diff --git a/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/transfers/gcs_to_trino.py b/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/transfers/gcs_to_trino.py
index 65e8b2d6d9e59..ffa09b4268b4d 100644
--- a/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/transfers/gcs_to_trino.py
+++ b/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/transfers/gcs_to_trino.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.hooks.gcs import GCSHook
 from airflow.providers.trino.hooks.trino import TrinoHook
+from airflow.providers.trino.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     try:
diff --git a/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/version_compat.py b/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/version_compat.py
index 48d122b669696..e7a259afb357c 100644
--- a/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/trino/src/airflow/providers/trino/version_compat.py
@@ -33,3 +33,13 @@ def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
 
 
 AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 0, 0)
+
+if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
+    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
+else:
+    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
+    "BaseOperator",
+]