diff --git a/src/quemb/kbe/pbe.py b/src/quemb/kbe/pbe.py
index 583cbc64..9211f50f 100644
--- a/src/quemb/kbe/pbe.py
+++ b/src/quemb/kbe/pbe.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import pickle
-from multiprocessing import Pool
+from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool as Pool
 
 import h5py
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/src/quemb/molbe/be_parallel.py b/src/quemb/molbe/be_parallel.py
index 7dcc9679..76856324 100644
--- a/src/quemb/molbe/be_parallel.py
+++ b/src/quemb/molbe/be_parallel.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Author(s): Oinam Romesh Meitei, Leah Weisburn
 
 import os
-from multiprocessing import Pool
+from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool as Pool
 
 from numpy import asarray, diag_indices, einsum, float64, zeros_like
 from numpy.linalg import multi_dot