diff --git a/beir/retrieval/search/dense/exact_search.py b/beir/retrieval/search/dense/exact_search.py
index 070c786..d937968 100644
--- a/beir/retrieval/search/dense/exact_search.py
+++ b/beir/retrieval/search/dense/exact_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import heapq
-import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import logging
 import os