diff --git a/numcodecs/registry.py b/numcodecs/registry.py
index c923e7f0..cc3f3f42 100644
--- a/numcodecs/registry.py
+++ b/numcodecs/registry.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("numcodecs")
 codec_registry: dict[str, Codec] = {}
-entries: dict[str, "EntryPoints"] = {}
+entries: dict[str, EntryPoints] = {}
 
 
 def run_entrypoints():