diff --git a/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/__init__.py b/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/__init__.py
index 722cc0f4486d..3155934736e2 100644
--- a/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/__init__.py
@@ -1,28 +1,45 @@
 from . import _version
+import warnings
 
 from .core import PrefectDbtSettings, PrefectDbtRunner
-from .cloud import DbtCloudCredentials, DbtCloudJob  # noqa
-from .cli import (  # noqa
-    DbtCliProfile,
-    GlobalConfigs,
-    MissingExtrasRequireError,
-    TargetConfigs,
-    DbtCoreOperation,
-)
-
-try:
-    from .cli.configs.snowflake import SnowflakeTargetConfigs  # noqa
-except MissingExtrasRequireError:
-    pass
-
-try:
-    from .cli.configs.bigquery import BigQueryTargetConfigs  # noqa
-except MissingExtrasRequireError:
-    pass
-
-try:
-    from .cli.configs.postgres import PostgresTargetConfigs  # noqa
-except MissingExtrasRequireError:
-    pass
+from .cloud import DbtCloudCredentials, DbtCloudJob
+
+# Define the mapping of CLI-related attributes to their import locations
+_public_api: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {
+    "DbtCliProfile": ("prefect_dbt", "cli"),
+    "GlobalConfigs": ("prefect_dbt", "cli"),
+    "MissingExtrasRequireError": ("prefect_dbt", "cli"),
+    "TargetConfigs": ("prefect_dbt", "cli"),
+    "DbtCoreOperation": ("prefect_dbt", "cli"),
+    "SnowflakeTargetConfigs": ("prefect_dbt", "cli.configs.snowflake"),
+    "BigQueryTargetConfigs": ("prefect_dbt", "cli.configs.bigquery"),
+    "PostgresTargetConfigs": ("prefect_dbt", "cli.configs.postgres"),
+}
+
+# Declare API for type-checkers
+__all__ = [
+    "__version__",
+    "PrefectDbtSettings",
+    "PrefectDbtRunner",
+    "DbtCloudCredentials",
+    "DbtCloudJob",
+]
+
+
+def __getattr__(attr_name: str):
+    if attr_name in _public_api:
+        package, module = _public_api[attr_name]
+        try:
+            import importlib
+
+            mod = importlib.import_module(f".{module}", package=package)
+            result = getattr(mod, attr_name)
+            return result
+        except ImportError:
+            if "configs" in module:  # For the database-specific configs
+                return None
+            raise
+    raise AttributeError(f"module '{__name__}' has no attribute '{attr_name}'")
+
 
 __version__ = _version.__version__
diff --git a/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/cli/__init__.py b/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/cli/__init__.py
index 6c9d0c3f4bae..e728b4219d07 100644
--- a/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/integrations/prefect-dbt/prefect_dbt/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-from warnings import warn
+import warnings
 
-from prefect._internal.compatibility.deprecated import generate_deprecation_message
-
-warn(
-    generate_deprecation_message(
-        name="prefect_dbt.cli",
-        start_date="Feb 2025",
-        end_date="Jul 2025",
-        help="Please use the PrefectDbtRunner class in prefect_dbt.core instead.",
-    ),
-    DeprecationWarning,
-    stacklevel=2,
+warnings.warn(
+    "prefect_dbt.cli is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
+    "Please use prefect_dbt.core instead.",
+    UserWarning,
+    stacklevel=1,
 )
 
 from .credentials import DbtCliProfile  # noqa
@@ -36,3 +30,15 @@
     from .configs.postgres import PostgresTargetConfigs  # noqa
 except MissingExtrasRequireError:
     pass
+
+# Re-export all imports to maintain the public API
+__all__ = [
+    "DbtCliProfile",
+    "DbtCoreOperation",
+    "TargetConfigs",
+    "GlobalConfigs",
+    "MissingExtrasRequireError",
+    "SnowflakeTargetConfigs",
+    "BigQueryTargetConfigs",
+    "PostgresTargetConfigs",
+]