diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 52e9fe3b..2ef91d0c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def create_constraints_inventory() -> None:
     "qrules.topology.NodeType": "typing.TypeVar",
     "SpinFormalism": ("obj", "qrules.transition.SpinFormalism"),
     "StateDefinition": ("obj", "qrules.combinatorics.StateDefinition"),
+    "typing.Literal[-1, 1]": "typing.Literal",
 }
 api_target_types: dict[str, str | tuple[str, str]] = {
     "qrules.combinatorics.InitialFacts": "obj",
diff --git a/src/qrules/quantum_numbers.py b/src/qrules/quantum_numbers.py
index bafae8b6..9db7fd8d 100644
--- a/src/qrules/quantum_numbers.py
+++ b/src/qrules/quantum_numbers.py
@@ -8,34 +8,38 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import sys
 from decimal import Decimal
 from fractions import Fraction
 from functools import total_ordering
 from typing import Any, Generator, NewType, Union
 
-import attrs
 from attrs import field, frozen
-from attrs.validators import instance_of
 
 from qrules._implementers import implement_pretty_repr
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    from typing_extensions import Literal
+else:
+    from typing import Literal
 
-def _check_plus_minus(_: Any, __: attrs.Attribute, value: Any) -> None:
+
+def _to_parity(value: int) -> Literal[-1, 1]:
     if not isinstance(value, int):
-        msg = (
-            f"Input for {Parity.__name__} has to be of type {int.__name__}, not"
-            f" {type(value).__name__}"
-        )
+        msg = f"Parity must be an integer, not {type(value)}"
         raise TypeError(msg)
-    if value not in {-1, +1}:
-        msg = f"Parity can only be +1 or -1, not {value}"
-        raise ValueError(msg)
+    if value == -1:
+        return -1
+    if value == +1:
+        return 1
+    msg = f"Parity can only be +1 or -1, not {value}"
+    raise ValueError(msg)
 
 
 @total_ordering
 @frozen(eq=False, hash=True, order=False, repr=False)
 class Parity:  # noqa: PLW1641
-    value: int = field(validator=[instance_of(int), _check_plus_minus])
+    value: Literal[-1, 1] = field(converter=_to_parity)
 
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         if isinstance(other, Parity):
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ def __gt__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
             return True
         return self.value > int(other)
 
-    def __int__(self) -> int:
+    def __int__(self) -> Literal[-1, 1]:
         return self.value
 
     def __neg__(self) -> Parity: