diff --git a/src/ansible_navigator/constants.py b/src/ansible_navigator/constants.py
index ad3485afa..9b31bde98 100644
--- a/src/ansible_navigator/constants.py
+++ b/src/ansible_navigator/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Constants for ansible-navigator."""
 import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
 
-from importlib.abc import Traversable
+from ansible_navigator.utils.compatibility import Traversable
 
 
 PKG_NAME: str = "ansible_navigator"
diff --git a/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/colorize.py b/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/colorize.py
index 43c00d53e..755b4fa76 100644
--- a/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/colorize.py
+++ b/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/colorize.py
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 import logging
 import re
 
-from importlib.abc import Traversable
 from itertools import chain
 
 from ansible_navigator.tm_tokenize.grammars import Grammars
 from ansible_navigator.tm_tokenize.region import Regions
 from ansible_navigator.tm_tokenize.tokenize import tokenize
+from ansible_navigator.utils.compatibility import Traversable
 
 from .curses_defs import CursesLine
 from .curses_defs import CursesLinePart
diff --git a/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/ui_config.py b/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/ui_config.py
index 50a1b4469..34a939c90 100644
--- a/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/ui_config.py
+++ b/src/ansible_navigator/ui_framework/ui_config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """Object to hold basic UI settings."""
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from importlib.abc import Traversable
+
+from ansible_navigator.utils.compatibility import Traversable
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/ansible_navigator/utils/compatibility.py b/src/ansible_navigator/utils/compatibility.py
index a30a6dd8e..ed1ebdff9 100644
--- a/src/ansible_navigator/utils/compatibility.py
+++ b/src/ansible_navigator/utils/compatibility.py
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@
     import importlib_metadata
 else:
     import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    from importlib.abc import Traversable
+else:
+    from importlib.resources.abc import Traversable