diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 04f1b273..c25588d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "mkdocstrings>=0.20",
-    "griffe>=0.30,<0.33",
+    "griffe>=0.33",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
index 7a7d0da3..bd25424d 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/handler.py
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ def update_env(self, md: Markdown, config: dict) -> None:  # noqa: D102 (ignore
         self.env.trim_blocks = True
         self.env.lstrip_blocks = True
         self.env.keep_trailing_newline = False
+        self.env.filters["split_path"] = rendering.do_split_path
         self.env.filters["crossref"] = rendering.do_crossref
         self.env.filters["multi_crossref"] = rendering.do_multi_crossref
         self.env.filters["order_members"] = rendering.do_order_members
diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/rendering.py b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/rendering.py
index ce6cf9cb..7a875a5c 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/rendering.py
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/rendering.py
@@ -174,6 +174,28 @@ def repl(match: Match) -> str:
     return Markup(text).format(**variables)
 
 
+def do_split_path(path: str, full_path: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """Split object paths for building cross-references.
+
+    Parameters:
+        path: The path to split.
+
+    Returns:
+        A list of pairs (title, full path).
+    """
+    if "." not in path:
+        return [(path, full_path)]
+    pairs = []
+    full_path = ""
+    for part in path.split("."):
+        if full_path:
+            full_path += f".{part}"
+        else:
+            full_path = part
+        pairs.append((part, full_path))
+    return pairs
+
+
 def _keep_object(name: str, filters: Sequence[tuple[Pattern, bool]]) -> bool:
     keep = None
     rules = set()
diff --git a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
index 9bcfc867..52d3a624 100644
--- a/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
+++ b/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/expression.html
@@ -1,14 +1,46 @@
-{%- set original_expression = expression -%}
-{%- if original_expression is iterable and original_expression is not string -%}
-  {%- for expression in original_expression -%}
-    {%- include "expression.html" with context -%}
-  {%- endfor -%}
-{%- elif original_expression is string -%}
-  {{ original_expression }}
-{%- else -%}
-  {%- with annotation = original_expression|attr(config.annotations_path) -%}
-    {%- filter stash_crossref(length=annotation|length) -%}
-      <span data-autorefs-optional{% if annotation != original_expression.full %}-hover{% endif %}="{{ original_expression.full }}">{{ annotation }}</span>
-    {%- endfilter -%}
+{%- macro crossref(name, annotation_path) -%}
+  {%- with full = name.canonical_path -%}
+    {%- if annotation_path == "brief" -%}
+      {%- set annotation = name.canonical_name -%}
+    {%- elif annotation_path == "source" -%}
+      {%- set annotation = name.name -%}
+    {%- elif annotation_path == "full" -%}
+      {%- set annotation = full -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- for title, path in annotation|split_path(full) -%}
+      {%- filter stash_crossref(length=title|length) -%}
+        <span data-autorefs-optional{% if title != path %}-hover{% endif %}="{{ path }}">{{ title }}</span>
+      {%- endfilter -%}
+      {%- if not loop.last -%}.{%- endif -%}
+    {%- endfor -%}
   {%- endwith -%}
-{%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- macro render(expression, annotations_path) -%}
+  {%- if expression is string -%}
+    {%- if signature -%}{{ expression|safe }}{%- else -%}{{ expression }}{%- endif -%}
+  {%- elif expression.classname == "ExprName" -%}
+    {{ crossref(expression, annotations_path) }}
+  {%- elif expression.classname == "ExprAttribute" -%}
+    {%- if annotations_path == "brief" -%}
+      {{ render(expression.last, "brief") }}
+    {%- elif annotations_path == "full" -%}
+      {{ render(expression.first, "full") }}
+      {%- for element in expression -%}
+        {%- if not loop.first -%}
+          {{ render(element, "brief") }}
+        {%- endif -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- else -%}
+      {%- for element in expression -%}
+        {{ render(element, annotations_path) }}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+  {%- else -%}
+    {%- for element in expression -%}
+      {{ render(element, annotations_path) }}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{{ render(expression, config.annotations_path) }}