diff --git a/dojo/api_v2/serializers.py b/dojo/api_v2/serializers.py
index 6bc18b5115f..fe3e4c575dd 100644
--- a/dojo/api_v2/serializers.py
+++ b/dojo/api_v2/serializers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import re
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import six
 import tagulous
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 from dojo.finding.queries import get_authorized_findings
 from dojo.group.utils import get_auth_group_name
 from dojo.importers.auto_create_context import AutoCreateContextManager
-from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
 from dojo.importers.default_importer import DefaultImporter
 from dojo.importers.default_reimporter import DefaultReImporter
 from dojo.models import (
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
 from dojo.utils import is_scan_file_too_large
 from dojo.validators import ImporterFileExtensionValidator, tag_validator
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
 
diff --git a/dojo/engagement/views.py b/dojo/engagement/views.py
index 9ecdabfdd9b..b806b60be77 100644
--- a/dojo/engagement/views.py
+++ b/dojo/engagement/views.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from time import strftime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pghistory
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@
     TypedNoteForm,
     UploadThreatForm,
 )
-from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
 from dojo.importers.default_importer import DefaultImporter
 from dojo.models import (
     Check_List,
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
     redirect_to_return_url_or_else,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/finding_group/views.py b/dojo/finding_group/views.py
index 451d4dcd720..92a4aa3f0d3 100644
--- a/dojo/finding_group/views.py
+++ b/dojo/finding_group/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import NestedObjects
 from django.core.paginator import Page, Paginator
 from django.db.models import Count, Min, Q, QuerySet, Subquery
 from django.db.utils import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
-from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.http.response import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 from django.urls.base import reverse
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 from dojo.product.queries import get_authorized_products
 from dojo.utils import Product_Tab, add_breadcrumb, get_page_items, get_setting, get_system_setting, get_words_for_field
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.http import HttpRequest
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/group/views.py b/dojo/group/views.py
index df1e6e815b2..5c220a755d4 100644
--- a/dojo/group/views.py
+++ b/dojo/group/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import NestedObjects
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.db.models.deletion import RestrictedError
-from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
     redirect_to_return_url_or_else,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/auto_create_context.py b/dojo/importers/auto_create_context.py
index 26d37ae65b0..451105e202e 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/auto_create_context.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/auto_create_context.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from crum import get_current_user
 from django.db import transaction
-from django.http.request import QueryDict
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from dojo.models import (
@@ -18,6 +17,9 @@
 )
 from dojo.utils import get_last_object_or_none, get_object_or_none
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.http.request import QueryDict
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/base_importer.py b/dojo/importers/base_importer.py
index f544d7f9552..efc48fb0624 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/base_importer.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/base_importer.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import base64
 import logging
 import time
-from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from celery import chord, group
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
-from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.timezone import make_aware
@@ -37,9 +36,15 @@
 from dojo.notifications.helper import create_notification
 from dojo.tag_utils import bulk_add_tags_to_instances
 from dojo.tools.factory import get_parser
-from dojo.tools.parser_test import ParserTest
 from dojo.utils import max_safe
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+    from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
+
+    from dojo.tools.parser_test import ParserTest
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/default_importer.py b/dojo/importers/default_importer.py
index 35fe6712387..9129968423f 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/default_importer.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/default_importer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
 from django.core.serializers import serialize
 from django.db.models.query_utils import Q
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 from dojo.utils import get_full_url, perform_product_grading
 from dojo.validators import clean_tags
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py b/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
index 47ce8c61acd..afd493407e9 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/default_reimporter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
 from django.core.serializers import serialize
 from django.db.models.query_utils import Q
 
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 from dojo.utils import perform_product_grading
 from dojo.validators import clean_tags
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
 
diff --git a/dojo/importers/options.py b/dojo/importers/options.py
index 3b7c624235d..bacd8f83a13 100644
--- a/dojo/importers/options.py
+++ b/dojo/importers/options.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import logging
-from collections.abc import Callable
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import wraps
 from pprint import pformat as pp
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db.models import Model
@@ -22,6 +21,9 @@
 )
 from dojo.utils import get_current_user, is_finding_groups_enabled
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/metrics/utils.py b/dojo/metrics/utils.py
index 3c7750e5130..3d7fbc49064 100644
--- a/dojo/metrics/utils.py
+++ b/dojo/metrics/utils.py
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 
 import logging
 import operator
-from collections.abc import Callable
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any, NamedTuple, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, TypeVar
 
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.db.models import Case, Count, F, IntegerField, Q, Sum, Value, When
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, ExtractDay, Now, TruncMonth, TruncWeek
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
-from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
@@ -32,6 +30,11 @@
     queryset_check,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
+    from django.http import HttpRequest
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/query_utils.py b/dojo/query_utils.py
index b14c4bc03fd..6e7687581f4 100644
--- a/dojo/query_utils.py
+++ b/dojo/query_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from django.db.models import Count, IntegerField, Subquery
-from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 
 
 def build_count_subquery(model_qs: QuerySet, group_field: str) -> Subquery:
diff --git a/dojo/risk_acceptance/api.py b/dojo/risk_acceptance/api.py
index 2fdaadf0afb..6073a3fbcee 100644
--- a/dojo/risk_acceptance/api.py
+++ b/dojo/risk_acceptance/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import NamedTuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NamedTuple
 
-from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.utils import timezone
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema
 from rest_framework import serializers, status
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@
 from dojo.engagement.queries import get_authorized_engagements
 from dojo.models import Risk_Acceptance, User, Vulnerability_Id
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.db.models import QuerySet
+
 AcceptedRisk = NamedTuple("AcceptedRisk", (("vulnerability_id", str), ("justification", str), ("accepted_by", str)))
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/system_settings/views.py b/dojo/system_settings/views.py
index b0bce9d52d3..ae39a0e9ec0 100644
--- a/dojo/system_settings/views.py
+++ b/dojo/system_settings/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
-from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views import View
 
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 from dojo.models import System_Settings
 from dojo.utils import add_breadcrumb, get_celery_worker_status
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/test/views.py b/dojo/test/views.py
index a05c0b3b660..3c5e597302a 100644
--- a/dojo/test/views.py
+++ b/dojo/test/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from functools import reduce
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pghistory
 from django.contrib import messages
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
     TestForm,
     TypedNoteForm,
 )
-from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
 from dojo.importers.default_reimporter import DefaultReImporter
 from dojo.models import (
     BurpRawRequestResponse,
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
     redirect_to_return_url_or_else,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.importers.base_importer import BaseImporter
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 parse_logger = logging.getLogger("dojo")
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
diff --git a/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/appcheck.py b/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/appcheck.py
index b34931d0f8f..d6571f2b537 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/appcheck.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/appcheck.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import re
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from dojo.models import Finding
 from dojo.tools.appcheck_web_application_scanner.engines.base import BaseEngineParser
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.models import Finding
+
 
 class AppCheckScanningEngineParser(BaseEngineParser):
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/nmap.py b/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/nmap.py
index 3fba10e455d..7ba99c715cd 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/nmap.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/appcheck_web_application_scanner/engines/nmap.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-from dojo.models import Endpoint
 from dojo.tools.appcheck_web_application_scanner.engines.base import BaseEngineParser
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.models import Endpoint
+
 
 class NmapScanningEngineParser(BaseEngineParser):
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/blackduck/importer.py b/dojo/tools/blackduck/importer.py
index 7273770c6ec..b38dd3c3545 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/blackduck/importer.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/blackduck/importer.py
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 import zipfile
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Iterable
-from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from .model import BlackduckFinding
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterable
+    from pathlib import Path
+
 
 class Importer(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/dojo/tools/blackduck_binary_analysis/importer.py b/dojo/tools/blackduck_binary_analysis/importer.py
index 3e737fb4dd0..573a64c1d19 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/blackduck_binary_analysis/importer.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/blackduck_binary_analysis/importer.py
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 import io
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from .model import BlackduckBinaryAnalysisFinding
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Iterable
+
 
 class Importer(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
diff --git a/dojo/tools/blackduck_component_risk/importer.py b/dojo/tools/blackduck_component_risk/importer.py
index 56f04f73eb0..8da1a86eae9 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/blackduck_component_risk/importer.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/blackduck_component_risk/importer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import io
 import logging
 import zipfile
-from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/fortify/fpr_parser.py b/dojo/tools/fortify/fpr_parser.py
index f3fb961e02f..943d837052a 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/fortify/fpr_parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/fortify/fpr_parser.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import logging
 import re
 import zipfile
-from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from defusedxml import ElementTree
 
 from dojo.models import Finding, Test
 from dojo.tools.fortify.fortify_data import DescriptionData, RuleData, SnippetData, VulnerabilityData
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/h1/parser.py b/dojo/tools/h1/parser.py
index 288cf897c61..28b1a5ef566 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/h1/parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/h1/parser.py
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@
 import json
 from contextlib import suppress
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import ClassVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar
 
 import cvss.parser
 from cvss.cvss3 import CVSS3
 from dateutil import parser as date_parser
-from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from dojo.models import Finding, Test
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django.core.files.uploadedfile import TemporaryUploadedFile
+
 __author__ = "Kirill Gotsman"
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/csv_parser.py b/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/csv_parser.py
index 23a8cd9d5ca..b73302899b6 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/csv_parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/csv_parser.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import csv
 import io
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_date
 
-from dojo.models import Finding
 from dojo.tools.openvas.parser_v2.common import (
     OpenVASFindingAuxData,
     cleanup_openvas_text,
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     setup_finding,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.models import Finding
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/xml_parser.py b/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/xml_parser.py
index 60facc087bf..95991208c75 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/xml_parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/openvas/parser_v2/xml_parser.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from xml.dom import NamespaceErr
 
 from defusedxml import ElementTree
 
-from dojo.models import Finding
 from dojo.tools.openvas.parser_v2.common import (
     OpenVASFindingAuxData,
     cleanup_openvas_text,
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 )
 from dojo.utils import parse_cvss_data
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.models import Finding
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/parser.py b/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/parser.py
index f9ec605fe8b..ed9b1675777 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/parser.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # noqa: RUF100
 import hashlib
 import logging
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from dojo.models import Finding
 from dojo.tools.reversinglabs_spectraassure.rlJsonInfo import RlJsonInfo
-from dojo.tools.reversinglabs_spectraassure.rlJsonInfo.cve_info_node import CveInfoNode
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dojo.tools.reversinglabs_spectraassure.rlJsonInfo.cve_info_node import CveInfoNode
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/rlJsonInfo/cve_info_node.py b/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/rlJsonInfo/cve_info_node.py
index 8bab3428a94..14d431711b6 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/rlJsonInfo/cve_info_node.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/reversinglabs_spectraassure/rlJsonInfo/cve_info_node.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import datetime
 import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import datetime
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/dojo/tools/whitehat_sentinel/parser.py b/dojo/tools/whitehat_sentinel/parser.py
index 651dba4f7dd..1a55a43ddcc 100644
--- a/dojo/tools/whitehat_sentinel/parser.py
+++ b/dojo/tools/whitehat_sentinel/parser.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def __remove_paragraph_tags(self, html_string):
 
     def _convert_attack_vectors_to_endpoints(
         self, attack_vectors: list[dict],
-    ) -> list["Endpoint"]:
+    ) -> list[Endpoint]:
         """
         Takes a list of Attack Vectors dictionaries from the WhiteHat vuln API and converts them to Defect Dojo
         Endpoints
diff --git a/dojo/utils.py b/dojo/utils.py
index 33e99846b81..c5e023cab8e 100644
--- a/dojo/utils.py
+++ b/dojo/utils.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 import re
 import time
 from calendar import monthrange
-from collections.abc import Callable
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from functools import cached_property
 from math import pi, sqrt
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import bleach
 import crum
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
 )
 from dojo.notifications.helper import create_notification
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 deduplicationLogger = logging.getLogger("dojo.specific-loggers.deduplication")
 WEEKDAY_FRIDAY = 4  # date.weekday() starts with 0
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ def match_finding_to_existing_findings(finding, product=None, engagement=None, t
     return None
 
 
-def count_findings(findings: QuerySet) -> tuple[dict["Product", list[int]], dict[str, int]]:
+def count_findings(findings: QuerySet) -> tuple[dict[Product, list[int]], dict[str, int]]:
     agg = (
         findings.values(prod_id=F("test__engagement__product_id"))
         .annotate(
diff --git a/dojo/validators.py b/dojo/validators.py
index 4c7c4f29d24..37ac71e64a9 100644
--- a/dojo/validators.py
+++ b/dojo/validators.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import re
-from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import cvss
 from cvss import CVSS2, CVSS3, CVSS4
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import FileExtensionValidator
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 TAG_PATTERN = re.compile(r'[ ,\'"]')  # Matches spaces, commas, single quotes, double quotes
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 942bd47a00a..de7d84e4034 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Always generate Python 3.13-compatible code.
-target-version = "py313"
+# Always generate Python 3.14-compatible code.
+target-version = "py314"
 
 # Same as Black.
 line-length = 120