diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
index 241627ba01..50f92164cc 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow
-import pyarrow as pa
 from pydantic import Field, StrictStr
 from pydantic.typing import Literal
 from pytz import utc
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ def _to_df_internal(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
         return df
 
-    def _to_arrow_internal(self) -> pa.Table:
+    def _to_arrow_internal(self) -> pyarrow.Table:
         with self._query_generator() as query:
 
             pa_table = execute_snowflake_statement(
@@ -423,7 +422,7 @@ def _to_arrow_internal(self) -> pa.Table:
             else:
                 empty_result = execute_snowflake_statement(self.snowflake_conn, query)
 
-                return pa.Table.from_pandas(
+                return pyarrow.Table.from_pandas(
                     pd.DataFrame(columns=[md.name for md in empty_result.description])
                 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py b/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
index 8a817358b3..2cb1c4fefb 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/type_map.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Dict,
     Iterator,
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-import pyarrow
 from google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2 import Timestamp
 
 from feast.protos.feast.types.Value_pb2 import (
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 from feast.protos.feast.types.Value_pb2 import Value as ProtoValue
 from feast.value_type import ListType, ValueType
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pyarrow
+
 # null timestamps get converted to -9223372036854775808
 NULL_TIMESTAMP_INT_VALUE = np.datetime64("NaT").astype(int)
 
@@ -554,7 +557,7 @@ def mssql_to_feast_value_type(mssql_type_as_str: str) -> ValueType:
     return type_map[mssql_type_as_str.lower()]
 
 
-def pa_to_mssql_type(pa_type: pyarrow.DataType) -> str:
+def pa_to_mssql_type(pa_type: "pyarrow.DataType") -> str:
     # PyArrow types: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/api/datatypes.html
     # MS Sql types: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16
     pa_type_as_str = str(pa_type).lower()