diff --git a/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/transfers/copy_into_snowflake.py b/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/transfers/copy_into_snowflake.py
index e8b70344fbf5c..9032b9fbe5d30 100644
--- a/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/transfers/copy_into_snowflake.py
+++ b/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/transfers/copy_into_snowflake.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Any
 
-from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.snowflake.hooks.snowflake import SnowflakeHook
 from airflow.providers.snowflake.utils.common import enclose_param
+from airflow.providers.snowflake.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 
 def _validate_parameter(param_name: str, value: str | None) -> str | None:
diff --git a/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/version_compat.py b/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/version_compat.py
index 48d122b669696..df1b3e7037841 100644
--- a/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/snowflake/src/airflow/providers/snowflake/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  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
+    "BaseOperator",
+]