diff --git a/ovos_utils/enclosure/mark1/faceplate/__init__.py b/ovos_utils/enclosure/mark1/faceplate/__init__.py
index fc7086a3..308f7d08 100644
--- a/ovos_utils/enclosure/mark1/faceplate/__init__.py
+++ b/ovos_utils/enclosure/mark1/faceplate/__init__.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 from ovos_utils.messagebus import get_mycroft_bus
 import random
 from time import sleep
-import collections
+from collections.abc import MutableSequence
 import copy
 
 
-class FaceplateGrid(collections.MutableSequence):
+class FaceplateGrid(MutableSequence):
     encoded = None
     str_grid = None
     pad_char = "."