diff --git a/changelog/67151.fixed.md b/changelog/67151.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b4ef5968131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/67151.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix yumpkg module for Python<3.8
diff --git a/salt/modules/yumpkg.py b/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
index fd89b9e90c29..469aef35a1c0 100644
--- a/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
+++ b/salt/modules/yumpkg.py
@@ -1425,8 +1425,8 @@ def install(
                 'version': '<new-version>',
                 'arch': '<new-arch>'}}}
     """
-    if (version := kwargs.get("version")) is not None:
-        kwargs["version"] = str(version)
+    if kwargs.get("version") is not None:
+        kwargs["version"] = str(kwargs["version"])
     options = _get_options(**kwargs)
 
     if salt.utils.data.is_true(refresh):