diff --git a/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/commands/fixtures.py b/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/commands/fixtures.py
index c341179..f7cc43c 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/commands/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/commands/fixtures.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.table import Table
 
-from ...fixtures import Context, LoadStrategy, load_fixtures_by_context
+from ...fixtures import Context, LoadStrategy
 from ...logger import get_logger
 from ..config import get_db_context, get_fixtures_registry
 from ..utils import async_command
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ async def load(
     ] = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Load fixtures into the database."""
+    from ...fixtures import load_fixtures_by_context
+
     registry = get_fixtures_registry()
     db_context = get_db_context()
 
diff --git a/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/utils.py b/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/utils.py
index 29506d4..a9d4ffc 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/utils.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_toolsets/cli/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """CLI utility functions."""
 
-import asyncio
 import functools
 from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
 from typing import Any, ParamSpec, TypeVar
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ async def load(ctx: typer.Context) -> None:
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> T:
+        import asyncio
+
         return asyncio.run(func(*args, **kwargs))
 
     return wrapper
diff --git a/src/fastapi_toolsets/fixtures/__init__.py b/src/fastapi_toolsets/fixtures/__init__.py
index df5302e..458900f 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_toolsets/fixtures/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_toolsets/fixtures/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 """Fixture system for seeding databases with dependency resolution."""
 
-from .enum import LoadStrategy
-from .registry import Context, FixtureRegistry
-from .utils import load_fixtures, load_fixtures_by_context
+from .enum import Context, LoadStrategy
 
 __all__ = [
     "Context",
@@ -11,3 +9,20 @@
     "load_fixtures",
     "load_fixtures_by_context",
 ]
+
+_LAZY = {
+    "FixtureRegistry": ".registry",
+    "load_fixtures": ".utils",
+    "load_fixtures_by_context": ".utils",
+}
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):
+    module_name = _LAZY.get(name)
+    if module_name is None:
+        raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
+
+    import importlib
+
+    module = importlib.import_module(module_name, __name__)
+    return getattr(module, name)