diff --git a/airflow/providers/celery/executors/celery_executor.py b/airflow/providers/celery/executors/celery_executor.py
index 93037bb31c136..bddea8bd2879a 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/celery/executors/celery_executor.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/celery/executors/celery_executor.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowTaskTimeout
 from airflow.executors.base_executor import BaseExecutor
+from airflow.providers.celery.executors import (
+    celery_executor_utils as _celery_executor_utils,  # noqa: F401 # Needed to register execute_command with Celery app at worker startup, see #63043
+)
 from airflow.stats import Stats
 from airflow.utils.state import TaskInstanceState