From 16469e5721d42b0225dd9fb784815a53747be4f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diogo Fernandes <diogofernandesop@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:28:19 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix Python 3.7>= x <3.10 support

---
 html4docx/h4d.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/html4docx/h4d.py b/html4docx/h4d.py
index c4bd260..85b992a 100644
--- a/html4docx/h4d.py
+++ b/html4docx/h4d.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import re
 from io import BytesIO
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from typing import Dict, Any
 
 import docx
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def set_initial_attrs(self, document=None):
         self.pending_important_styles = None
 
     @property
-    def metadata(self) -> dict[str, any]:
+    def metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if not hasattr(self, '_metadata'):
             self._metadata = Metadata(self.doc)
         return self._metadata

From 263bc161d07c457b2e33a5f160d0dd8fa501e957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diogo Fernandes <diogofernandesop@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:30:36 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add history entry

---
 HISTORY.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d569c56..1414385 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Release History
 
 - Fixes `#62 <https://github.com/dfop02/html4docx/issues/62>`_ : `tag_style_override` not applying custom styles from a Word template. | `dfop02 <https://github.com/dfop02>`_
 - Handle invalid rowspan and colspan values in tables. | `dfop02 <https://github.com/dfop02>`_ inspired by `PR #56 <https://github.com/dfop02/html4docx/pull/56>`_ from `kko-harvey <https://github.com/kko-harvey>`_ .
+- Fixes `#67 <https://github.com/dfop02/html4docx/issues/67>`_: built-in typing was not supported by old python versions. | `dfop02 <https://github.com/dfop02>`_
 
 **New Features**