diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
index 7121405d6690d4..f26b46cafed637 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/utils/pod_manager.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 from urllib3.response import HTTPResponse
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
+from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client import get_kube_client
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.pod_generator import PodDefaults
 from airflow.typing_compat import Literal, Protocol
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin