diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 5b9c58d3..0b279fc2 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ hide:
 
 - Per stack encoders.
 - Leverage new lilya encoder API. Encoders can use `__type__`
-- **Breaking** for custom Encoders implementing encode either `__type__` or `is_type_structure` must be provided.
+- **Breaking** For custom Encoders implementing encode either `__type__` or `is_type_structure` must be provided.
+- **Breaking** For Python >=3.10 eval_str is used for retrieving the annotations of a function. The results can be slightly different.
 
 ## 3.5.0
 
diff --git a/esmerald/transformers/signature.py b/esmerald/transformers/signature.py
index 8d3f0fc5..3d8ccfc7 100644
--- a/esmerald/transformers/signature.py
+++ b/esmerald/transformers/signature.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import sys
 from inspect import Parameter as InspectParameter, Signature as InspectSignature
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@
 
 object_setattr = object.__setattr__
 
+_signature_kwargs: dict = {}
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    _signature_kwargs["eval_str"] = True
+
 
 def is_server_error(error: Any, klass: Type["SignatureModel"]) -> bool:
     """
@@ -350,7 +355,7 @@ def __init__(self, fn: "AnyCallable", dependency_names: Set[str], **kwargs: Any)
         """
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.fn = fn
-        self.signature = InspectSignature.from_callable(self.fn)
+        self.signature = InspectSignature.from_callable(self.fn, **_signature_kwargs)
         self.fn_name = fn.__name__ if hasattr(fn, "__name__") else "anonymous"
         self.defaults: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         self.dependency_names = dependency_names
diff --git a/tests/dependencies/test_simple_case_injected_annotation.py b/tests/dependencies/test_simple_case_injected_annotation.py
index 21c95a68..57f09071 100644
--- a/tests/dependencies/test_simple_case_injected_annotation.py
+++ b/tests/dependencies/test_simple_case_injected_annotation.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List
+from typing import List
 
 from esmerald import post
 from esmerald.injector import Inject
 from esmerald.routing.apis.views import APIView
 from esmerald.routing.gateways import Gateway
 from esmerald.testclient import create_client
-from tests.dependencies.samples import DocumentService
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from tests.dependencies.samples import DocumentCreateDTO
+from tests.dependencies.samples import DocumentCreateDTO, DocumentService
 
 
 class DocumentAPIView(APIView):
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ async def create(
 
 
 def test_injection():
-
     with create_client(routes=[Gateway(handler=DocumentAPIView)]) as client:
         response = client.post("/", json={"name": "test", "content": "test"})
         assert response.status_code == 201