diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 28e3fe5e2..42488a988 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ fixes:
 - fix: broken integration tests (#1668)
 - style: replace format() with f-strings (#1667)
 - migrate from external mock package to stdlib unittest.mock (#1673)
+- fix: import of Mapping from collections.abc (#1675)
 
 
 v6.1.9 (2022-06-11)
diff --git a/errbot/cli.py b/errbot/cli.py
index 5f36f0330..61934501a 100755
--- a/errbot/cli.py
+++ b/errbot/cli.py
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ def get_config(config_path: str):
 
 
 def _read_dict() -> dict:
-    import collections
+    from collections.abc import Mapping
 
     new_dict = ast.literal_eval(sys.stdin.read())
-    if not isinstance(new_dict, collections.Mapping):
+    if not isinstance(new_dict, Mapping):
         raise ValueError(
             f"A dictionary written in python is needed from stdin. "
             f"Type={type(new_dict)}, Value = {repr(new_dict)}."