diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/470.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/470.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..596e361a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/470.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix: import statements
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diff --git a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/model.py b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/model.py
index 63871050..18e948f6 100644
--- a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/model.py
+++ b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/model.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     import SherlockModelService_pb2_grpc
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     from ansys.api.sherlock.v0 import SherlockModelService_pb2
+    from ansys.api.sherlock.v0.SherlockModelService_pb2 import MeshType, TraceOutputType
     from ansys.api.sherlock.v0 import SherlockModelService_pb2_grpc
-    from SherlockModelService_pb2 import MeshType, TraceOutputType
 
 from ansys.sherlock.core import LOG
 from ansys.sherlock.core.errors import (