
@@ -38,7 +46,6 @@
 from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2  # type: ignore
 import grpc
 from grpc.experimental import aio
-import mock
 from proto.marshal.rules.dates import DurationRule, TimestampRule
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1alpha1/test_datastream.py b/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1alpha1/test_datastream.py
index 4916f2ba4e8c..0a7d5bbb797c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1alpha1/test_datastream.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-datastream/tests/unit/gapic/datastream_v1alpha1/test_datastream.py
@@ -13,9 +13,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-import math
 import os
 
+# try/except added for compatibility with python < 3.8
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+
+import math
+
 from google.api_core import (
     future,
     gapic_v1,
@@ -38,7 +46,6 @@
 from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2  # type: ignore
 import grpc
 from grpc.experimental import aio
-import mock
 from proto.marshal.rules.dates import DurationRule, TimestampRule
 import pytest