diff --git a/wpiformat/wpiformat/cpplint.py b/wpiformat/wpiformat/cpplint.py
index f5239cf..53dee70 100644
--- a/wpiformat/wpiformat/cpplint.py
+++ b/wpiformat/wpiformat/cpplint.py
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@
 import math  # for log
 import os
 import regex
-import sre_compile
 import string
 import sys
 
+try:
+    import re._compiler as sre_compile
+except ImportError:  # Python < 3.11
+    import sre_compile
+
 # if empty, use defaults
 _header_regex = regex.compile("a^")