diff --git a/merlin/models/tf/core/tabular.py b/merlin/models/tf/core/tabular.py
index 33b1ed5b42..3f2bb8e574 100644
--- a/merlin/models/tf/core/tabular.py
+++ b/merlin/models/tf/core/tabular.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import abc
-import collections
+import collections.abc
 import copy
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Union, overload
 
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ def get_config(self):
     def select_by_tag(self, tags: Tags) -> Optional["Filter"]:
         if isinstance(self.feature_names, Tags):
             schema = self.schema.select_by_tag(self.feature_names).select_by_tag(tags)
-        elif isinstance(self.feature_names, collections.Sequence):
+        elif isinstance(self.feature_names, collections.abc.Sequence):
             schema = self.schema.select_by_name(self.feature_names).select_by_tag(tags)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError(
diff --git a/merlin/models/tf/inputs/embedding.py b/merlin/models/tf/inputs/embedding.py
index aff30184a6..156ef974e8 100644
--- a/merlin/models/tf/inputs/embedding.py
+++ b/merlin/models/tf/inputs/embedding.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-import collections
+import collections.abc
 import inspect
 from copy import deepcopy
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def select_by_tag(self, tags: Union[Tags, Sequence[Tags]]) -> Optional["Embeddin
         -------
         An EmbeddingTable if the tags match. If no features match, it returns None.
         """
-        if not isinstance(tags, collections.Sequence):
+        if not isinstance(tags, collections.abc.Sequence):
             tags = [tags]
 
         selected_schema = self.schema.select_by_tag(tags)