diff --git a/src/dataclass_binder/_impl.py b/src/dataclass_binder/_impl.py
index 60ede50..87dc1ae 100644
--- a/src/dataclass_binder/_impl.py
+++ b/src/dataclass_binder/_impl.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from inspect import cleandoc, get_annotations, getmodule, getsource, isabstract
 from pathlib import Path
 from textwrap import dedent
-from types import MappingProxyType, ModuleType, NoneType, UnionType
+from types import GenericAlias, MappingProxyType, ModuleType, NoneType, UnionType
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, BinaryIO, ClassVar, Generic, TypeVar, Union, cast, get_args, get_origin, overload
 from weakref import WeakKeyDictionary
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # Note: Actually 'field_type' can either be a type of a typing special form,
 #       but there is no way yet to annotate typing special forms.
 #       This is the source of a lot of the casts and suppressions in this function.
-def _collect_type(field_type: type, context: str) -> type | Binder[Any]:
+def _collect_type(field_type: type, context: str) -> type | GenericAlias | Binder[Any]:
     """
     Verify and streamline a type annotation.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _collect_type(field_type: type, context: str) -> type | Binder[Any]:
     """
     origin = get_origin(field_type)
     if origin is None:
-        if field_type is Any:  # type: ignore[comparison-overlap]
+        if field_type is Any:
             return object
         elif not isinstance(field_type, type):
             raise TypeError(f"Annotation for field '{context}' is not a type")
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _collect_type(field_type: type, context: str) -> type | Binder[Any]:
             else:
                 return origin[tuple(_collect_type(arg, arg_context) for arg in args)]  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
         # Use the convention that the first argument is the element type.
-        return origin[_collect_type(args[0], arg_context)]  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
+        return origin[_collect_type(args[0], arg_context)]
     elif origin is type:
         try:
             (arg,) = get_args(field_type)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class _ClassInfo(Generic[T]):
     _cache: ClassVar[MutableMapping[type[Any], _ClassInfo[Any]]] = WeakKeyDictionary()
 
     dataclass: type[T]
-    field_types: Mapping[str, type | Binder[Any]]
+    field_types: Mapping[str, type | GenericAlias | Binder[Any]]
     _field_docstrings: Mapping[str, str] | None = None
 
     @classmethod
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def get(cls, dataclass: type[T]) -> _ClassInfo[T]:
         except KeyError:
             # Populate field_types *after* adding new instance to the cache to make sure
             # _collect_type() will find the given dataclass if it's accessed recursively.
-            field_types: dict[str, type | Binder[Any]] = {}
+            field_types: dict[str, type | GenericAlias | Binder[Any]] = {}
             info = cls(dataclass, field_types)
             cls._cache[dataclass] = info
             for field, field_type in _get_fields(dataclass):
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ def _bind_to_single_type(self, value: object, field_type: type, context: str) ->
 
         raise TypeError(f"Value for '{context}' has type '{type(value).__name__}', expected '{field_type.__name__}'")
 
-    def _bind_to_field(self, value: object, field_type: type | Binder[Any], instance: T | None, context: str) -> object:
+    def _bind_to_field(
+        self, value: object, field_type: type | GenericAlias | Binder[Any], instance: T | None, context: str
+    ) -> object:
         """
         Convert a TOML value to a field type which is possibly a union type.
 
@@ -870,7 +872,7 @@ def get_field_docstrings(dataclass: type[Any]) -> Mapping[str, str]:
         match node:
             case ast.AnnAssign(target=ast.Name(id=name)):
                 scope = name
-            case ast.Expr(value=ast.Constant(value=docstring)):
+            case ast.Expr(value=ast.Constant(value=str(docstring))):
                 if scope is None:
                     # When using 'scope is not None', Coverage 6.4.4 will consider the 'is None' branch uncovered.
                     pass
@@ -884,7 +886,7 @@ def format_template(class_or_instance: Any) -> Iterator[str]:
     yield from Binder(class_or_instance).format_toml_template()
 
 
-def _format_value_for_type(field_type: type[Any]) -> str:
+def _format_value_for_type(field_type: GenericAlias | type[Any]) -> str:
     origin = get_origin(field_type)
     if origin is None:
         if field_type is str: