diff --git a/python/src/io.rs b/python/src/io.rs
index d29bfb9d..28245b39 100644
--- a/python/src/io.rs
+++ b/python/src/io.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::cmp::max;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufWriter, Cursor, Read, Write};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub fn add_to_module(module: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
     module.add_wrapped(wrap_pyfunction!(parse))?;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn add_to_module(module: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
 /// and ``application/xml`` for `RDF/XML <https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/>`_.
 ///
 /// :param input: The binary I/O object or file path to read from. For example, it could be a file path as a string or a file reader opened in binary mode with ``open('my_file.ttl', 'rb')``.
-/// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str
+/// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str or pathlib.Path
 /// :param mime_type: the MIME type of the RDF serialization.
 /// :type mime_type: str
 /// :param base_iri: the base IRI used to resolve the relative IRIs in the file or :py:const:`None` if relative IRI resolution should not be done.
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ pub fn parse(
     base_iri: Option<&str>,
     py: Python<'_>,
 ) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
-    let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<&str>(py) {
-        PyReadable::from_file(path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
+    let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<PathBuf>(py) {
+        PyReadable::from_file(&path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
     } else {
         PyReadable::from_data(input, py)
     };
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn parse(
 /// :param input: the RDF triples and quads to serialize.
 /// :type input: iterable(Triple) or iterable(Quad)
 /// :param output: The binary I/O object or file path to write to. For example, it could be a file path as a string or a file writer opened in binary mode with ``open('my_file.ttl', 'wb')``.
-/// :type output: io(bytes) or str
+/// :type output: io(bytes) or str or pathlib.Path
 /// :param mime_type: the MIME type of the RDF serialization.
 /// :type mime_type: str
 /// :rtype: None
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ pub fn parse(
 /// b'<http://example.com> <http://example.com/p> "1" .\n'
 #[pyfunction]
 pub fn serialize(input: &PyAny, output: PyObject, mime_type: &str, py: Python<'_>) -> PyResult<()> {
-    let output = if let Ok(path) = output.extract::<&str>(py) {
-        PyWritable::from_file(path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
+    let output = if let Ok(path) = output.extract::<PathBuf>(py) {
+        PyWritable::from_file(&path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
     } else {
         PyWritable::from_data(output)
     };
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ pub enum PyReadable {
 }
 
 impl PyReadable {
-    pub fn from_file(file: &str, py: Python<'_>) -> io::Result<Self> {
+    pub fn from_file(file: &Path, py: Python<'_>) -> io::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self::File(py.allow_threads(|| File::open(file))?))
     }
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ pub enum PyWritable {
 }
 
 impl PyWritable {
-    pub fn from_file(file: &str, py: Python<'_>) -> io::Result<Self> {
+    pub fn from_file(file: &Path, py: Python<'_>) -> io::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self::File(BufWriter::new(
             py.allow_threads(|| File::create(file))?,
         )))
diff --git a/python/src/store.rs b/python/src/store.rs
index 5e3c1df9..957c1b5c 100644
--- a/python/src/store.rs
+++ b/python/src/store.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use oxigraph::sparql::Update;
 use oxigraph::store::{self, LoaderError, SerializerError, StorageError, Store};
 use pyo3::exceptions::{PyIOError, PyRuntimeError, PyValueError};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 /// RDF store.
 ///
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ use pyo3::prelude::*;
 /// :param path: the path of the directory in which the store should read and write its data. If the directory does not exist, it is created.
 ///              If no directory is provided a temporary one is created and removed when the Python garbage collector removes the store.
 ///              In this case, the store data are kept in memory and never written on disk.
-/// :type path: str or None, optional
+/// :type path: str or pathlib.Path or None, optional
 /// :raises IOError: if the target directory contains invalid data or could not be accessed.
 ///
 /// The :py:func:`str` function provides a serialization of the store in NQuads:
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ pub struct PyStore {
 impl PyStore {
     #[new]
     #[pyo3(signature = (path = None))]
-    fn new(path: Option<&str>, py: Python<'_>) -> PyResult<Self> {
+    fn new(path: Option<PathBuf>, py: Python<'_>) -> PyResult<Self> {
         py.allow_threads(|| {
             Ok(Self {
                 inner: if let Some(path) = path {
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ impl PyStore {
     /// and ``application/xml`` for `RDF/XML <https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/>`_.
     ///
     /// :param input: The binary I/O object or file path to read from. For example, it could be a file path as a string or a file reader opened in binary mode with ``open('my_file.ttl', 'rb')``.
-    /// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str
+    /// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str or pathlib.Path
     /// :param mime_type: the MIME type of the RDF serialization.
     /// :type mime_type: str
     /// :param base_iri: the base IRI used to resolve the relative IRIs in the file or :py:const:`None` if relative IRI resolution should not be done.
@@ -387,8 +388,8 @@ impl PyStore {
         } else {
             None
         };
-        let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<&str>(py) {
-            PyReadable::from_file(path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
+        let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<PathBuf>(py) {
+            PyReadable::from_file(&path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
         } else {
             PyReadable::from_data(input, py)
         };
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ impl PyStore {
     /// and ``application/xml`` for `RDF/XML <https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/>`_.
     ///
     /// :param input: The binary I/O object or file path to read from. For example, it could be a file path as a string or a file reader opened in binary mode with ``open('my_file.ttl', 'rb')``.
-    /// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str
+    /// :type input: io(bytes) or io(str) or str or pathlib.Path
     /// :param mime_type: the MIME type of the RDF serialization.
     /// :type mime_type: str
     /// :param base_iri: the base IRI used to resolve the relative IRIs in the file or :py:const:`None` if relative IRI resolution should not be done.
@@ -469,8 +470,8 @@ impl PyStore {
         } else {
             None
         };
-        let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<&str>(py) {
-            PyReadable::from_file(path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
+        let input = if let Ok(path) = input.extract::<PathBuf>(py) {
+            PyReadable::from_file(&path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
         } else {
             PyReadable::from_data(input, py)
         };
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ impl PyStore {
     /// and ``application/xml`` for `RDF/XML <https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/>`_.
     ///
     /// :param output: The binary I/O object or file path to write to. For example, it could be a file path as a string or a file writer opened in binary mode with ``open('my_file.ttl', 'wb')``.
-    /// :type output: io(bytes) or str
+    /// :type output: io(bytes) or str or pathlib.Path
     /// :param mime_type: the MIME type of the RDF serialization.
     /// :type mime_type: str
     /// :param from_graph: if a triple based format is requested, the store graph from which dump the triples. By default, the default graph is used.
@@ -541,8 +542,8 @@ impl PyStore {
         from_graph: Option<&PyAny>,
         py: Python<'_>,
     ) -> PyResult<()> {
-        let output = if let Ok(path) = output.extract::<&str>(py) {
-            PyWritable::from_file(path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
+        let output = if let Ok(path) = output.extract::<PathBuf>(py) {
+            PyWritable::from_file(&path, py).map_err(map_io_err)?
         } else {
             PyWritable::from_data(output)
         };
diff --git a/python/tests/test_store.py b/python/tests/test_store.py
index b29447c8..287bd27e 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_store.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_store.py
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ class TestStore(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_load_file(self) -> None:
         with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as fp:
-            file_name = fp.name
+            file_name = Path(fp.name)
             fp.write(b"<http://foo> <http://bar> <http://baz> <http://graph>.")
         store = Store()
         store.load(file_name, mime_type="application/n-quads")
-        Path(file_name).unlink()
+        file_name.unlink()
         self.assertEqual(set(store), {Quad(foo, bar, baz, graph)})
 
     def test_load_with_io_error(self) -> None:
@@ -311,12 +311,12 @@ class TestStore(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_dump_file(self) -> None:
         with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as fp:
-            file_name = fp.name
+            file_name = Path(fp.name)
         store = Store()
         store.add(Quad(foo, bar, baz, graph))
         store.dump(file_name, "application/n-quads")
         self.assertEqual(
-            Path(file_name).read_text(),
+            file_name.read_text(),
             "<http://foo> <http://bar> <http://baz> <http://graph> .\n",
         )