diff --git a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/utils/__init__.py b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/utils/__init__.py
index 218ccc5768a17..e04d28869e94e 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/utils/__init__.py
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
 
 import logging
 import re
+import sys
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any
 
-import importlib_metadata
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    from importlib import metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata as metadata  # type: ignore[no-redef]
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.utils.helpers import prune_dict
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ def get_airflow_version() -> tuple[int, ...]:
 
 def get_botocore_version() -> tuple[int, ...]:
     """Return the version number of the installed botocore package in the form of a tuple[int,...]."""
-    return tuple(map(int, importlib_metadata.version("botocore").split(".")[:3]))
+    return tuple(map(int, metadata.version("botocore").split(".")[:3]))
 
 
 def validate_execute_complete_event(event: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]: