diff --git a/sorts/split_workload.py b/sorts/split_workload.py
index 3f956ce61..6e59e8420 100644
--- a/sorts/split_workload.py
+++ b/sorts/split_workload.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
 
 
-def split_list(
-    timings: List[Union[int, float, str]]
-) -> Tuple[List[Union[int, float]], List[Union[int, float]], Union[int, float]]:
+def split_list(timings: list[int | float | str]) -> tuple[list[int | float], list[int | float], int | float]:
     """
 
     This algorithm is a brute-force search over (nearly) all 2^n