diff --git a/torchrl/record/recorder.py b/torchrl/record/recorder.py
index c7abe28f690..a486b689feb 100644
--- a/torchrl/record/recorder.py
+++ b/torchrl/record/recorder.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 import importlib.util
 from copy import copy