diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/aaz/_poller.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/aaz/_poller.py
index ac9b33bf0ca..095241e5cce 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/aaz/_poller.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/aaz/_poller.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 from azure.core.polling.base_polling import LROBasePolling
 from azure.core.tracing.common import with_current_context
 from azure.core.tracing.decorator import distributed_trace
+# import requests in main thread to resolve import deadlock between threads in python
+# reference https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/2925 and https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/26272
+import requests  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)