diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04b5ff8..e1c6224 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/compare/3.1.0...main)
 
+### Changed
+- Updated the type for `CollectionMeta.partitioning` to allow a list of dicts [#34](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/pull/34)
 
 ## [3.1.0](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/compare/3.0.9...3.1.0)
 
 ### Deprecated
-- Deprecated `Cookies` model and `.cookies` property on `System` and `PrivacyDeclaration` [#199](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/pull/27)
+- Deprecated `Cookies` model and `.cookies` property on `System` and `PrivacyDeclaration` [#27](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/pull/27)
 
 
 ## [3.0.9](https://github.com/ethyca/fideslang/compare/3.0.8...3.0.9)
diff --git a/src/fideslang/models.py b/src/fideslang/models.py
index 4dd3385..4ce2340 100644
--- a/src/fideslang/models.py
+++ b/src/fideslang/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Annotated, Dict, List, Optional, Union, Any
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 from warnings import warn
 
 from packaging.version import InvalidVersion, Version
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class CollectionMeta(BaseModel):
 
     # partitioning metadata is kept open-ended as it is an experimental feature -
     # more strictly defined metadata structures will be supported in the future
-    partitioning: Optional[Dict] = None
+    partitioning: Optional[Union[Dict, List[Dict]]] = None
 
 
 class DatasetCollection(FidesopsMetaBackwardsCompat):