diff --git a/coverage/parser.py b/coverage/parser.py
index 1bf1951a2..23b41ede7 100644
--- a/coverage/parser.py
+++ b/coverage/parser.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 """Code parsing for coverage.py."""
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import ast
 import collections
 import os