diff --git a/src/pymodaq_gui/qvariant.py b/src/pymodaq_gui/qvariant.py
index 7df1ad80..8c652cc1 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_gui/qvariant.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_gui/qvariant.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from qtpy import API_NAME
 
-if API_NAME.lower() == 'pyqt5':
+if API_NAME.lower()in ['pyqt5', 'pyqt6']:
     from qtpy.QtCore import QVariant
 else:
     def QVariant(*args):