diff --git a/pydantic/typing.py b/pydantic/typing.py
--- a/pydantic/typing.py
+++ b/pydantic/typing.py
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ def resolve_annotations(raw_annotations: Dict[str, Type[Any]], module_name: Opti
     annotations = {}
     for name, value in raw_annotations.items():
         if isinstance(value, str):
-            if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+            if (3, 10) > sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 8) or sys.version_info >= (3, 10, 1):
+                value = ForwardRef(value, is_argument=False, is_class=True)
+            elif sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
                 value = ForwardRef(value, is_argument=False)
             else:
                 value = ForwardRef(value)

diff --git a/tests/test_forward_ref.py b/tests/test_forward_ref.py
--- a/tests/test_forward_ref.py
+++ b/tests/test_forward_ref.py
@@ -519,3 +519,20 @@ class NestedTuple(BaseModel):
     NestedTuple.update_forward_refs()
     obj = NestedTuple.parse_obj({'x': ('1', {'x': ('2', {'x': ('3', None)})})})
     assert obj.dict() == {'x': (1, {'x': (2, {'x': (3, None)})})}
+
+
+@skip_pre_37
+def test_class_var_as_string(create_module):
+    module = create_module(
+        # language=Python
+        """
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import ClassVar
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+class Model(BaseModel):
+    a: ClassVar[int]
+"""
+    )
+
+    assert module.Model.__class_vars__ == {'a'}

Pydantic fail to parse ClassVar annotation when it's a string
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# Bug

Output of `python -c "import pydantic.utils; print(pydantic.utils.version_info())"`:
```
            pydantic version: 1.8.2
            pydantic compiled: False
                 install path: /Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/pydantic/pydantic
               python version: 3.9.8 (tags/v3.9.8:bb3fdcfe95, Nov 10 2021, 14:54:52)  [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)]
                     platform: macOS-12.0.1-x86_64-i386-64bit
     optional deps. installed: ['devtools', 'dotenv', 'email-validator', 'typing-extensions']
```
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```py
from typing import ClassVar

from pydantic import BaseModel


class Model(BaseModel):
    val: "ClassVar[int]" = 10
```
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/pydantic/temp.py", line 6, in <module>
    class Model(BaseModel):
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/pydantic/pydantic/main.py", line 187, in __new__
    annotations = resolve_annotations(namespace.get('__annotations__', {}), namespace.get('__module__', None))
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/pydantic/pydantic/typing.py", line 340, in resolve_annotations
    value = _eval_type(value, base_globals, None)
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/cpython/Lib/typing.py", line 292, in _eval_type
    return t._evaluate(globalns, localns, recursive_guard)
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/cpython/Lib/typing.py", line 553, in _evaluate
    type_ = _type_check(
  File "/Users/yuriikarabas/my-projects/cpython/Lib/typing.py", line 158, in _type_check
    raise TypeError(f"{arg} is not valid as type argument")
TypeError: typing.ClassVar[int] is not valid as type argument
```


tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_class_var_as_string
tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_postponed_annotations tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_postponed_annotations_optional tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_basic_forward_ref tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_self_forward_ref_module tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_self_forward_ref_collection tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_self_forward_ref_local tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_missing_update_forward_refs tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_dataclass tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_dataclass_with_future_annotations tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_sub_types tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_nested_sub_types tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_self_reference_json_schema tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_self_reference_json_schema_with_future_annotations tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_circular_reference_json_schema tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_circular_reference_json_schema_with_future_annotations tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_with_field tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_optional tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_forward_ref_with_create_model tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_resolve_forward_ref_dataclass tests/test_forward_ref.py::test_nested_forward_ref