diff --git a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
index 59451a640e6..195906e5529 100644
--- a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
+++ b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ def from_list(
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_csv(
-        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, list[PathLike]],
+        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, Sequence_[PathLike]],
         split: Optional[NamedSplit] = None,
         features: Optional[Features] = None,
         cache_dir: str = None,
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ def from_generator(
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_json(
-        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, list[PathLike]],
+        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, Sequence_[PathLike]],
         split: Optional[NamedSplit] = None,
         features: Optional[Features] = None,
         cache_dir: str = None,
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ def from_json(
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_parquet(
-        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, list[PathLike]],
+        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, Sequence_[PathLike]],
         split: Optional[NamedSplit] = None,
         features: Optional[Features] = None,
         cache_dir: str = None,
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ def from_parquet(
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_text(
-        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, list[PathLike]],
+        path_or_paths: Union[PathLike, Sequence_[PathLike]],
         split: Optional[NamedSplit] = None,
         features: Optional[Features] = None,
         cache_dir: str = None,