diff --git a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
index ad0d76d..83bc03e 100644
--- a/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
+++ b/packages/safe-chain/src/packagemanager/pip/runPipCommand.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import fsSync from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import ini from "ini";
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
 
 /**
  * Checks if this pip invocation should bypass safe-chain and spawn directly.
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ export async function runPip(command, args) {
   if (shouldBypassSafeChain(command, args)) {
     ui.writeVerbose(`Safe-chain: Bypassing safe-chain for non-pip invocation: ${command} ${args.join(" ")}`);
     // Spawn the ORIGINAL command with ORIGINAL args
-    const { spawn } = await import("child_process");
     return new Promise((_resolve) => {
       const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
       proc.on("exit", (/** @type {number | null} */ code) => {