diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/target.py b/ansible_mitogen/target.py
index 47249f25..582bf85e 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/target.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/target.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import functools
 import grp
 import json
 import logging
-import new
 import operator
 import os
 import pwd
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import traceback
+import types
 
 import mitogen.core
 import mitogen.fork
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import mitogen.service
 # we must setup a fake "__main__" before that module is ever imported. The
 # str() is to cast Unicode to bytes on Python 2.6.
 if not sys.modules.get(str('__main__')):
-    sys.modules[str('__main__')] = new.module(str('__main__'))
+    sys.modules[str('__main__')] = types.ModuleType(str('__main__'))
 
 import ansible.module_utils.json_utils
 import ansible_mitogen.runner
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2efdb035..6588629b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Release Notes
       supported under Ansible 2.6. Contributed by `Dan Quackenbush
       <https://github.com/danquack>`_.
 
+    * Compatible with development versions of Ansible post https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41749
+
 
 v0.2.2 (2018-07-26)
 -------------------