diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow/concepts.rst b/docs/apache-airflow/concepts.rst
index 90da836cc4f7c..10d564488ebad 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow/concepts.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow/concepts.rst
@@ -1350,6 +1350,12 @@ Here is what it may look like:
       :start-after: [START example_dag_cluster_policy]
       :end-before: [END example_dag_cluster_policy]
 
+
+.. note::
+
+    To avoid import cycles, if using ``DAG`` in type annotations in your cluster policy, be sure to import from ``airflow.models`` and not from ``airflow``.
+
+
 Task level cluster policy
 -----------------------------
 For example, this function could apply a specific queue property when
diff --git a/tests/cluster_policies/__init__.py b/tests/cluster_policies/__init__.py
index 9d2818117187e..d395ec0982c04 100644
--- a/tests/cluster_policies/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/cluster_policies/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Callable, List
 
-from airflow import DAG
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowClusterPolicyViolation
-from airflow.models import TaskInstance
+from airflow.models import DAG, TaskInstance
 from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator