diff --git a/ietf/utils/validators.py b/ietf/utils/validators.py
index ec7366fd1..9642a2877 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/validators.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/validators.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, ValidationError
-from django.core.validators import RegexValidator, URLValidator, EmailValidator, _lazy_re_compile, BaseValidator
+from django.core.validators import RegexValidator, URLValidator, EmailValidator, BaseValidator
 from django.template.defaultfilters import filesizeformat
 from django.utils.deconstruct import deconstructible
 from django.utils.ipv6 import is_valid_ipv6_address
+from django.utils.regex_helper import _lazy_re_compile  # type: ignore
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 import debug                            # pyflakes:ignore