diff --git a/src/constraint_tree.jl b/src/constraint_tree.jl
index 5e212c2..c198430 100644
--- a/src/constraint_tree.jl
+++ b/src/constraint_tree.jl
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ interval bound for all variables, it is impossible to use a tuple (since its
 length is 2); in such case use `bound = Ref((minimum, maximum))`, which has the
 correct length.
 """
-function variables(; keys::Union{Vector{Symbol},Set{Symbol}}, bounds = nothing)
+function variables(; keys::AbstractVector{Symbol}, bounds = nothing)
     bs =
         isnothing(bounds) ? Base.Iterators.cycle(tuple(nothing)) :
         length(bounds) == 1 ? Base.Iterators.cycle(bounds) :