diff --git a/client/src/jobq/job.py b/client/src/jobq/job.py
index 4dcfa8c..9cf347b 100644
--- a/client/src/jobq/job.py
+++ b/client/src/jobq/job.py
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from collections.abc import Set as AbstractSet
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Generic, ParamSpec, TypedDict, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Generic, ParamSpec, TypedDict, TypeVar
 
-import docker.types
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, StrictInt, StrictStr
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -26,6 +25,9 @@
 from jobq.utils.math import to_rational
 from jobq.utils.processes import run_command
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from docker.types import DeviceRequest
+
 
 class BuildMode(enum.Enum):
     YAML = "yaml"
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ def _is_yaml(path: AnyPath) -> bool:
 class DockerResourceOptions(TypedDict):
     mem_limit: str | None
     nano_cpus: float | None
-    device_requests: list[docker.types.DeviceRequest] | None
+    device_requests: list[DeviceRequest] | None
 
 
 # Functional definition of TypedDict to enable special characters in dict keys
@@ -131,12 +133,14 @@ def to_str(self) -> str:
         return pprint.pformat(self.model_dump(by_alias=True))
 
     def to_docker(self) -> DockerResourceOptions:
+        from docker.types import DeviceRequest
+
         options: DockerResourceOptions = {
             "mem_limit": str(int(to_rational(self.memory))) if self.memory else None,
             "nano_cpus": int(to_rational(self.cpu) * 10**9) if self.cpu else None,
             "device_requests": (
                 [
-                    docker.types.DeviceRequest(
+                    DeviceRequest(
                         capabilities=[["gpu"]],
                         count=self.gpu,
                     )