diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
index 8e95f7a6c9387..5bc39625da97c 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import select, update
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 
 try:
     from airflow.cli.cli_config import (
diff --git a/airflow/sentry.py b/airflow/sentry.py
index 34133228ca13f..da46f924786df 100644
--- a/airflow/sentry.py
+++ b/airflow/sentry.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             # LoggingIntegration is set by default.
             integrations = [sentry_flask]
 
-            executor_class, _ = ExecutorLoader.import_default_executor_cls()
+            executor_class, _ = ExecutorLoader.import_default_executor_cls(validate=False)
 
             if executor_class.supports_sentry:
                 from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration