diff --git a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
index 2238b24c3b..f249213f2a 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/lib/transcoding.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 import re
 import logging