diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/base_model.py b/src/paperless_ai/base_model.py
index 2924f2c8c..44fe75f5b 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/base_model.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/base_model.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from llama_index.core.bridge.pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 class DocumentClassifierSchema(BaseModel):
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/chat.py b/src/paperless_ai/chat.py
index f662a7bee..e48094f4f 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/chat.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/chat.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
-from llama_index.core.prompts import PromptTemplate
-from llama_index.core.query_engine import RetrieverQueryEngine
-
 from documents.models import Document
 from paperless_ai.client import AIClient
 from paperless_ai.indexing import load_or_build_index
@@ -14,15 +10,21 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("paperless_ai.chat")
 MAX_SINGLE_DOC_CONTEXT_CHARS = 15000
 SINGLE_DOC_SNIPPET_CHARS = 800
 
-CHAT_PROMPT_TMPL = PromptTemplate(
-    template="""Context information is below.
+CHAT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """Context information is below.
     ---------------------
     {context_str}
     ---------------------
     Given the context information and not prior knowledge, answer the query.
     Query: {query_str}
-    Answer:""",
-)
+    Answer:"""
+
+
+def _get_prompt_template():
+    from llama_index.core.prompts import PromptTemplate
+
+    return PromptTemplate(
+        template=CHAT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE,
+    )
 
 
 def stream_chat_with_documents(query_str: str, documents: list[Document]):
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ def stream_chat_with_documents(query_str: str, documents: list[Document]):
         yield "Sorry, I couldn't find any content to answer your question."
         return
 
+    from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
+
     local_index = VectorStoreIndex(nodes=nodes)
     retriever = local_index.as_retriever(
         similarity_top_k=3 if len(documents) == 1 else 5,
@@ -85,10 +89,16 @@ def stream_chat_with_documents(query_str: str, documents: list[Document]):
             for node in top_nodes
         )
 
-    prompt = CHAT_PROMPT_TMPL.partial_format(
-        context_str=context,
-        query_str=query_str,
-    ).format(llm=client.llm)
+    prompt = (
+        _get_prompt_template()
+        .partial_format(
+            context_str=context,
+            query_str=query_str,
+        )
+        .format(llm=client.llm)
+    )
+
+    from llama_index.core.query_engine import RetrieverQueryEngine
 
     query_engine = RetrieverQueryEngine.from_args(
         retriever=retriever,
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/client.py b/src/paperless_ai/client.py
index 62ff5f5c8..d70fe57b5 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/client.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/client.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from llama_index.core.llms import ChatMessage
-from llama_index.core.program.function_program import get_function_tool
-from llama_index.llms.ollama import Ollama
-from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from llama_index.core.llms import ChatMessage
+    from llama_index.llms.ollama import Ollama
+    from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
 
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
 from paperless_ai.base_model import DocumentClassifierSchema
@@ -20,14 +21,18 @@ class AIClient:
         self.settings = AIConfig()
         self.llm = self.get_llm()
 
-    def get_llm(self) -> Ollama | OpenAI:
+    def get_llm(self) -> "Ollama | OpenAI":
         if self.settings.llm_backend == "ollama":
+            from llama_index.llms.ollama import Ollama
+
             return Ollama(
                 model=self.settings.llm_model or "llama3.1",
                 base_url=self.settings.llm_endpoint or "http://localhost:11434",
                 request_timeout=120,
             )
         elif self.settings.llm_backend == "openai":
+            from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI
+
             return OpenAI(
                 model=self.settings.llm_model or "gpt-3.5-turbo",
                 api_base=self.settings.llm_endpoint or None,
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ class AIClient:
             self.settings.llm_model,
         )
 
+        from llama_index.core.llms import ChatMessage
+        from llama_index.core.program.function_program import get_function_tool
+
         user_msg = ChatMessage(role="user", content=prompt)
         tool = get_function_tool(DocumentClassifierSchema)
         result = self.llm.chat_with_tools(
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ class AIClient:
         parsed = DocumentClassifierSchema(**tool_calls[0].tool_kwargs)
         return parsed.model_dump()
 
-    def run_chat(self, messages: list[ChatMessage]) -> str:
+    def run_chat(self, messages: list["ChatMessage"]) -> str:
         logger.debug(
             "Running chat query against %s with model %s",
             self.settings.llm_backend,
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/embedding.py b/src/paperless_ai/embedding.py
index 686f73341..3966ce872 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/embedding.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/embedding.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from llama_index.core.base.embeddings.base import BaseEmbedding
-from llama_index.embeddings.huggingface import HuggingFaceEmbedding
-from llama_index.embeddings.openai import OpenAIEmbedding
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from llama_index.core.base.embeddings.base import BaseEmbedding
 
 from documents.models import Document
 from documents.models import Note
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@ from paperless.config import AIConfig
 from paperless.models import LLMEmbeddingBackend
 
 
-def get_embedding_model() -> BaseEmbedding:
+def get_embedding_model() -> "BaseEmbedding":
     config = AIConfig()
 
     match config.llm_embedding_backend:
         case LLMEmbeddingBackend.OPENAI:
+            from llama_index.embeddings.openai import OpenAIEmbedding
+
             return OpenAIEmbedding(
                 model=config.llm_embedding_model or "text-embedding-3-small",
                 api_key=config.llm_api_key,
                 api_base=config.llm_endpoint or None,
             )
         case LLMEmbeddingBackend.HUGGINGFACE:
+            from llama_index.embeddings.huggingface import HuggingFaceEmbedding
+
             return HuggingFaceEmbedding(
                 model_name=config.llm_embedding_model
                 or "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/indexing.py b/src/paperless_ai/indexing.py
index 53e4a9796..20a5f946d 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/indexing.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/indexing.py
@@ -4,26 +4,12 @@ from collections.abc import Callable
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from datetime import timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import TypeVar
 
-import faiss
-import llama_index.core.settings as llama_settings
 from celery import states
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import timezone
-from llama_index.core import Document as LlamaDocument
-from llama_index.core import StorageContext
-from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
-from llama_index.core import load_index_from_storage
-from llama_index.core.indices.prompt_helper import PromptHelper
-from llama_index.core.node_parser import SimpleNodeParser
-from llama_index.core.prompts import PromptTemplate
-from llama_index.core.retrievers import VectorIndexRetriever
-from llama_index.core.schema import BaseNode
-from llama_index.core.storage.docstore import SimpleDocumentStore
-from llama_index.core.storage.index_store import SimpleIndexStore
-from llama_index.core.text_splitter import TokenTextSplitter
-from llama_index.vector_stores.faiss import FaissVectorStore
 
 from documents.models import Document
 from documents.models import PaperlessTask
@@ -31,6 +17,11 @@ from paperless_ai.embedding import build_llm_index_text
 from paperless_ai.embedding import get_embedding_dim
 from paperless_ai.embedding import get_embedding_model
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from llama_index.core import StorageContext
+    from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
+    from llama_index.core.schema import BaseNode
+
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 IterWrapper = Callable[[Iterable[_T]], Iterable[_T]]
 
@@ -65,11 +56,17 @@ def queue_llm_index_update_if_needed(*, rebuild: bool, reason: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-def get_or_create_storage_context(*, rebuild=False):
+def get_or_create_storage_context(*, rebuild=False) -> "StorageContext":
     """
     Loads or creates the StorageContext (vector store, docstore, index store).
     If rebuild=True, deletes and recreates everything.
     """
+    import faiss
+    from llama_index.core import StorageContext
+    from llama_index.core.storage.docstore import SimpleDocumentStore
+    from llama_index.core.storage.index_store import SimpleIndexStore
+    from llama_index.vector_stores.faiss import FaissVectorStore
+
     if rebuild:
         shutil.rmtree(settings.LLM_INDEX_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
         settings.LLM_INDEX_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ def get_or_create_storage_context(*, rebuild=False):
     )
 
 
-def build_document_node(document: Document) -> list[BaseNode]:
+def build_document_node(document: Document) -> list["BaseNode"]:
     """
     Given a Document, returns parsed Nodes ready for indexing.
     """
@@ -112,16 +109,23 @@ def build_document_node(document: Document) -> list[BaseNode]:
         "added": document.added.isoformat() if document.added else None,
         "modified": document.modified.isoformat(),
     }
+    from llama_index.core import Document as LlamaDocument
+    from llama_index.core.node_parser import SimpleNodeParser
+
     doc = LlamaDocument(text=text, metadata=metadata)
     parser = SimpleNodeParser()
     return parser.get_nodes_from_documents([doc])
 
 
-def load_or_build_index(nodes=None):
+def load_or_build_index(nodes=None) -> "VectorStoreIndex":
     """
     Load an existing VectorStoreIndex if present,
     or build a new one using provided nodes if storage is empty.
     """
+    import llama_index.core.settings as llama_settings
+    from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
+    from llama_index.core import load_index_from_storage
+
     embed_model = get_embedding_model()
     llama_settings.Settings.embed_model = embed_model
     storage_context = get_or_create_storage_context()
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ def load_or_build_index(nodes=None):
         )
 
 
-def remove_document_docstore_nodes(document: Document, index: VectorStoreIndex):
+def remove_document_docstore_nodes(document: Document, index: "VectorStoreIndex"):
     """
     Removes existing documents from docstore for a given document from the index.
     This is necessary because FAISS IndexFlatL2 is append-only.
@@ -183,6 +187,9 @@ def update_llm_index(
         return msg
 
     if rebuild or not vector_store_file_exists():
+        import llama_index.core.settings as llama_settings
+        from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex
+
         # remove meta.json to force re-detection of embedding dim
         (settings.LLM_INDEX_DIR / "meta.json").unlink(missing_ok=True)
         # Rebuild index from scratch
@@ -271,6 +278,10 @@ def llm_index_remove_document(document: Document):
 
 
 def truncate_content(content: str) -> str:
+    from llama_index.core.indices.prompt_helper import PromptHelper
+    from llama_index.core.prompts import PromptTemplate
+    from llama_index.core.text_splitter import TokenTextSplitter
+
     prompt_helper = PromptHelper(
         context_window=8192,
         num_output=512,
@@ -315,6 +326,8 @@ def query_similar_documents(
         else None
     )
 
+    from llama_index.core.retrievers import VectorIndexRetriever
+
     retriever = VectorIndexRetriever(
         index=index,
         similarity_top_k=top_k,
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_chat.py b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_chat.py
index 0a14425cf..902c907f2 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_chat.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_chat.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_stream_chat_with_one_document_full_content(mock_document) -> None:
         patch("paperless_ai.chat.AIClient") as mock_client_cls,
         patch("paperless_ai.chat.load_or_build_index") as mock_load_index,
         patch(
-            "paperless_ai.chat.RetrieverQueryEngine.from_args",
+            "llama_index.core.query_engine.RetrieverQueryEngine.from_args",
         ) as mock_query_engine_cls,
     ):
         mock_client = MagicMock()
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_stream_chat_with_multiple_documents_retrieval(patch_embed_nodes) -> Non
         patch("paperless_ai.chat.AIClient") as mock_client_cls,
         patch("paperless_ai.chat.load_or_build_index") as mock_load_index,
         patch(
-            "paperless_ai.chat.RetrieverQueryEngine.from_args",
+            "llama_index.core.query_engine.RetrieverQueryEngine.from_args",
         ) as mock_query_engine_cls,
         patch.object(VectorStoreIndex, "as_retriever") as mock_as_retriever,
     ):
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_client.py b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_client.py
index 47053ab20..08582cc71 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_client.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ def mock_ai_config():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_ollama_llm():
-    with patch("paperless_ai.client.Ollama") as MockOllama:
+    with patch("llama_index.llms.ollama.Ollama") as MockOllama:
         yield MockOllama
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_openai_llm():
-    with patch("paperless_ai.client.OpenAI") as MockOpenAI:
+    with patch("llama_index.llms.openai.OpenAI") as MockOpenAI:
         yield MockOpenAI
 
 
diff --git a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_embedding.py b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_embedding.py
index 1fb69ee06..98da6e410 100644
--- a/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_embedding.py
+++ b/src/paperless_ai/tests/test_embedding.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_get_embedding_model_openai(mock_ai_config):
     mock_ai_config.return_value.llm_api_key = "test_api_key"
     mock_ai_config.return_value.llm_endpoint = "http://test-url"
 
-    with patch("paperless_ai.embedding.OpenAIEmbedding") as MockOpenAIEmbedding:
+    with patch("llama_index.embeddings.openai.OpenAIEmbedding") as MockOpenAIEmbedding:
         model = get_embedding_model()
         MockOpenAIEmbedding.assert_called_once_with(
             model="text-embedding-3-small",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_get_embedding_model_huggingface(mock_ai_config):
     )
 
     with patch(
-        "paperless_ai.embedding.HuggingFaceEmbedding",
+        "llama_index.embeddings.huggingface.HuggingFaceEmbedding",
     ) as MockHuggingFaceEmbedding:
         model = get_embedding_model()
         MockHuggingFaceEmbedding.assert_called_once_with(