diff --git a/language_tool_python/__main__.py b/language_tool_python/__main__.py
index 09b068a..b94ccb9 100644
--- a/language_tool_python/__main__.py
+++ b/language_tool_python/__main__.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
-import toml
-
+from ._compat import toml_loads
 from .exceptions import LanguageToolError
 from .server import LanguageTool
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
     project_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
     pyproject = project_root / "pyproject.toml"
     with pyproject.open("rb") as f:
-        __version__ = toml.loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))["project"]["version"]
+        __version__ = toml_loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))["project"]["version"]
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
     ) as config_path,
     config_path.open("rb") as f,
 ):
-    log_config = toml.loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))
+    log_config = toml_loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))
 dictConfig(log_config)
 
 
diff --git a/language_tool_python/_compat.py b/language_tool_python/_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5baad9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/language_tool_python/_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Compatibility helpers for Python-version-dependent imports.
+
+This module centralizes the fallback imports used across the package:
+
+- ``deprecated``: built-in ``warnings.deprecated`` on Python 3.13+, otherwise
+  ``typing_extensions.deprecated``.
+- ``toml_loads``: built-in ``tomllib.loads`` on Python 3.11+, otherwise
+``tomli.loads``.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    from tomllib import loads as toml_loads
+else:
+    from tomli import loads as toml_loads
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
+    from warnings import deprecated
+else:
+    from typing_extensions import deprecated
+
+__all__ = ["deprecated", "toml_loads"]
diff --git a/language_tool_python/_deprecated.py b/language_tool_python/_deprecated.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d772c1..0000000
--- a/language_tool_python/_deprecated.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""Provide a deprecated decorator for marking functions or classes as deprecated.
-
-If the Python version is 3.13 or higher, it uses the
-built-in ``warnings.deprecated`` decorator.
-If the Python version is lower than 3.13, it falls back to using the
-``typing_extensions.deprecated`` decorator.
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
-    from warnings import deprecated
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import deprecated
-
-__all__ = ["deprecated"]
diff --git a/language_tool_python/download_lt.py b/language_tool_python/download_lt.py
index 5e875a5..5defef8 100755
--- a/language_tool_python/download_lt.py
+++ b/language_tool_python/download_lt.py
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@
 from warnings import warn
 
 import requests
-import toml
 import tqdm
 from packaging import version
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-from ._deprecated import deprecated
+from ._compat import deprecated, toml_loads
 from .exceptions import JavaError, PathError
 from .safe_zip import SafeZipExtractor
 from .utils import (
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@
     ) as hashes_path,
     hashes_path.open("rb") as f,
 ):
-    EXPECTED_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 = toml.loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))
+    EXPECTED_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 = toml_loads(f.read().decode("utf-8"))
 
 JAVA_VERSION_REGEX = re.compile(
     r'^(?:java|openjdk) version "(?P<major1>\d+)(|\.(?P<major2>\d+)\.[^"]+)"',
diff --git a/language_tool_python/match.py b/language_tool_python/match.py
index f111e94..abd239f 100644
--- a/language_tool_python/match.py
+++ b/language_tool_python/match.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from functools import total_ordering
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from ._deprecated import deprecated
+from ._compat import deprecated
 from .utils import SupportsFloat, SupportsInt
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/language_tool_python/utils.py b/language_tool_python/utils.py
index 87f117f..38e41b5 100644
--- a/language_tool_python/utils.py
+++ b/language_tool_python/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import psutil
 from packaging import version
 
-from ._deprecated import deprecated
+from ._compat import deprecated
 from .exceptions import JavaError, PathError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 59a584a..4c208b3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "tqdm",
     "packaging",
     "psutil",
-    "toml",
+    "tomli; python_version < '3.11'", # only needed for py < 3.11 because tomllib added in 3.11 is used in the codebase, needs a fallback
     "typing_extensions; python_version < '3.13'", # only needed for py < 3.13 because warnings.deprecated added in 3.13 is used in the codebase
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_deprecated.py b/tests/test_deprecated.py
index 299ef8a..4deebd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_deprecated.py
+++ b/tests/test_deprecated.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import warnings
 
-from language_tool_python._deprecated import deprecated
+from language_tool_python._compat import deprecated
 
 EXPECTED_CUSTOM_WARNING_RESULT = 42
 EXPECTED_FUNCTION_SUM = 5
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4eaed9f..717856d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "psutil" },
     { name = "requests", version = "2.32.5", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'" },
     { name = "requests", version = "2.34.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.10'" },
-    { name = "toml" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "tqdm" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.13'" },
 ]
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "psutil" },
     { name = "requests" },
-    { name = "toml" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "tqdm" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.13'" },
 ]
@@ -1419,15 +1419,6 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.10.2"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/be/ba/1f744cdc819428fc6b5084ec34d9b30660f6f9daaf70eead706e3203ec3c/toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f", size = 22253, upload-time = "2020-11-01T01:40:22.204Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/44/6f/7120676b6d73228c96e17f1f794d8ab046fc910d781c8d151120c3f1569e/toml-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:806143ae5bfb6a3c6e736a764057db0e6a0e05e338b5630894a5f779cabb4f9b", size = 16588, upload-time = "2020-11-01T01:40:20.672Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.4.1"