diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/flytekitplugins/deck/renderer.py b/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/flytekitplugins/deck/renderer.py
index 1aca9595ce..708e941d88 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/flytekitplugins/deck/renderer.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/flytekitplugins/deck/renderer.py
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@
     import markdown
     import pandas as pd
     import PIL.Image
-    import plotly.express as px
     import pygments
     import ydata_profiling
 else:
     pd = lazy_module("pandas")
     markdown = lazy_module("markdown")
-    px = lazy_module("plotly.express")
     PIL = lazy_module("PIL")
     ydata_profiling = lazy_module("ydata_profiling")
     pygments = lazy_module("pygments")
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@ def __init__(self, column_name):
         self._column_name = column_name
 
     def to_html(self, df: "pd.DataFrame") -> str:
+        import plotly.express as px
+
         fig = px.box(df, y=self._column_name)
         return fig.to_html()
 
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ class TableRenderer:
     Convert a pandas DataFrame into an HTML table.
     """
 
-    def to_html(self, df: pd.DataFrame, header_labels: Optional[List] = None, table_width: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+    def to_html(
+        self, df: "pd.DataFrame", header_labels: Optional[List] = None, table_width: Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> str:
         # Check if custom labels are provided and have the correct length
         if header_labels is not None and len(header_labels) == len(df.columns):
             df = df.copy()
@@ -184,7 +186,9 @@ class GanttChartRenderer:
     - "Name": string (the name of the task or event)
     """
 
-    def to_html(self, df: pd.DataFrame, chart_width: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+    def to_html(self, df: "pd.DataFrame", chart_width: Optional[int] = None) -> str:
+        import plotly.express as px
+
         fig = px.timeline(df, x_start="Start", x_end="Finish", y="Name", color="Name", width=chart_width)
 
         fig.update_xaxes(
diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/setup.py b/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/setup.py
index c707084161..6ba3dfb02d 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-deck-standard/setup.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 microlib_name = f"flytekitplugins-{PLUGIN_NAME}-standard"
 
-plugin_requires = [
-    "flytekit",
-]
+plugin_requires = ["flytekit"]
 
 __version__ = "0.0.0+develop"