diff --git a/xradar/io/backends/metek.py b/xradar/io/backends/metek.py
index c2d17e54..a570187f 100644
--- a/xradar/io/backends/metek.py
+++ b/xradar/io/backends/metek.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
-from datatree import DataTree
 from xarray.backends.common import AbstractDataStore, BackendArray, BackendEntrypoint
 from xarray.backends.file_manager import CachingFileManager
 from xarray.backends.store import StoreBackendEntrypoint
@@ -615,7 +614,7 @@ def open_dataset(
 
 
 def open_metek_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
-    """Open Metek MRR2 dataset as :py:class:`datatree.DataTree`.
+    """Open Metek MRR2 dataset as :py:class:`xarray.DataTree`.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ def open_metek_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
 
     Returns
     -------
-    dtree: datatree.DataTree
+    dtree: xarray.DataTree
         DataTree
     """
     # handle kwargs, extract first_dim
@@ -674,6 +673,6 @@ def open_metek_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
     ds.insert(0, xr.Dataset())  # open_dataset(filename_or_obj, group="/"))
 
     # create datatree root node with required data
-    dtree = DataTree(data=_assign_root(ds), name="root")
+    dtree = xr.DataTree(dataset=_assign_root(ds), name="root")
     # return datatree with attached sweep child nodes
     return _attach_sweep_groups(dtree, ds[1:])