diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/subword_tokenizer.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/subword_tokenizer.py
index 3502fc9acae..782b74ef4a6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/subword_tokenizer.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/subword_tokenizer.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def _cast_to_appropriate_type(ar, cast_type):
         from torch.utils.dlpack import from_dlpack
 
     elif cast_type == "tf":
-        from tf.experimental.dlpack import from_dlpack
+        from tensorflow.experimental.dlpack import from_dlpack
 
     return from_dlpack(ar.astype("int32").toDlpack())