diff --git a/src/django_docutils/_internal/types.py b/src/django_docutils/_internal/types.py
index 7270cdc9..c6e6b2ae 100644
--- a/src/django_docutils/_internal/types.py
+++ b/src/django_docutils/_internal/types.py
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+import typing as t
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from os import PathLike
 
     from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
-StrPath: TypeAlias = Union[str, "PathLike[str]"]  # stable
+StrPath: TypeAlias = t.Union[str, "PathLike[str]"]  # stable
 """:class:`os.PathLike` or :class:`str`"""
 
-StrOrBytesPath: TypeAlias = Union[
+StrOrBytesPath: TypeAlias = t.Union[
     str,
     bytes,
     "PathLike[str]",
diff --git a/src/django_docutils/lib/metadata/tests/test_extract.py b/src/django_docutils/lib/metadata/tests/test_extract.py
index 67ff5e27..48aa0ed4 100644
--- a/src/django_docutils/lib/metadata/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/src/django_docutils/lib/metadata/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+import typing as t
 
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 from docutils.core import publish_doctree
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 from django_docutils.lib.settings import DJANGO_DOCUTILS_LIB_RST
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pathlib
 
 
diff --git a/src/django_docutils/lib/utils.py b/src/django_docutils/lib/utils.py
index d98244b8..3dcec32b 100644
--- a/src/django_docutils/lib/utils.py
+++ b/src/django_docutils/lib/utils.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+import typing as t
 
 from docutils import nodes
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Generator
 
 # \x00 means the "<" was backslash-escaped (from sphinx)