From 9ca3b599fc28668ae25fd1674a63739ca8534f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lonami Exo <totufals@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:04:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Python 3.6 compatibility

Introduced on accident by #4475.
---
 telethon/client/uploads.py | 2 +-
 telethon/version.py        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/telethon/client/uploads.py b/telethon/client/uploads.py
index 82437b5f..c8b8d951 100644
--- a/telethon/client/uploads.py
+++ b/telethon/client/uploads.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class UploadMethods:
             comment_to: 'typing.Union[int, types.Message]' = None,
             ttl: int = None,
             nosound_video: bool = None,
-            **kwargs) -> list[typing.Any] | typing.Any:
+            **kwargs) -> typing.Union[typing.List[typing.Any], typing.Any]:
         """
         Sends message with the given file to the specified entity.
 
diff --git a/telethon/version.py b/telethon/version.py
index d8c63aac..f27eec37 100644
--- a/telethon/version.py
+++ b/telethon/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Versions should comply with PEP440.
 # This line is parsed in setup.py:
-__version__ = '1.38.0'
+__version__ = '1.38.1'