diff --git a/autoapi/mappers/base.py b/autoapi/mappers/base.py
index 16f6c683..9b1dbde5 100644
--- a/autoapi/mappers/base.py
+++ b/autoapi/mappers/base.py
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 from sphinx.util.osutil import ensuredir
 import sphinx.util.logging
 
+try:
+    from sphinx.util.display import status_iterator
+except ImportError:
+    # This method was moved into sphinx.util.display in Sphinx 6.1.0. Before
+    # that it resided in sphinx.util.
+    from sphinx.util import status_iterator
+
 from ..settings import API_ROOT, TEMPLATE_DIR
 
 LOGGER = sphinx.util.logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@ def _wrapped_prepare(value):
     def load(self, patterns, dirs, ignore=None):
         """Load objects from the filesystem into the ``paths`` dictionary."""
         paths = list(self.find_files(patterns=patterns, dirs=dirs, ignore=ignore))
-        for path in sphinx.util.display.status_iterator(
+        for path in status_iterator(
             paths,
             colorize("bold", "[AutoAPI] Reading files... "),
             "darkgreen",
@@ -290,7 +297,7 @@ def add_object(self, obj):
 
     def map(self, options=None):
         """Trigger find of serialized sources and build objects"""
-        for _, data in sphinx.util.display.status_iterator(
+        for _, data in status_iterator(
             self.paths.items(),
             colorize("bold", "[AutoAPI] ") + "Mapping Data... ",
             length=len(self.paths),
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ def create_class(self, data, options=None, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def output_rst(self, root, source_suffix):
-        for _, obj in sphinx.util.display.status_iterator(
+        for _, obj in status_iterator(
             self.objects.items(),
             colorize("bold", "[AutoAPI] ") + "Rendering Data... ",
             length=len(self.objects),
diff --git a/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py b/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
index ba6e3733..129baf05 100644
--- a/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
+++ b/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 import sphinx.util.docstrings
 import sphinx.util.logging
 
+try:
+    from sphinx.util.display import status_iterator
+except ImportError:
+    # This method was moved into sphinx.util.display in Sphinx 6.1.0. Before
+    # that it resided in sphinx.util.
+    from sphinx.util import status_iterator
+
 from ..base import SphinxMapperBase
 from .parser import Parser
 from .objects import (
@@ -291,7 +298,7 @@ def load(self, patterns, dirs, ignore=None):
             )
             return False
 
-        for dir_root, path in sphinx.util.display.status_iterator(
+        for dir_root, path in status_iterator(
             dir_root_files,
             colorize("bold", "[AutoAPI] Reading files... "),
             length=len(dir_root_files),