diff --git a/modin/pandas/dataframe.py b/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
index cf986d5c5b7..73159afacc6 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/dataframe.py
@@ -2818,7 +2818,9 @@ def __dataframe_consortium_standard__(
         This is developed and maintained outside of Modin.
         Please report any issues to https://github.com/data-apis/dataframe-api-compat.
         """
-        dataframe_api_compat = import_optional_dependency("dataframe_api_compat")
+        dataframe_api_compat = import_optional_dependency(
+            "dataframe_api_compat", "implementation"
+        )
         convert_to_standard_compliant_dataframe = (
             dataframe_api_compat.modin_standard.convert_to_standard_compliant_dataframe
         )
diff --git a/modin/pandas/series.py b/modin/pandas/series.py
index 4def7279476..4db535508e1 100644
--- a/modin/pandas/series.py
+++ b/modin/pandas/series.py
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ def __column_consortium_standard__(
         This is developed and maintained outside of Modin.
         Please report any issues to https://github.com/data-apis/dataframe-api-compat.
         """
-        dataframe_api_compat = import_optional_dependency("dataframe_api_compat")
+        dataframe_api_compat = import_optional_dependency(
+            "dataframe_api_compat", "implementation"
+        )
         return dataframe_api_compat.modin_standard.convert_to_standard_compliant_column(
             self, api_version=api_version
         )