diff --git a/overrides/__init__.py b/overrides/__init__.py
index 1986079..fde8166 100644
--- a/overrides/__init__.py
+++ b/overrides/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from overrides.enforce import EnforceOverrides
-from overrides.final import final
+import sys
+if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
+    from overrides.final import final
+else:
+    from typing import final
 from overrides.overrides import __VERSION__, overrides
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/overrides/enforce.py b/overrides/enforce.py
index 56a91cd..8901c3d 100644
--- a/overrides/enforce.py
+++ b/overrides/enforce.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ def _check_if_overrides_without_overrides_decorator(name, value, bases):
     def _check_if_overrides_final_method(name, bases):
         for base in bases:
             base_class_method = getattr(base, name, False)
-            # `__finalized__` is added by `@final` decorator
-            if getattr(base_class_method, "__finalized__", False):
+            # `__final__` is added by `@final` decorator
+            if getattr(base_class_method, "__final__", False):
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"Method {name} is finalized in {base}, it cannot be overridden"
                 )
diff --git a/overrides/final.py b/overrides/final.py
index a92e60c..14dde3c 100644
--- a/overrides/final.py
+++ b/overrides/final.py
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 from types import FunctionType
 from typing import Callable, TypeVar, Union
 
-__VERSION__ = "0.1"
-
-
 _WrappedMethod = TypeVar("_WrappedMethod", bound=Union[FunctionType, Callable])
 
 
@@ -44,5 +41,5 @@ def method(self): #causes an error
     :raises AssertionError: if there exists a match in sub classes for the method name
     :return: method
     """
-    setattr(method, "__finalized__", True)
+    setattr(method, "__final__", True)
     return method
diff --git a/overrides/overrides.py b/overrides/overrides.py
index 8573ecb..a3c475b 100644
--- a/overrides/overrides.py
+++ b/overrides/overrides.py
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@ def _validate_method(method, super_class, check_signature):
     is_static = isinstance(
         inspect.getattr_static(super_class, method.__name__), staticmethod
     )
-    if hasattr(super_method, "__finalized__"):
-        finalized = getattr(super_method, "__finalized__")
-        if finalized:
-            raise TypeError(f"{method.__name__}: is finalized in {super_class}")
+    if getattr(super_method, "__final__", False):
+        raise TypeError(f"{method.__name__}: is finalized in {super_class}")
     if not method.__doc__:
         method.__doc__ = super_method.__doc__
     if (
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8bc6bcc..f66529d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from os.path import abspath, join, dirname
 
 name = "Mikko Korpela"
-# I might be just a little bit too much afraid of those bots..
+# I might be just a bit too much afraid of those bots.
 address = name.lower().replace(" ", ".") + chr(64) + "gmail.com"
 
 desc = "A decorator to automatically detect mismatch when overriding a method."