diff --git a/httpcore/_backends/anyio.py b/httpcore/_backends/anyio.py
index a140095e..89cd5393 100644
--- a/httpcore/_backends/anyio.py
+++ b/httpcore/_backends/anyio.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import ssl
 import typing
 
-import anyio
+import anyio.abc
 
 from .._exceptions import (
     ConnectError,