diff --git a/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py b/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
index 9355fbb26a5ae..2651718bbad23 100644
--- a/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
+++ b/airflow/executors/executor_loader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowConfigException, UnknownExecutorException