diff --git a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/snowflake/snowpark_dataset.py b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/snowflake/snowpark_dataset.py
index 1ff6f9d55..f01651e84 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/snowflake/snowpark_dataset.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/snowflake/snowpark_dataset.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import snowflake.snowpark as sp
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset, DatasetError
+from snowflake.snowpark import DataFrame, Session
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         load_args: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         save_args: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         credentials: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
-        session: sp.Session | None = None,
+        session: Session | None = None,
         metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ def _describe(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         }
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _get_session(connection_parameters) -> sp.Session:
+    def _get_session(connection_parameters) -> Session:
         """
         Given a connection string, create singleton connection
         to be used across all instances of `SnowparkTableDataset` that
@@ -211,32 +212,32 @@ def _get_session(connection_parameters) -> sp.Session:
         return session
 
     @property
-    def _session(self) -> sp.Session:
+    def _session(self) -> Session:
         """
         Retrieve or create a session.
 
         Returns:
-            sp.Session: The current session associated with the object.
+            Session: The current session associated with the object.
         """
         if not self.__session:
             self.__session = self._get_session(self._connection_parameters)
         return self.__session
 
-    def load(self) -> sp.DataFrame:
+    def load(self) -> DataFrame:
         """
         Load data from a specified database table.
 
         Returns:
-            sp.DataFrame: The loaded data as a Snowpark DataFrame.
+            DataFrame: The loaded data as a Snowpark DataFrame.
         """
         return self._session.table(self._validate_and_get_table_name())
 
-    def save(self, data: pd.DataFrame | sp.DataFrame) -> None:
+    def save(self, data: pd.DataFrame | DataFrame) -> None:
         """
         Save data to a specified database table.
 
         Args:
-            data (pd.DataFrame | sp.DataFrame): The data to save.
+            data (pd.DataFrame | DataFrame): The data to save.
         """
         if isinstance(data, pd.DataFrame):
             data = self._session.create_dataframe(data)