diff --git a/dataframely/collection.py b/dataframely/collection.py
index 70d6595..6e85040 100644
--- a/dataframely/collection.py
+++ b/dataframely/collection.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC
-from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping, Sequence
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Generic, Self, TypeVar, cast
 
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
     SamplingType = TypeVar(
-        "SamplingType", bound=MutableMapping[str, Any], default=dict[str, Any]
+        "SamplingType", bound=Mapping[str, Any], default=Mapping[str, Any]
     )
 else:  # pragma: no cover
-    SamplingType = TypeVar("SamplingType", bound=MutableMapping[str, Any])
+    SamplingType = TypeVar("SamplingType", bound=Mapping[str, Any])
 
 
 class Collection(BaseCollection, ABC, Generic[SamplingType]):
diff --git a/dataframely/functional.py b/dataframely/functional.py
index eb42e7e..b2afc56 100644
--- a/dataframely/functional.py
+++ b/dataframely/functional.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 
 import polars as pl
 
+from ._base_collection import BaseCollection
 from ._typing import LazyFrame
-from .collection import Collection
 from .schema import Schema
 
 S = TypeVar("S", bound=Schema)
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=Schema)
-C = TypeVar("C", bound=Collection)
+
+# NOTE: Binding to `BaseCollection` is required here as the TypeVar default for the
+#  sampling type otherwise causes issues for Python 3.13.
+C = TypeVar("C", bound=BaseCollection)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 #                                        FILTER                                        #
diff --git a/tests/test_typing.py b/tests/test_typing.py
index 3fae814..ce403bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_typing.py
+++ b/tests/test_typing.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import datetime
 import decimal
 import functools
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, NotRequired, TypedDict
 
 import polars as pl
 import pytest
@@ -61,7 +61,21 @@ class MySecondSchema(dy.Schema):
     b = dy.Integer()
 
 
-class MyCollection(dy.Collection):
+class SamplingTypeFirst(TypedDict):
+    a: NotRequired[int]
+
+
+class SamplingTypeSecond(TypedDict):
+    a: NotRequired[int]
+    b: NotRequired[int]
+
+
+class SamplingType(TypedDict):
+    first: NotRequired[SamplingTypeFirst]
+    second: NotRequired[SamplingTypeSecond]
+
+
+class MyCollection(dy.Collection[SamplingType]):
     first: dy.LazyFrame[MyFirstSchema]
     second: dy.LazyFrame[MySecondSchema]
 
@@ -73,6 +87,12 @@ def test_collection_filter_return_value() -> None:
     assert len(failure["third"]) == 0  # type: ignore[misc]
 
 
+def test_collection_concat() -> None:
+    c1 = MyCollection.create_empty()
+    c2 = MyCollection.create_empty()
+    dy.concat_collection_members([c1, c2])
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
 #                                       ITER ROWS                                      #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #