diff --git a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/operators/http.py b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/operators/http.py
index ca36ac471c7fd..6e6c48ea94a90 100644
--- a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/operators/http.py
+++ b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/operators/http.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.http.triggers.http import HttpTrigger, serialize_auth_type
+from airflow.providers.http.version_compat import BaseOperator
 from airflow.utils.helpers import merge_dicts
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/sensors/http.py b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/sensors/http.py
index a9d9274afd109..f395ab2bb8ca3 100644
--- a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/sensors/http.py
+++ b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/sensors/http.py
@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.providers.http.hooks.http import HttpHook
 from airflow.providers.http.triggers.http import HttpSensorTrigger
-from airflow.providers.http.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.http.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, BaseSensorOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     try:
diff --git a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/version_compat.py b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/version_compat.py
index 48d122b669696..fde11c60d3655 100644
--- a/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/http/src/airflow/providers/http/version_compat.py
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ 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
+else:
+    from airflow.models import BaseOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+    from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+
+__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS", "BaseOperator", "BaseSensorOperator"]
diff --git a/providers/http/tests/unit/http/sensors/test_http.py b/providers/http/tests/unit/http/sensors/test_http.py
index b2b74c1dc5bfa..1f3c0a32609d7 100644
--- a/providers/http/tests/unit/http/sensors/test_http.py
+++ b/providers/http/tests/unit/http/sensors/test_http.py
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ def mount(self, prefix, adapter):
 
 
 class TestHttpOpSensor:
-    def setup_method(self):
-        args = {"owner": "airflow", "start_date": DEFAULT_DATE_ISO}
-        dag = DAG(TEST_DAG_ID, schedule=None, default_args=args)
-        self.dag = dag
-
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.http.hooks.http.Session", FakeSession)
     def test_get(self):
         op = HttpOperator(
@@ -299,9 +294,8 @@ def test_get(self):
             endpoint="/search",
             data={"client": "ubuntu", "q": "airflow"},
             headers={},
-            dag=self.dag,
         )
-        op.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
+        op.execute({})
 
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.http.hooks.http.Session", FakeSession)
     def test_get_response_check(self):
@@ -312,9 +306,8 @@ def test_get_response_check(self):
             data={"client": "ubuntu", "q": "airflow"},
             response_check=lambda response: ("apache/airflow" in response.text),
             headers={},
-            dag=self.dag,
         )
-        op.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
+        op.execute({})
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, reason="Test only for Airflow 3.0+")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.http.hooks.http.Session", FakeSession)
@@ -328,13 +321,13 @@ def test_sensor(self, run_task):
             response_check=lambda response: f"apache/airflow/{DEFAULT_DATE:%Y-%m-%d}" in response.text,
             poke_interval=5,
             timeout=15,
-            dag=self.dag,
         )
         run_task(sensor)
 
     @pytest.mark.skipif(AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, reason="Test only for Airflow < 3.0")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.http.hooks.http.Session", FakeSession)
     def test_sensor_af2(self):
+        dag = DAG(TEST_DAG_ID, schedule=None)
         sensor = HttpSensor(
             task_id="http_sensor_check",
             http_conn_id="http_default",
@@ -344,7 +337,7 @@ def test_sensor_af2(self):
             response_check=lambda response: f"apache/airflow/{DEFAULT_DATE:%Y-%m-%d}" in response.text,
             poke_interval=5,
             timeout=15,
-            dag=self.dag,
+            dag=dag,
         )
         sensor.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)