diff --git a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
index 201511c1adddfc1d5c2c53cf74fd6c24a63cd956..3bd0a641b576c09ccdca913de8ce89bdc9a8ed14 100644
--- a/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
+++ b/arraycontext/impl/pytato.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ from arraycontext.fake_numpy import \
         BaseFakeNumpyNamespace, BaseFakeNumpyLinalgNamespace
 from arraycontext.context import ArrayContext
 import numpy as np
-from typing import Any, Callable, Tuple, Union, Number
+from typing import Any, Callable, Tuple, Union
+from numbers import Number
 import loopy as lp