diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc3db6faf06e6a39aba5964eb0d76c73f7e5e11e..6689bb13ee2b98f996382055c44e265746eda998 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ setup(keywords=['ha', 'high availability', 'scalable', 'scalability', 'server'],
       install_requires=[
           "six",
           "monotonic",
-          "backports.typing"
+          "typing"
       ],
       tests_require=[
           "nose", "mock", "coverage"