diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 675064e878b3eeffa91ba4b5a48d0ea26c0aeab6..f10b71b278ae31f52f088d128f93d7a45a6bdf07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [![Build](https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/wzl-mq-ms/forschung-lehre/lava/unified-device-interface/python/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/wzl-mq-ms/forschung-lehre/lava/unified-device-interface/python/commits/master)
 
 # Python Unified Device Interface
-Current stable version: 8.2.1
+Current stable version: 8.2.2
 
 ## Installation
 1. Install the WZL-UDI package via pip
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
 
 ## Recent changes
 
+**8.2.2** - 2023-03-29
+  - fixed a type hint which depended on windows
+
 **8.2.1** - 2023-03-25 
   - removed utilities dependency, by integrating logger into wzl-udi library
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9a520c50fba0d0993a111c6c0b4ae5d8b0ee0196..50270f88898f4ec7ccdd1a49cd16030c1385e125 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setup(name='wzl-udi',
-      version='8.2.1',
+      version='8.2.2',
       url='https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/wzl-mq-public/soil/python',
       project_urls={
           "Bug Tracker": "https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/wzl-mq-public/soil/python/-/issues",
diff --git a/src/http/server.py b/src/http/server.py
index 7e8c815ab9da511e0ab2eec8d97e909a25076b0e..17c6f311cb12f221e8f9fc2ad354d6514e99e475 100644
--- a/src/http/server.py
+++ b/src/http/server.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class HTTPServer(object):
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.ProactorEventLoop, host: str, port: int, model: Component,
+    def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, host: str, port: int, model: Component,
                  dataformat: str = 'json', legacy_mode=False, scheduler: StreamScheduler = None):
         """Constructor