diff --git a/tatsu/bootstrap.py b/tatsu/bootstrap.py
index 4f656b2a..2c4abe03 100644
--- a/tatsu/bootstrap.py
+++ b/tatsu/bootstrap.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 # ruff: noqa: C405, COM812, I001, F401, PLR1702, PLC2801, SIM117
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
diff --git a/tatsu/collections/orderedset.py b/tatsu/collections/orderedset.py
index 5efc2137..a2c2bcf7 100644
--- a/tatsu/collections/orderedset.py
+++ b/tatsu/collections/orderedset.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # NOTE: from https://github.com/LuminosoInsight/ordered-set/blob/master/ordered_set.py
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import itertools
 from collections.abc import (
-    Iterable,
     Iterator,
     Mapping,
     MutableSequence,
-    MutableSet,
-    Sequence,
 )
-from typing import Any, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, TypeVar, MutableSet, Sequence, Iterable
 
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
     def union(self, *other: Iterable[T]) -> 'OrderedSet[T]':
         # do not split `str`
         outer = tuple(
-            [o] if not isinstance(o, set | Mapping | MutableSequence) else o
+            [o] if not isinstance(o, (set, Mapping, MutableSequence)) else o
             for o in other
         )
         inner = itertools.chain([self], *outer)
diff --git a/tatsu/grammars.py b/tatsu/grammars.py
index 726225f1..f9d4908c 100644
--- a/tatsu/grammars.py
+++ b/tatsu/grammars.py
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ def _nullable(self):
 
     @staticmethod
     def param_repr(p):
-        if isinstance(p, int | float) or (isinstance(p, str) and p.isalnum()):
+        if isinstance(p, (int, float)) or (isinstance(p, str) and p.isalnum()):
             return str(p)
         else:
             return repr(p)
diff --git a/tatsu/infos.py b/tatsu/infos.py
index 0efb982f..05fc4990 100644
--- a/tatsu/infos.py
+++ b/tatsu/infos.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import copy
 import dataclasses
 import re
+import sys
+
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
 from itertools import starmap
 from typing import Any, NamedTuple
@@ -11,6 +13,12 @@
 from .tokenizing import Tokenizer
 from .util.unicode_characters import C_DERIVE
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    import builtins
+
+    def zip(*iterables, strict=False):
+        return builtins.zip(*iterables)
+
 
 class UndefinedStr(str):
     pass
@@ -234,7 +242,10 @@ class RuleResult(NamedTuple):
     newstate: Any
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass(slots=True)
+import sys
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(**({'slots': True} if sys.version_info >= (3, 10) else {}))
 class ParseState:
     pos: int = 0
     ast: AST = dataclasses.field(default_factory=AST)
diff --git a/tatsu/mixins/indent.py b/tatsu/mixins/indent.py
index e1026a7f..c982d5e6 100644
--- a/tatsu/mixins/indent.py
+++ b/tatsu/mixins/indent.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import io
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
diff --git a/tatsu/ngcodegen/objectmodel.py b/tatsu/ngcodegen/objectmodel.py
index f67e5272..6fa0c1ab 100644
--- a/tatsu/ngcodegen/objectmodel.py
+++ b/tatsu/ngcodegen/objectmodel.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import builtins
 from collections import namedtuple
 
diff --git a/tatsu/ngcodegen/python.py b/tatsu/ngcodegen/python.py
index 30725801..b5a51e50 100644
--- a/tatsu/ngcodegen/python.py
+++ b/tatsu/ngcodegen/python.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
     # ruff: noqa: C405, COM812, I001, F401, PLR1702, PLC2801, SIM117
 
+    from __future__ import annotations
+
     import sys
     from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def walk_Grammar(self, grammar: grammars.Grammar):
 
     def walk_Rule(self, rule: grammars.Rule):
         def param_repr(p):
-            if isinstance(p, int | float):
+            if isinstance(p, (int, float)):
                 return str(p)
             else:
                 return repr(p.split('::')[0])
diff --git a/tatsu/objectmodel.py b/tatsu/objectmodel.py
index 7c8fad2e..7e4a786d 100644
--- a/tatsu/objectmodel.py
+++ b/tatsu/objectmodel.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def with_parent(node):
             return node
 
         def children_of(child):
-            if isinstance(child, weakref.ReferenceType | weakref.ProxyType):
+            if isinstance(child, (weakref.ReferenceType, weakref.ProxyType)):
                 return
             elif isinstance(child, Node):
                 yield with_parent(child)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def children_of(child):
                     if name.startswith('_'):
                         continue
                     yield from children_of(value)
-            elif isinstance(child, list | tuple):
+            elif isinstance(child, (list, tuple)):
                 yield from (
                     with_parent(c) for c in child if isinstance(c, Node)
                 )
diff --git a/tatsu/parser.py b/tatsu/parser.py
index 0e25fe5f..c598b293 100644
--- a/tatsu/parser.py
+++ b/tatsu/parser.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import re
 from typing import Any
 
diff --git a/tatsu/synth.py b/tatsu/synth.py
index 97841007..3890f530 100644
--- a/tatsu/synth.py
+++ b/tatsu/synth.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from typing import Any
 
diff --git a/tatsu/util/_common.py b/tatsu/util/_common.py
index c0819064..daee7416 100644
--- a/tatsu/util/_common.py
+++ b/tatsu/util/_common.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def decode_match(match):
 
 def isiter(value):
     return isinstance(value, Iterable) and not isinstance(
-        value, str | bytes | bytearray,
+        value, (str, bytes, bytearray),
     )
 
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ def timestamp():
 
 
 def asjson(obj, seen=None):  # noqa: PLR0911, PLR0912
-    if obj is None or isinstance(obj, int | float | str | bool):
+    if obj is None or isinstance(obj, (int, float, str, bool)):
         return obj
 
     if seen is None:
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ def asjson(obj, seen=None):  # noqa: PLR0911, PLR0912
     elif id(obj) in seen:
         return f'{type(obj).__name__}@{id(obj)}'
 
-    if isinstance(obj, Mapping | AsJSONMixin) or isiter(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, (Mapping, AsJSONMixin)) or isiter(obj):
         seen.add(id(obj))
 
     try:
-        if isinstance(obj, weakref.ReferenceType | weakref.ProxyType):
+        if isinstance(obj, (weakref.ReferenceType, weakref.ProxyType)):
             return f'{obj.__class__.__name__}@0x{hex(id(obj)).upper()[2:]}'
         elif hasattr(obj, '__json__'):
             return obj.__json__(seen=seen)
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def plainjson(obj):
             for name, value in obj.items()
             if name not in {'__class__', 'parseinfo'}
         }
-    elif isinstance(obj, weakref.ReferenceType | weakref.ProxyType):
+    elif isinstance(obj, (weakref.ReferenceType, weakref.ProxyType)):
         return '@ref'
     elif isinstance(obj, str) and obj.startswith('@'):
         return '@ref'
diff --git a/tatsu/walkers.py b/tatsu/walkers.py
index 3de070ea..cf102b9f 100644
--- a/tatsu/walkers.py
+++ b/tatsu/walkers.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         )._walker_cache  # pylint: disable=no-member
 
     def walk(self, node: Node | list[Node], *args, **kwargs) -> Any:
-        if isinstance(node, list | tuple):
+        if isinstance(node, (list, tuple)):
             return [self.walk(n, *args, **kwargs) for n in node]
 
         if isinstance(node, Mapping):
diff --git a/test/grammar/semantics_test.py b/test/grammar/semantics_test.py
index 51deebd7..4de537a4 100644
--- a/test/grammar/semantics_test.py
+++ b/test/grammar/semantics_test.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_builder_basetype_codegen(self):
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(ast, 'a'))
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(ast, 'b'))
 
-        self.assertTrue(issubclass(D, A | B | C))
+        self.assertTrue(issubclass(D, (A, B, C)))
 
     def test_optional_attributes(self):
         grammar = r"""