diff --git a/tests/docker/test_pool_recycle_config.py b/tests/docker/test_pool_recycle_config.py
index c89f48273..f1532bf13 100644
--- a/tests/docker/test_pool_recycle_config.py
+++ b/tests/docker/test_pool_recycle_config.py
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
-from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig
-
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
 DOCKER_DIR = ROOT / "deploy" / "docker"
 sys.path.insert(0, str(DOCKER_DIR))
 
 pool = pytest.importorskip("crawler_pool", reason="docker server deps not installed")
 
+from crawl4ai import BrowserConfig  # noqa: E402  (after importorskip so missing deps skip)
+
 
 def test_config_enables_recycling():
     cfg = yaml.safe_load((DOCKER_DIR / "config.yml").read_text())