diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7a1d31df..262448c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, pypy2, pypy3]
+        python-version: [2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10.0-alpha.5', pypy2, pypy3]
       fail-fast: false
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/action.py b/fail2ban/server/action.py
index f52e0878..99ab2250 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/action.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/action.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
 from abc import ABCMeta
-from collections import MutableMapping
+try:
+	from collections.abc import MutableMapping
+except ImportError:
+	from collections import MutableMapping
 
 from .failregex import mapTag2Opt
 from .ipdns import DNSUtils
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/actions.py b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
index 967908af..91e1ebaf 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/actions.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/actions.py
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 import time
-from collections import Mapping
+try:
+	from collections.abc import Mapping
+except ImportError:
+	from collections import Mapping
 try:
 	from collections import OrderedDict
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/jails.py b/fail2ban/server/jails.py
index 972a8c4b..27e12ddf 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/jails.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/jails.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2013- Yaroslav Halchenko"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from threading import Lock
-from collections import Mapping
+try:
+	from collections.abc import Mapping
+except ImportError:
+	from collections import Mapping
 
 from ..exceptions import DuplicateJailException, UnknownJailException
 from .jail import Jail