diff --git a/ydb/driver.py b/ydb/driver.py
index 7c123823..814408ad 100644
--- a/ydb/driver.py
+++ b/ydb/driver.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from . import credentials as credentials_impl, table, scheme, pool
 from . import tracing
-from . import iam
 from . import _utilities
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ def credentials_from_env_variables(tracer: Optional[tracing.Tracer] = None) -> "
         metadata_credentials = os.getenv("YDB_METADATA_CREDENTIALS", "0") == "1"
         if metadata_credentials:
             ctx.trace({"credentials.metadata": True})
+            from . import iam
 
             return iam.MetadataUrlCredentials(tracer=tracer)
 
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def credentials_from_env_variables(tracer: Optional[tracing.Tracer] = None) -> "
                 "credentials.metadata": True,
             }
         )
+        from . import iam
+
         return iam.MetadataUrlCredentials(tracer=tracer)
 
 
diff --git a/ydb/iam/auth.py b/ydb/iam/auth.py
index a43c30af..5a459c3b 100644
--- a/ydb/iam/auth.py
+++ b/ydb/iam/auth.py
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 
-try:
-    import jwt
-except ImportError:
-    jwt = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
 try:
     from yandex.cloud.iam.v1 import iam_token_service_pb2_grpc
     from yandex.cloud.iam.v1 import iam_token_service_pb2
@@ -29,19 +24,16 @@
             iam_token_service_pb2_grpc = None
             iam_token_service_pb2 = None
 
-try:
-    import requests
-except ImportError:
-    requests = None  # type: ignore
-
-
 DEFAULT_METADATA_URL = "http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token"
 YANDEX_CLOUD_IAM_TOKEN_SERVICE_URL = "https://iam.api.cloud.yandex.net/iam/v1/tokens"
 YANDEX_CLOUD_JWT_ALGORITHM = "PS256"
 
 
 def get_jwt(account_id, access_key_id, private_key, jwt_expiration_timeout, algorithm, token_service_url, subject=None):
-    assert jwt is not None, "Install pyjwt library to use jwt tokens"
+    try:
+        import jwt
+    except ImportError as e:
+        raise ImportError("Install pyjwt library to use jwt tokens") from e
     now = time.time()
     now_utc = datetime.fromtimestamp(now, timezone.utc)
     exp_utc = datetime.fromtimestamp(now + jwt_expiration_timeout, timezone.utc)
@@ -180,7 +172,10 @@ def __init__(self, metadata_url=None, tracer=None):
         :param ydb.Tracer tracer: ydb tracer
         """
         super(MetadataUrlCredentials, self).__init__(tracer)
-        assert requests is not None, "Install requests library to use metadata credentials provider"
+        try:
+            import requests  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise ImportError("Install requests library to use metadata credentials provider") from e
         self.extra_error_message = (
             "Check that metadata service configured properly since we failed to fetch it from metadata_url."
         )
@@ -188,6 +183,8 @@ def __init__(self, metadata_url=None, tracer=None):
 
     @tracing.with_trace()
     def _make_token_request(self):
+        import requests
+
         response = requests.get(self._metadata_url, headers={"Metadata-Flavor": "Google"}, timeout=3)
         response.raise_for_status()
         return json.loads(response.text)