diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
index cc899b335e8c5..75a32d48bcf87 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from openlineage.client.event_v2 import Dataset
 
-    from airflow.models import Operator
     from airflow.providers.common.compat.lineage.entities import Table
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 
 
 def _iter_extractor_types() -> Iterator[type[BaseExtractor]]:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def extract_metadata(
 
         return OperatorLineage()
 
-    def get_extractor_class(self, task: Operator) -> type[BaseExtractor] | None:
+    def get_extractor_class(self, task: BaseOperator) -> type[BaseExtractor] | None:
         if task.task_type in self.extractors:
             return self.extractors[task.task_type]
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def method_exists(method_name):
             return self.default_extractor
         return None
 
-    def _get_extractor(self, task: Operator) -> BaseExtractor | None:
+    def _get_extractor(self, task: BaseOperator) -> BaseExtractor | None:
         # TODO: Re-enable in Extractor PR
         # self.instantiate_abstract_extractors(task)
         extractor = self.get_extractor_class(task)
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/operators/empty.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/operators/empty.py
index 6ac8754797f99..69e35542cb0cf 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/operators/empty.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/operators/empty.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.base import OperatorLineage
-from airflow.providers.openlineage.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 
 class EmptyOperator(BaseOperator):
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
index 734f4c5761aa1..78c3fffda897e 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from airflow import settings
 from airflow.listeners import hookimpl
 from airflow.models import DagRun, TaskInstance
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import timeout, timezone
 from airflow.providers.openlineage import conf
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors import ExtractorManager, OperatorLineage
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.plugins.adapter import OpenLineageAdapter, RunState
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@
     is_selective_lineage_enabled,
     print_warning,
 )
-from airflow.providers.openlineage.version_compat import timeout, timezone
 from airflow.settings import configure_orm
 from airflow.stats import Stats
 from airflow.utils.state import TaskInstanceState
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/macros.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/macros.py
index 699800fb66eb5..ac9c75b4a941b 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/macros.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/macros.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.models import TaskInstance
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import TaskInstance
 
 
 def lineage_job_namespace():
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/sqlparser.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/sqlparser.py
index d89852acbda14..0ac80fc9d7341 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/sqlparser.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/sqlparser.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
     from openlineage.client.facet_v2 import JobFacet, RunFacet
     from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseHook
     from airflow.providers.common.sql.hooks.sql import DbApiHook
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/selective_enable.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/selective_enable.py
index edf6f9c858f84..5f49231dc8f2d 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/selective_enable.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/selective_enable.py
@@ -22,19 +22,14 @@
 
 from airflow.models import Param
 from airflow.models.xcom_arg import XComArg
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import DAG
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator, MappedOperator
     from airflow.providers.openlineage.utils.utils import AnyOperator
-    from airflow.sdk import DAG, BaseOperator
-    from airflow.sdk.definitions.mappedoperator import MappedOperator
     from airflow.serialization.serialized_objects import SerializedDAG
 
     T = TypeVar("T", bound=DAG | BaseOperator | MappedOperator)
-else:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk import DAG
-    except ImportError:
-        from airflow.models import DAG
 
 ENABLE_OL_PARAM_NAME = "_selective_enable_ol"
 ENABLE_OL_PARAM = Param(True, const=True)
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/spark.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/spark.py
index 4925cd00f3923..a92ac25eab274 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/spark.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/spark.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.utils.context import Context
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/sql.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/sql.py
index 904206170e961..7f07d39003929 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/sql.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/sql.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
     from sqlalchemy.sql import ClauseElement
 
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseHook
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/utils.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/utils.py
index b2e483315fcb1..8ef5c23ced88c 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/utils.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/utils/utils.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 # TODO: move this maybe to Airflow's logic?
 from airflow.models import DagRun, TaskReschedule
 from airflow.models.mappedoperator import MappedOperator as SerializedMappedOperator
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import DAG, BaseOperator, BaseSensorOperator, MappedOperator
 from airflow.providers.openlineage import (
     __version__ as OPENLINEAGE_PROVIDER_VERSION,
     conf,
@@ -57,11 +59,6 @@
 from airflow.serialization.serialized_objects import SerializedBaseOperator, SerializedDAG
 from airflow.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseSensorOperator
-else:
-    from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-
 if not AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
     from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 
@@ -72,9 +69,6 @@
     from openlineage.client.facet_v2 import RunFacet, processing_engine_run
 
     from airflow.models import TaskInstance
-    from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
-    from airflow.sdk import DAG, BaseOperator
-    from airflow.sdk.definitions.mappedoperator import MappedOperator
     from airflow.sdk.execution_time.secrets_masker import (
         Redactable,
         Redacted,
@@ -85,21 +79,6 @@
 
     AnyOperator: TypeAlias = BaseOperator | MappedOperator | SerializedBaseOperator | SerializedMappedOperator
 else:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk import DAG, BaseOperator
-        from airflow.sdk.definitions.mappedoperator import MappedOperator
-    except ImportError:
-        from airflow.models import DAG, BaseOperator, MappedOperator
-
-    try:
-        from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
-    except ImportError:
-        if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-            from airflow.sdk import Asset
-        else:
-            # dataset is renamed to asset since Airflow 3.0
-            from airflow.datasets import Dataset as Asset
-
     try:
         from airflow.sdk._shared.secrets_masker import (
             Redactable,
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/version_compat.py b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/version_compat.py
index ddf39a1898aaa..4a2c6ca5c6c7f 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/src/airflow/providers/openlineage/version_compat.py
@@ -34,16 +34,5 @@ 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
-
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk import timezone
-    from airflow.sdk.execution_time.timeout import timeout
-except ImportError:
-    from airflow.utils import timezone  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-    from airflow.utils.timeout import timeout  # type: ignore[assignment,attr-defined,no-redef]
-
-__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS", "BaseOperator", "timeout", "timezone"]
+
+__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS"]
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/example_openlineage_base_complex_dag.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/example_openlineage_base_complex_dag.py
index c3cb654a5e35e..de1636e1b9108 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/example_openlineage_base_complex_dag.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/example_openlineage_base_complex_dag.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 from airflow import DAG
 from airflow.models import Variable
-from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.standard.operators.bash import BashOperator
 from airflow.providers.standard.operators.empty import EmptyOperator
 from airflow.providers.standard.operators.python import PythonOperator
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/operator.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/operator.py
index 6cbfd3c0c3c05..000696a95b1f0 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/operator.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/system/openlineage/operator.py
@@ -29,19 +29,10 @@
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 from jinja2 import Environment
 
-from airflow.models.operator import BaseOperator
-
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk import Variable
-except ImportError:
-    from airflow.models.variable import Variable
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator, Variable
 
 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.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/dags/test_openlineage_execution.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/dags/test_openlineage_execution.py
index f8db91611e848..cc710d91e335f 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/dags/test_openlineage_execution.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/dags/test_openlineage_execution.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import time
 
 from airflow.models.dag import DAG
-from airflow.models.operator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.openlineage.facet import Dataset
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors import OperatorLineage
 
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
index 129a86b00f7f2..d5647e3f3b0af 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
@@ -24,14 +24,8 @@
 from openlineage.client.event_v2 import Dataset
 from openlineage.client.facet_v2 import BaseFacet, JobFacet, parent_run, sql_job
 
-from tests_common.test_utils.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
-else:
-    from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-
 from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstanceState
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.base import (
     BaseExtractor,
     DefaultExtractor,
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_manager.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_manager.py
index f18f7e22a9ef6..a54830055fd76 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_manager.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/extractors/test_manager.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.lineage.entities import Column, File, Table, User
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator, Context, ObjectStoragePath
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors import OperatorLineage
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.manager import ExtractorManager
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.utils.utils import Asset
@@ -43,13 +44,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     try:
         from airflow.sdk.api.datamodels._generated import AssetEventDagRunReference, TIRunContext
-        from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-
     except ImportError:
-        # TODO: Remove once provider drops support for Airflow 2
-        # TIRunContext is only used in Airflow 3 tests
-        from airflow.utils.context import Context
-
         AssetEventDagRunReference = TIRunContext = Any  # type: ignore[misc, assignment]
 
 
@@ -68,23 +63,6 @@ def hook_lineage_collector():
     hook._hook_lineage_collector = None
 
 
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator, ObjectStoragePath
-    from airflow.sdk.api.datamodels._generated import TaskInstance as SDKTaskInstance
-    from airflow.sdk.execution_time import task_runner
-    from airflow.sdk.execution_time.comms import StartupDetails
-    from airflow.sdk.execution_time.task_runner import RuntimeTaskInstance, parse
-else:
-    from airflow.io.path import ObjectStoragePath  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
-
-    SDKTaskInstance = ...  # type: ignore
-    task_runner = ...  # type: ignore
-    StartupDetails = ...  # type: ignore
-    RuntimeTaskInstance = ...  # type: ignore
-    parse = ...  # type: ignore
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("uri", "dataset"),
     (
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_listener.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_listener.py
index 941666b8be42c..76b743f1a82f7 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_listener.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_listener.py
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@
 else:
     from airflow.utils import timezone  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
 
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
-else:
-    from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 
 EXPECTED_TRY_NUMBER_1 = 1
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_macros.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_macros.py
index a0b090ec53813..520421be76862 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_macros.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_macros.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_lineage_parent_id(mock_run_id):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, reason="Test only for Airflow 3.0+")
 def test_lineage_root_run_id_with_runtime_task_instance(create_runtime_ti):
     """Test lineage_root_run_id with real RuntimeTaskInstance object doesn't throw AttributeError."""
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 
     task = BaseOperator(task_id="test_task")
 
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_utils.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_utils.py
index 40c27f0b87852..b1cff03bcadaf 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_utils.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/plugins/test_utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import timezone
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.plugins.facets import AirflowDebugRunFacet
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.utils.utils import (
     DagInfo,
@@ -53,9 +54,6 @@
 
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
     from airflow.models.dag import get_next_data_interval
-    from airflow.sdk import timezone
-else:
-    from airflow.utils import timezone  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
 
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
     from airflow.sdk._shared.secrets_masker import DEFAULT_SENSITIVE_FIELDS, SecretsMasker
@@ -70,11 +68,10 @@
         SecretsMasker,
     )
 
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import DAG
+
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import DAG
     from airflow.utils.types import DagRunTriggeredByType
-else:
-    from airflow import DAG
 
 
 class SafeStrDict(dict):
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/custom_facet_fixture.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/custom_facet_fixture.py
index 040c8c774c31f..e34af2ebb68ca 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/custom_facet_fixture.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/custom_facet_fixture.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.openlineage.facet import RunFacet
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance, TaskInstanceState
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import TaskInstance, TaskInstanceState
 
 
 @attrs.define
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_selective_enable.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_selective_enable.py
index 4a1bcb39ba78b..082fec0768799 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_selective_enable.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_selective_enable.py
@@ -19,13 +19,7 @@
 
 from pendulum import now
 
-from tests_common.test_utils.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import dag, task
-else:
-    from airflow.decorators import dag, task  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-from airflow.models import DAG
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import DAG, dag, task
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.utils.selective_enable import (
     DISABLE_OL_PARAM,
     ENABLE_OL_PARAM,
diff --git a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_utils.py b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_utils.py
index 2d82b6b6ca5e6..3bbea4aafac4d 100644
--- a/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/providers/openlineage/tests/unit/openlineage/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from airflow.models.dagrun import DagRun
 from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance, TaskInstanceState
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.assets import Asset
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator, TaskGroup, task, timezone
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.plugins.facets import AirflowDagRunFacet, AirflowJobFacet
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.utils.utils import (
     _MAX_DOC_BYTES,
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@
 from airflow.serialization.serialized_objects import SerializedBaseOperator
 from airflow.timetables.events import EventsTimetable
 from airflow.timetables.trigger import CronTriggerTimetable
-from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.session import create_session
 from airflow.utils.state import DagRunState
 from airflow.utils.types import DagRunType
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@
 from tests_common.test_utils.mock_operators import MockOperator
 from tests_common.test_utils.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_3_PLUS, AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
 
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator, TaskGroup, task
-else:
-    from airflow.decorators import task  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-    from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-    from airflow.utils.task_group import TaskGroup  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-
 BASH_OPERATOR_PATH = "airflow.providers.standard.operators.bash"
 PYTHON_OPERATOR_PATH = "airflow.providers.standard.operators.python"