diff --git a/src/gt4sd/algorithms/core.py b/src/gt4sd/algorithms/core.py
index 2c527c3f3..b8934378d 100644
--- a/src/gt4sd/algorithms/core.py
+++ b/src/gt4sd/algorithms/core.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def sample(self, number_of_items: int = 100) -> Iterator[S]:
                 try:
                     valid_item = self.configuration.validate_item(item)
                     # check if sample is hashable
-                    if not isinstance(item, collections.Hashable):
+                    if not isinstance(item, collections.abc.Hashable):
                         yield valid_item
                         item_set.add(str(index))
                     else: