diff --git a/rstr/xeger.py b/rstr/xeger.py
index cc348ec..0a68711 100644
--- a/rstr/xeger.py
+++ b/rstr/xeger.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import random
-import sre_parse
 import string
 from itertools import chain
 import typing
@@ -10,6 +9,11 @@
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from rstr.rstr_base import _Random
 
+try:
+    import re._parser as sre_parse
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.11
+    import sre_parse  # type: ignore
+
 
 # The * and + characters in a regular expression
 # match up to any number of repeats in theory,