diff --git a/airflow/auth/managers/fab/fab_auth_manager.py b/airflow/auth/managers/fab/fab_auth_manager.py
index 290329dcc8530..be50c574709a4 100644
--- a/airflow/auth/managers/fab/fab_auth_manager.py
+++ b/airflow/auth/managers/fab/fab_auth_manager.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
 from airflow.auth.managers.base_auth_manager import BaseAuthManager
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.cli_commands.definition import (
     ROLES_COMMANDS,
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 from airflow.cli.cli_config import (
     GroupCommand,
 )
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.auth.managers.fab.models import User
diff --git a/airflow/auth/managers/fab/security_manager/override.py b/airflow/auth/managers/fab/security_manager/override.py
index 66032dc166834..4b884c303ab63 100644
--- a/airflow/auth/managers/fab/security_manager/override.py
+++ b/airflow/auth/managers/fab/security_manager/override.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy.exc import MultipleResultsFound
 from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.models import Action, Permission, RegisterUser, Resource, Role
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.models.anonymous_user import AnonymousUser
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.www.security_manager import AirflowSecurityManagerV2
 from airflow.www.session import AirflowDatabaseSessionInterface
 
diff --git a/airflow/decorators/setup_teardown.py b/airflow/decorators/setup_teardown.py
index ecb3dc289f2d6..14123ebc32c3a 100644
--- a/airflow/decorators/setup_teardown.py
+++ b/airflow/decorators/setup_teardown.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 import types
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
 from airflow.decorators import python_task
 from airflow.decorators.task_group import _TaskGroupFactory
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.utils.setup_teardown import SetupTeardownContext
 
diff --git a/airflow/utils/db_cleanup.py b/airflow/utils/db_cleanup.py
index cbc93c0d4459a..4e3f3e1510c8a 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/db_cleanup.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/db_cleanup.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import ClauseElement, Executable, tuple_
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
 from airflow.cli.simple_table import AirflowConsole
 from airflow.configuration import conf
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.db import reflect_tables
 from airflow.utils.helpers import ask_yesno
diff --git a/airflow/utils/dot_renderer.py b/airflow/utils/dot_renderer.py
index 05b91d9fc8bae..41281fbbb1610 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/dot_renderer.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/dot_renderer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import graphviz
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.models.mappedoperator import MappedOperator
 from airflow.utils.dag_edges import dag_edges
diff --git a/tests/always/test_connection.py b/tests/always/test_connection.py
index 3261ebaeb5c04..1159f3c476fc6 100644
--- a/tests/always/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/always/test_connection.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import sqlalchemy
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
 from airflow.models import Connection, crypto
 from airflow.providers.sqlite.hooks.sqlite import SqliteHook
diff --git a/tests/auth/managers/fab/test_fab_auth_manager.py b/tests/auth/managers/fab/test_fab_auth_manager.py
index c245ec629cb0f..3d2bcfed676db 100644
--- a/tests/auth/managers/fab/test_fab_auth_manager.py
+++ b/tests/auth/managers/fab/test_fab_auth_manager.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.fab_auth_manager import FabAuthManager
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.models import User
 from airflow.auth.managers.fab.security_manager.override import FabAirflowSecurityManagerOverride
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.www.security_appless import ApplessAirflowSecurityManager
 
 
diff --git a/tests/listeners/test_listeners.py b/tests/listeners/test_listeners.py
index 166c3a5f03ef9..2ec6c4e45a214 100644
--- a/tests/listeners/test_listeners.py
+++ b/tests/listeners/test_listeners.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.jobs.job import Job, run_job
 from airflow.listeners.listener import get_listener_manager
 from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator
diff --git a/tests/models/test_connection.py b/tests/models/test_connection.py
index 0223cffb8db6e..cac38c1451857 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_connection.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models import Connection
 
 
diff --git a/tests/models/test_dagcode.py b/tests/models/test_dagcode.py
index d3b38761ca381..07a952d23cfbf 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_dagcode.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_dagcode.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from airflow import AirflowException, example_dags as example_dags_module
+import airflow.example_dags as example_dags_module
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models import DagBag
 from airflow.models.dagcode import DagCode
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_db_cleanup.py b/tests/utils/test_db_cleanup.py
index af243342b875d..39dc314cc702f 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_db_cleanup.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_db_cleanup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import DeclarativeMeta
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models import DagModel, DagRun, TaskInstance
 from airflow.operators.python import PythonOperator
 from airflow.utils.db_cleanup import (
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
index dad1e4dba6509..d16bf398b58a8 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.jobs.base_job_runner import BaseJobRunner
 from airflow.utils import helpers, timezone
 from airflow.utils.helpers import (