diff --git a/src/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino_inferencer.py b/src/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino_inferencer.py
index 1327efeb1e..aeac60b656 100644
--- a/src/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino_inferencer.py
+++ b/src/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino_inferencer.py
@@ -51,17 +51,19 @@
 
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
 from lightning_utilities.core.imports import module_available
-from openvino.runtime.utils.data_helpers.wrappers import OVDict
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImage
 
 from anomalib.data import NumpyImageBatch
 from anomalib.data.utils import read_image
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from openvino.runtime.utils.data_helpers.wrappers import OVDict
+
 logger = logging.getLogger("anomalib")
 
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ def pre_process(image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
         return image
 
     @staticmethod
-    def post_process(predictions: OVDict) -> dict:
+    def post_process(predictions: "OVDict") -> dict:
         """Convert OpenVINO predictions to dictionary.
 
         Args: