diff --git a/features/steps/tdd_session_create_suppress_exception_steps.py b/features/steps/tdd_session_create_suppress_exception_steps.py
index a41c535e0..1044d19db 100644
--- a/features/steps/tdd_session_create_suppress_exception_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/tdd_session_create_suppress_exception_steps.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ recorded but the session creation remains non-fatal.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from datetime import datetime
 import logging
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ def _make_mock_session() -> MagicMock:
     mock_session.actor_name = None
     mock_session.namespace = "default"
     mock_session.message_count = 0
-    mock_session.created_at = __import__("datetime").datetime(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
-    mock_session.updated_at = __import__("datetime").datetime(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+    mock_session.created_at = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+    mock_session.updated_at = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
     return mock_session