diff --git a/datalad_next/runners/iter_subproc.py b/datalad_next/runners/iter_subproc.py
index 9fcfe23d..5d5bf932 100644
--- a/datalad_next/runners/iter_subproc.py
+++ b/datalad_next/runners/iter_subproc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import List
+from typing import (
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+)
 
 from datalad_next.iterable_subprocess.iterable_subprocess \
     import iterable_subprocess
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@
 def iter_subproc(
     args: List[str],
     *,
-    input: List[bytes] | None = None,
+    input: Iterable[bytes] | None = None,
     chunk_size: int = COPY_BUFSIZE,
 ):
     """Context manager to communicate with a subprocess using iterables