diff --git a/brainglobe_utils/IO/surfaces.py b/brainglobe_utils/IO/surfaces.py
index a7fdf78..392b865 100644
--- a/brainglobe_utils/IO/surfaces.py
+++ b/brainglobe_utils/IO/surfaces.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 def marching_cubes_to_obj(
-    marching_cubes_out: Tuple["NDArray"], output_file: Union[str, "Path"]
+    marching_cubes_out: Tuple[NDArray], output_file: Union[str, Path]
 ):
     """
     Saves the output of skimage.measure.marching_cubes as an .obj file
diff --git a/brainglobe_utils/IO/yaml.py b/brainglobe_utils/IO/yaml.py
index 1616b87..c61d26b 100644
--- a/brainglobe_utils/IO/yaml.py
+++ b/brainglobe_utils/IO/yaml.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import yaml
 
 
-def read_yaml_section(yaml_file: Union[str, "Path"], section: str) -> Any:
+def read_yaml_section(yaml_file: Union[str, Path], section: str) -> Any:
     """
     Read section from yaml file.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def read_yaml_section(yaml_file: Union[str, "Path"], section: str) -> Any:
     return contents
 
 
-def open_yaml(yaml_file: Union[str, "Path"]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def open_yaml(yaml_file: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """
     Read the contents of a yaml file.
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def open_yaml(yaml_file: Union[str, "Path"]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 def save_yaml(
     yaml_contents: Dict[str, Any],
-    output_file: Union[str, "Path"],
+    output_file: Union[str, Path],
     default_flow_style: Optional[bool] = False,
 ):
     """
diff --git a/brainglobe_utils/general/pathlib.py b/brainglobe_utils/general/pathlib.py
index 0639d6b..1e8da82 100644
--- a/brainglobe_utils/general/pathlib.py
+++ b/brainglobe_utils/general/pathlib.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def append_to_pathlib_stem(path: "Path", string_to_append: str):
+def append_to_pathlib_stem(path: Path, string_to_append: str):
     """
     Appends a string to the stem of a pathlib object.
 
diff --git a/brainglobe_utils/general/string.py b/brainglobe_utils/general/string.py
index b6759bc..777c5be 100644
--- a/brainglobe_utils/general/string.py
+++ b/brainglobe_utils/general/string.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 def get_text_lines(
-    file: "Path",
+    file: Path,
     return_lines: Optional[int] = None,
     rstrip: Optional[bool] = True,
     sort: Optional[bool] = False,