diff --git a/spacy/ty.py b/spacy/ty.py
index 8f2903d78..09be540e8 100644
--- a/spacy/ty.py
+++ b/spacy/ty.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Optional, Any, Iterable, Dict, Callable, Sequence, List
+
+from spacy.language import Language
 from .compat import Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
 from thinc.api import Optimizer, Model
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ class InitializableComponent(Protocol):
     def initialize(
         self,
         get_examples: Callable[[], Iterable["Example"]],
-        nlp: Iterable["Example"],
+        nlp: Language,
         **kwargs: Any
     ):
         ...