diff --git a/pyaction/io.py b/pyaction/io.py
index 0a36f84..eea0d91 100644
--- a/pyaction/io.py
+++ b/pyaction/io.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
 import os
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@
 from pyaction.workflow.stream import LocalStream, WorkflowStream
 
 
-def write(context: dict[str, Any], stream: str = None) -> None:
+def write(context: Dict[str, Any], stream: str = None) -> None:
     """writes the key(s) (as variables) and value(s) (as values) into the output stream
 
     Args: