diff --git a/fastapi/routing.py b/fastapi/routing.py
index bf61a65c1..54c75a027 100644
--- a/fastapi/routing.py
+++ b/fastapi/routing.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import (
     Any,
     AsyncIterator,
     Callable,
+    Collection,
     Coroutine,
     Dict,
     List,
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ class APIRouter(routing.Router):
     def route(
         self,
         path: str,
-        methods: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        methods: Optional[Collection[str]] = None,
         name: Optional[str] = None,
         include_in_schema: bool = True,
     ) -> Callable[[DecoratedCallable], DecoratedCallable]:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3fc54e3d..7709451ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "starlette>=0.40.0,<0.47.0",
+    "starlette>=0.40.0,<0.48.0",
     "pydantic>=1.7.4,!=1.8,!=1.8.1,!=2.0.0,!=2.0.1,!=2.1.0,<3.0.0",
     "typing-extensions>=4.8.0",
 ]