diff --git a/chanfig/nested_dict.py b/chanfig/nested_dict.py
index ff6e2b04..de608198 100644
--- a/chanfig/nested_dict.py
+++ b/chanfig/nested_dict.py
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
 from os import PathLike
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Mapping
 
+try:
+    from functools import cached_property
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from backports.cached_property import cached_property  # type: ignore
+    except ImportError:
+        cached_property = property  # type: ignore
+
 from .default_dict import DefaultDict
 from .flat_dict import FlatDict
 from .utils import _K, _V, Null, PathStr
@@ -406,7 +414,7 @@ def set(  # pylint: disable=W0221
         try:
             while isinstance(name, str) and delimiter in name:
                 name, rest = name.split(delimiter, 1)
-                if name in dir(self) and isinstance(getattr(self.__class__, name), property):
+                if name in dir(self) and isinstance(getattr(self.__class__, name), (property, cached_property)):
                     self, name = getattr(self, name), rest
                 elif name not in self and isinstance(self, Mapping):
                     default = (
@@ -562,7 +570,7 @@ def _merge(this: FlatDict, that: Iterable, overwrite: bool = True) -> Mapping:
                     this.set(key, value, convert_mapping=True)
                 elif overwrite:
                     this[key] = value
-            elif key in dir(this) and isinstance(getattr(this.__class__, key), property):
+            elif key in dir(this) and isinstance(getattr(this.__class__, key), (property, cached_property)):
                 getattr(this, key).merge(value, overwrite=overwrite)
             elif overwrite or key not in this:
                 if isinstance(this, NestedDict):