diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e494c4e..403df19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.6.2 (2023-06-10)
+------------------
+
+- piped union typehints support added. See https://github.com/dapper91/pydantic-xml/issues/56
+
 
 0.6.1 (2023-04-15)
 ------------------
diff --git a/docs/source/pages/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/pages/quickstart.rst
index e2e7c78..c1ea798 100644
--- a/docs/source/pages/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pages/quickstart.rst
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ For more information see :ref:`wrapped entities <pages/data-binding/wrapper:wrap
 Example
 _______
 
-The following example illustrates all previously described rules combined with some ``pydantic`` feature:
+The following example illustrates all previously described rules combined with some ``pydantic`` features:
 
 *doc.xml:*
 
diff --git a/pydantic_xml/serializers/serializer.py b/pydantic_xml/serializers/serializer.py
index ba84b8d..1aaca2f 100644
--- a/pydantic_xml/serializers/serializer.py
+++ b/pydantic_xml/serializers/serializer.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 import abc
 import dataclasses as dc
+import sys
 import typing
 from enum import IntEnum
 from inspect import isclass
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    UnionTypes = (Union,)
+else:
+    from types import UnionType
+    UnionTypes = (Union, UnionType)
+
 import pydantic as pd
 
 import pydantic_xml as pxml
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ def is_xml_model(tp: Any) -> bool:
 
 
 def is_union(type_: Any) -> bool:
-    return typing.get_origin(type_) is Union
+    return typing.get_origin(type_) in UnionTypes
 
 
 def is_optional(type_: Any) -> bool:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9bbbdcd..e12a283 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pydantic-xml"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.6.2"
 description = "pydantic xml extension"
 authors = ["Dmitry Pershin <dapper1291@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/tests/test_unions.py b/tests/test_unions.py
index 9103f26..b6bea48 100644
--- a/tests/test_unions.py
+++ b/tests/test_unions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
 
 import pytest
@@ -156,3 +157,61 @@ class SubModel(BaseXmlModel):
 
         class TestModel(BaseXmlModel):
             field1: Union[int, SubModel]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 10), reason="requires python 3.10 and above")
+def test_union_type():
+    class TestModel(BaseXmlModel, tag='model'):
+        text: int | float | str
+
+    xml = '''
+    <model>text</model>
+    '''
+
+    actual_obj = TestModel.from_xml(xml)
+    expected_obj = TestModel(text='text')
+
+    assert actual_obj == expected_obj
+
+    actual_xml = actual_obj.to_xml()
+    assert_xml_equal(actual_xml, xml)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 10), reason="requires python 3.10 and above")
+def test_model_union_type():
+    class SubModel1(BaseXmlModel, tag='model1'):
+        attr1: int = attr()
+
+    class SubModel2(BaseXmlModel, tag='model2'):
+        text: float
+
+    class TestModel(BaseXmlModel, tag='model'):
+        field1: SubModel1 | SubModel2 = element()
+
+    xml = '''
+    <model><model1 attr1="1"></model1></model>
+    '''
+
+    actual_obj = TestModel.from_xml(xml)
+    expected_obj = TestModel(
+        field1=SubModel1(attr1=1),
+    )
+
+    assert actual_obj == expected_obj
+
+    actual_xml = actual_obj.to_xml()
+    assert_xml_equal(actual_xml, xml)
+
+    xml = '''
+    <model><model2>inf</model2></model>
+    '''
+
+    actual_obj = TestModel.from_xml(xml)
+    expected_obj = TestModel(
+        field1=SubModel2(text=float('inf')),
+    )
+
+    assert actual_obj == expected_obj
+
+    actual_xml = actual_obj.to_xml()
+    assert_xml_equal(actual_xml, xml)