diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/csv_tsv_dispatch.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/csv_tsv_dispatch.py
index 64815e5c6d2..f9b2c46668b 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/csv_tsv_dispatch.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/csv_tsv_dispatch.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ from Csv and Tsv file formats
 from functools import singledispatch
 from typing import Any
 
-import pandas as pd
-
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.datalake.azureConfig import (
     AzureConfig,
 )
@@ -42,6 +40,8 @@ CSV_SEPARATOR = ","
 
 
 def read_from_pandas(path: str, separator: str, storage_options=None):
+    import pandas as pd  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
     chunk_list = []
     with pd.read_csv(
         path, sep=separator, chunksize=CHUNKSIZE, storage_options=storage_options
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/parquet_dispatch.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/parquet_dispatch.py
index fdef03752f7..612beed8ac7 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/parquet_dispatch.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/datalake/parquet_dispatch.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ from Parquet file formats
 from functools import singledispatch
 from typing import Any
 
-import pandas as pd
-
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.connections.database.datalake.azureConfig import (
     AzureConfig,
 )
@@ -95,6 +93,8 @@ def _(_: S3Config, key: str, bucket_name: str, connection_kwargs, **kwargs):
 
 @read_parquet_dispatch.register
 def _(config_source: AzureConfig, key: str, bucket_name: str, **kwargs):
+    import pandas as pd  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
     storage_options = return_azure_storage_options(config_source)
     account_url = AZURE_PATH.format(
         bucket_name=bucket_name,