diff --git a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/python.py b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/python.py
index 628e56c1863c7..2ac571eac2599 100644
--- a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/python.py
+++ b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/python.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 )
 from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.models.variable import Variable
-from airflow.operators.branch import BranchMixIn
 from airflow.providers.standard.utils.python_virtualenv import prepare_virtualenv, write_python_script
 from airflow.providers.standard.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
 from airflow.utils import hashlib_wrapper
@@ -53,9 +52,11 @@
 from airflow.utils.process_utils import execute_in_subprocess, execute_in_subprocess_with_kwargs
 
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
+    from airflow.providers.standard.operators.branch import BranchMixIn
     from airflow.providers.standard.utils.skipmixin import SkipMixin
 else:
     from airflow.models.skipmixin import SkipMixin
+    from airflow.operators.branch import BranchMixIn
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)