diff --git a/pymc/sampling/parallel.py b/pymc/sampling/parallel.py
index 4edc80433d..67417e0d8f 100644
--- a/pymc/sampling/parallel.py
+++ b/pymc/sampling/parallel.py
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
 
 from pymc.blocking import DictToArrayBijection
 from pymc.exceptions import SamplingError
-from pymc.util import CustomProgress, default_progress_theme
+from pymc.util import (
+    CustomProgress,
+    RandomGeneratorState,
+    default_progress_theme,
+    get_state_from_generator,
+    random_generator_from_state,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -96,13 +102,12 @@ def __init__(
         shared_point,
         draws: int,
         tune: int,
-        rng: np.random.Generator,
-        seed_seq: np.random.SeedSequence,
+        rng_state: RandomGeneratorState,
         blas_cores,
     ):
         # For some strange reason, spawn multiprocessing doesn't copy the rng
         # seed sequence, so we have to rebuild it from scratch
-        rng = np.random.Generator(type(rng.bit_generator)(seed_seq))
+        rng = random_generator_from_state(rng_state)
         self._msg_pipe = msg_pipe
         self._step_method = step_method
         self._step_method_is_pickled = step_method_is_pickled
@@ -263,8 +268,7 @@ def __init__(
                 self._shared_point,
                 draws,
                 tune,
-                rng,
-                rng.bit_generator.seed_seq,
+                get_state_from_generator(rng),
                 blas_cores,
             ),
         )