diff --git a/muon/_core/preproc.py b/muon/_core/preproc.py
index 2e39562..695c3aa 100644
--- a/muon/_core/preproc.py
+++ b/muon/_core/preproc.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from sklearn.utils import check_random_state
 
 from anndata import AnnData
+import scanpy
 from scanpy import logging
 from scanpy.tools._utils import _choose_representation
 from scanpy.neighbors._connectivity import umap
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@
 from umap.umap_ import nearest_neighbors
 from numba import njit, prange
 
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+if Version(scanpy.__version__) < Version("1.10"):
+    from scanpy.neighbors import _compute_connectivities_umap
+else:
+    from scanpy.neighbors._connectivity import umap as _compute_connectivities_umap
+
 from mudata import MuData
 
 # Computational methods for preprocessing
@@ -585,7 +593,7 @@ def neighdist(cell, nz):
     neighbordistances = _sparse_csr_fast_knn(neighbordistances, n_neighbors + 1)
 
     logging.info("Calculating connectivities...")
-    connectivities = umap(
+    connectivities = _compute_connectivities_umap(
         knn_indices=neighbordistances.indices.reshape(
             (neighbordistances.shape[0], n_neighbors + 1)
         ),