diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/helpers.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/helpers.py
index 73265463edc9b..b9efda28b148c 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/utils/helpers.py
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ def __getattr__(name: str):
     except KeyError:
         raise AttributeError(f"module '{__name__}' has no attribute '{name}'") from None
 
+    import importlib
     import warnings
 
     warnings.warn(
@@ -320,4 +321,4 @@ def __getattr__(name: str):
         DeprecationWarning,
         stacklevel=2,
     )
-    return getattr(__import__(modpath), name)
+    return getattr(importlib.import_module(modpath), name)