diff --git a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/operators/github.py b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/operators/github.py
index fb368b9280e32..c7420e0680882 100644
--- a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/operators/github.py
+++ b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/operators/github.py
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@
 from github import GithubException
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.github.hooks.github import GithubHook
+from airflow.providers.github.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-    except ImportError:
-        # TODO: Remove once provider drops support for Airflow 2
-        from airflow.utils.context import Context
+    from airflow.providers.github.version_compat import Context
 
 
 class GithubOperator(BaseOperator):
diff --git a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/sensors/github.py b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/sensors/github.py
index b234168494836..446b66a792b95 100644
--- a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/sensors/github.py
+++ b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/sensors/github.py
@@ -24,19 +24,10 @@
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.providers.github.hooks.github import GithubHook
-from airflow.providers.github.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseSensorOperator
-else:
-    from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+from airflow.providers.github.version_compat import BaseSensorOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-    except ImportError:
-        # TODO: Remove once provider drops support for Airflow 2
-        from airflow.utils.context import Context
+    from airflow.providers.github.version_compat import Context
 
 
 class GithubSensor(BaseSensorOperator):
diff --git a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/version_compat.py b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/version_compat.py
index 48d122b669696..682d19a5f49be 100644
--- a/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/github/src/airflow/providers/github/version_compat.py
@@ -33,3 +33,19 @@ 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, BaseSensorOperator
+    from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
+else:
+    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
+    from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+    from airflow.utils.context import Context
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
+    "BaseOperator",
+    "BaseSensorOperator",
+    "Context",
+]
diff --git a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
index cdfc72177e5a2..b6c6cf681fbb4 100644
--- a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
+++ b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def test_operator_init_with_optional_args(self):
     @patch(
         "airflow.providers.github.hooks.github.GithubClient", autospec=True, return_value=github_client_mock
     )
-    def test_find_repos(self, github_mock):
+    def test_find_repos(self, github_mock, dag_maker):
         class MockRepository:
             pass
 
@@ -69,16 +69,15 @@ class MockRepository:
         repo.full_name = "apache/airflow"
 
         github_mock.return_value.get_repo.return_value = repo
-
-        github_operator = GithubOperator(
-            task_id="github-test",
-            github_method="get_repo",
-            github_method_args={"full_name_or_id": "apache/airflow"},
-            result_processor=lambda r: r.full_name,
-            dag=self.dag,
-        )
-
-        github_operator.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
+        with dag_maker():
+            GithubOperator(
+                task_id="github-test",
+                github_method="get_repo",
+                github_method_args={"full_name_or_id": "apache/airflow"},
+                result_processor=lambda r: r.full_name,
+            )
+        dr = dag_maker.create_dagrun()
+        dag_maker.run_ti("github-test", dr)
 
         assert github_mock.called
         assert github_mock.return_value.get_repo.called