diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/connection.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/connection.py
index 0e1505f4667dd..d58f2b3202dbd 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/connection.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/connection.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 from airflow._shared.module_loading import import_string
 from airflow._shared.secrets_masker import mask_secret
-from airflow.configuration import conf, ensure_secrets_loaded
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException
 from airflow.models.base import ID_LEN, Base
 from airflow.models.crypto import get_fernet
@@ -528,6 +527,8 @@ def get_connection_from_secrets(cls, conn_id: str, team_name: str | None = None)
                     raise AirflowNotFoundException(f"The conn_id `{conn_id}` isn't defined") from None
                 raise
 
+        from airflow.configuration import conf, ensure_secrets_loaded
+
         if team_name and not conf.getboolean("core", "multi_team"):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Multi-team mode is not configured in the Airflow environment but the task trying to access the connection belongs to a team"