diff --git a/biblib/bib.py b/biblib/bib.py
index 495ab87..a52a91b 100644
--- a/biblib/bib.py
+++ b/biblib/bib.py
@@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ def parse(self, str_or_fp_or_iter, name=None, *, log_fp=None):
         defined in earlier files.
         """
 
+        try:
+            from collections.abc import Iterable as collections_Iterable
+        except AttributeError:
+            from collections import Iterable as collections_Iterable  # does not work in python3.10 anymore
+
         recoverer = messages.InputErrorRecoverer()
         if isinstance(str_or_fp_or_iter, str):
             self.__data = str_or_fp_or_iter
             fname = name or '<string>'
-        elif isinstance(str_or_fp_or_iter, collections.Iterable) and \
+        elif isinstance(str_or_fp_or_iter, collections_Iterable) and \
              not hasattr(str_or_fp_or_iter, 'read'):
             for obj in str_or_fp_or_iter:
                 with recoverer: