diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
index 92bbffc3904..fdcce7ca718 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/metrics/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.util._once import Once
 from opentelemetry.util._providers import _load_provider
+from opentelemetry.util.types import Attributes
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def get_meter(
         name: str,
         version: Optional[str] = None,
         schema_url: Optional[str] = None,
-        attributes: Optional[dict] = None,
+        attributes: Attributes = None,
     ) -> "Meter":
         """Returns a `Meter` for use by the given instrumentation library.