diff --git a/openapi_core/spec/accessors.py b/openapi_core/spec/accessors.py
index 2687d523..034cf18a 100644
--- a/openapi_core/spec/accessors.py
+++ b/openapi_core/spec/accessors.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
-from dictpath.accessors import DictOrListAccessor
+from pathable.accessors import LookupAccessor
 
 
-class SpecAccessor(DictOrListAccessor):
-    def __init__(self, dict_or_list, dereferencer):
-        super().__init__(dict_or_list)
+class SpecAccessor(LookupAccessor):
+    def __init__(self, lookup, dereferencer):
+        super().__init__(lookup)
         self.dereferencer = dereferencer
 
     @contextmanager
     def open(self, parts):
-        content = self.dict_or_list
+        content = self.lookup
         for part in parts:
             content = content[part]
             if "$ref" in content:
diff --git a/openapi_core/spec/paths.py b/openapi_core/spec/paths.py
index 03bb8080..c2f68506 100644
--- a/openapi_core/spec/paths.py
+++ b/openapi_core/spec/paths.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dictpath.paths import AccessorPath
+from pathable.paths import AccessorPath
 
 from openapi_core.spec.accessors import SpecAccessor
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7ffc27fc..df812ea8 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -141,14 +141,6 @@ tomli = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"toml\""}
 [package.extras]
 toml = ["tomli"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dictpath"
-version = "0.1.3"
-description = "Object-oriented dictionary paths"
-category = "main"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">= 2.7, != 3.0.*, != 3.1.*, != 3.2.*, != 3.3.*, != 3.4.*"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -470,6 +462,14 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathable"
+version = "0.4.0"
+description = "Object-oriented paths"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7.0,<4.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pathspec"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ requests = ["requests"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7.0"
-content-hash = "4631cab8bc13d5fca2ac4de30d3975dfb636bde67c76f3353abee3fad42ba5eb"
+content-hash = "c98fe6b41cca1fdf973e28609b42d139df5c129d488645ecbb76ecf9137cce44"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -1023,11 +1023,6 @@ coverage = [
     {file = "coverage-6.3-pp36.pp37.pp38-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:27ac7cb84538e278e07569ceaaa6f807a029dc194b1c819a9820b9bb5dbf63ab"},
     {file = "coverage-6.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:987a84ff98a309994ca77ed3cc4b92424f824278e48e4bf7d1bb79a63cfe2099"},
 ]
-dictpath = [
-    {file = "dictpath-0.1.3-py2-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:225248e3c1e7c375495d5da5c390cbf3490f56ee42c151df733e5b2df6b521b5"},
-    {file = "dictpath-0.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d5212361d1fb93909cff715f6e0404e17752cf7a48df3e140639e529a027c437"},
-    {file = "dictpath-0.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:751cde3b76b176d25f961b90c423a11a4d5ede9bd09ab0d64a85abb738c190d8"},
-]
 distlib = [
     {file = "distlib-0.3.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6564fe0a8f51e734df6333d08b8b94d4ea8ee6b99b5ed50613f731fd4089f34b"},
     {file = "distlib-0.3.4.zip", hash = "sha256:e4b58818180336dc9c529bfb9a0b58728ffc09ad92027a3f30b7cd91e3458579"},
@@ -1196,6 +1191,10 @@ packaging = [
 parse = [
     {file = "parse-1.19.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9ff82852bcb65d139813e2a5197627a94966245c897796760a3a2a8eb66f020b"},
 ]
+pathable = [
+    {file = "pathable-0.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6b4d20220a19dc1612a0e05f1d3734acf398131d005bd2a406dbd1394d4f6f06"},
+    {file = "pathable-0.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:da4eb6a827355c2a5792b26d59ab801fcd25ef10f6ed60098ec248eb780052e3"},
+]
 pathspec = [
     {file = "pathspec-0.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d15c4ddb0b5c802d161efc417ec1a2558ea2653c2e8ad9c19098201dc1c993a"},
     {file = "pathspec-0.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e564499435a2673d586f6b2130bb5b95f04a3ba06f81b8f895b651a3c76aabb1"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 349572cf..b8c1dc9d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7.0"
-dictpath = "*"
+pathable = "^0.4.0"
 django = {version = ">=3.0", optional = true}
 falcon = {version = ">=3.0", optional = true}
 flask = {version = "*", optional = true}