diff --git a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/events.py b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/events.py
index bacfb0f61c5a..3f22ed709c39 100644
--- a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/events.py
+++ b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/events.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from prefect.events import Event, RelatedResource, emit_event
+from prefect.utilities.importtools import lazy_import
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import kubernetes
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
     import kubernetes.watch
     from kubernetes.client import ApiClient, V1Pod
 else:
-    import kubernetes
+    kubernetes = lazy_import("kubernetes")
 
 EVICTED_REASONS = {
     "OOMKilled",
diff --git a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/worker.py b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/worker.py
index 309c20c6d4d3..3f5ff97ebb69 100644
--- a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/worker.py
+++ b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/prefect_kubernetes/worker.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 from prefect.server.schemas.responses import DeploymentResponse
 from prefect.utilities.asyncutils import run_sync_in_worker_thread
 from prefect.utilities.dockerutils import get_prefect_image_name
+from prefect.utilities.importtools import lazy_import
 from prefect.utilities.pydantic import JsonPatch
 from prefect.utilities.templating import find_placeholders
 from prefect.workers.base import (
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
 
     from prefect.client.schemas import FlowRun
 else:
-    import kubernetes
+    kubernetes = lazy_import("kubernetes")
 
 MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3
 RETRY_MIN_DELAY_SECONDS = 1
diff --git a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/tests/test_events_replicator.py b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/tests/test_events_replicator.py
index 933464b44bf9..078324a936e3 100644
--- a/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/tests/test_events_replicator.py
+++ b/src/integrations/prefect-kubernetes/tests/test_events_replicator.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 import time
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
-import kubernetes
 import pytest
 from kubernetes.client import V1Pod
 from prefect_kubernetes.events import EVICTED_REASONS, KubernetesEventsReplicator
 
 from prefect.events import RelatedResource
+from prefect.utilities.importtools import lazy_import
+
+kubernetes = lazy_import("kubernetes")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/src/prefect/blocks/kubernetes.py b/src/prefect/blocks/kubernetes.py
index 0bf6b51694ee..df3d597d86cb 100644
--- a/src/prefect/blocks/kubernetes.py
+++ b/src/prefect/blocks/kubernetes.py
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 
 from prefect.blocks.core import Block
 from prefect.utilities.collections import listrepr
+from prefect.utilities.importtools import lazy_import
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import kubernetes
     from kubernetes.client.api_client import ApiClient
 else:
-    import kubernetes
+    kubernetes = lazy_import("kubernetes")
 
 
 @deprecated_class(
diff --git a/src/prefect/infrastructure/kubernetes.py b/src/prefect/infrastructure/kubernetes.py
index d525c6f31b5f..2962dc214f97 100644
--- a/src/prefect/infrastructure/kubernetes.py
+++ b/src/prefect/infrastructure/kubernetes.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from prefect.infrastructure.base import Infrastructure, InfrastructureResult
 from prefect.utilities.asyncutils import run_sync_in_worker_thread, sync_compatible
 from prefect.utilities.hashing import stable_hash
+from prefect.utilities.importtools import lazy_import
 from prefect.utilities.pydantic import JsonPatch
 from prefect.utilities.slugify import slugify
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
     import kubernetes.config
     from kubernetes.client import BatchV1Api, CoreV1Api, V1Job, V1Pod
 else:
-    import kubernetes
+    kubernetes = lazy_import("kubernetes")
 
 
 class KubernetesImagePullPolicy(enum.Enum):