diff --git a/edl/__init__.py b/edl/__init__.py
index 533537c..d61e79f 100644
--- a/edl/__init__.py
+++ b/edl/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Python EDL parsing library
 """
 import sys
-import collections
+import collections.abc
 import re
 import pprint
 import timecode
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def parse(self, input_):
         stack = None
         if isinstance(input_, str):
             input_ = input_.splitlines(True)
-        if isinstance(input_, collections.Iterable):
+        if isinstance(input_, collections.abc.Iterable):
             stack = List(self.fps)
             for l in input_:
                 for m in self.get_matchers():