diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/firecrawl.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/firecrawl.py
index acad014d70..00de5de9cb 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/firecrawl.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/firecrawl.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from typing import Optional, List
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.main import SearchResult, get_filtered_results
 from open_webui.env import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
 
-from firecrawl import Firecrawl
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["RAG"])
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ def search_firecrawl(
     filter_list: Optional[List[str]] = None,
 ) -> List[SearchResult]:
     try:
+        from firecrawl import Firecrawl
+
         firecrawl = Firecrawl(api_key=firecrawl_api_key, api_url=firecrawl_url)
         response = firecrawl.search(
             query=query, limit=count, ignore_invalid_urls=True, timeout=count * 3