diff --git a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
index 540150f453046..7064bc923d427 100644
--- a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
+++ b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/hooks/sftp.py
@@ -35,13 +35,9 @@
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
+from airflow.providers.sftp.version_compat import BaseHook
 from airflow.providers.ssh.hooks.ssh import SSHHook
 
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
-except ImportError:
-    from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from paramiko import SSHClient
     from paramiko.sftp_attr import SFTPAttributes
diff --git a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/version_compat.py b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/version_compat.py
index cb0e95874b6be..06f57818ab077 100644
--- a/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/sftp/src/airflow/providers/sftp/version_compat.py
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
 
 
 AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 0, 0)
+AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS: bool = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 1, 0)
+
+if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
+    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
+else:
+    from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
 
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
     from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator, BaseSensorOperator, PokeReturnValue
@@ -40,4 +46,4 @@ def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
     from airflow.models import BaseOperator
     from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator, PokeReturnValue  # type: ignore[no-redef]
 
-__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS", "BaseOperator", "BaseSensorOperator", "PokeReturnValue"]
+__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS", "BaseHook", "BaseOperator", "BaseSensorOperator", "PokeReturnValue"]