diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae32b0a..26f957f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,11 +151,12 @@ interface, providing a `dict`-like API to manipulate data for the object it wrap
 
 **Attributes**
 
-#### class attribute `ADAPTER_CLASSES: collections.deque`
+#### class attribute `ADAPTER_CLASSES: Iterable`
 
-Stores the currently registered adapter classes. Being a
-[`collections.deque`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.deque),
-it supports efficient addition/deletion of adapters classes to both ends.
+Stores the currently registered adapter classes. The default implementaion uses a
+[`collections.deque`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.deque)
+to support efficient addition/deletion of adapters classes to both ends, but any other iterable
+(e.g. `list`, `tuple`) will work.
 
 The order in which the adapters are registered is important. When an `ItemAdapter` object is
 created for a specific item, the registered adapters are traversed in order and the first
@@ -383,7 +384,6 @@ attribute as needed:
 
 **Example**
 ```python
->>> from collections import deque
 >>> from itemadapter.adapter import (
 ...     ItemAdapter,
 ...     AttrsAdapter,
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ attribute as needed:
 >>> from scrapy.item import Item, Field
 >>>
 >>> class BuiltinTypesItemAdapter(ItemAdapter):
-...     ADAPTER_CLASSES = deque([DictAdapter, DataclassAdapter])
+...     ADAPTER_CLASSES = [DictAdapter, DataclassAdapter]
 ...
 >>> class ThirdPartyTypesItemAdapter(ItemAdapter):
-...     ADAPTER_CLASSES = deque([AttrsAdapter, PydanticAdapter, ScrapyItemAdapter])
+...     ADAPTER_CLASSES = [AttrsAdapter, PydanticAdapter, ScrapyItemAdapter]
 ...
 >>> class ScrapyItem(Item):
 ...     foo = Field()
diff --git a/itemadapter/adapter.py b/itemadapter/adapter.py
index f7ac90d..3105748 100644
--- a/itemadapter/adapter.py
+++ b/itemadapter/adapter.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import KeysView, MutableMapping
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import Any, Deque, Iterator, Type, Optional, List
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Iterator, Type, Optional, List
 
 from itemadapter.utils import (
     _get_pydantic_model_metadata,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class ItemAdapter(MutableMapping):
     to extract and set data without having to take the object's type into account.
     """
 
-    ADAPTER_CLASSES: Deque[Type[AdapterInterface]] = deque(
+    ADAPTER_CLASSES: Iterable[Type[AdapterInterface]] = deque(
         [
             ScrapyItemAdapter,
             DictAdapter,
diff --git a/tests/test_itemadapter.py b/tests/test_itemadapter.py
index 91f7a21..6d5598f 100644
--- a/tests/test_itemadapter.py
+++ b/tests/test_itemadapter.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import unittest
-from collections import deque
 
 from itemadapter.adapter import ItemAdapter, DictAdapter
 
 
 class DictOnlyItemAdapter(ItemAdapter):
-    ADAPTER_CLASSES = deque([DictAdapter])
+    ADAPTER_CLASSES = [DictAdapter]
 
 
 class ItemAdapterTestCase(unittest.TestCase):