diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
index 93cb9db7cbd..f83d9e82d30 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 
-    import polars.polars as plrs
+    import polars as pl
     import polars.type_aliases as pl_types
 
     from cudf_polars.containers import DataFrame
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class LiteralColumn(Expr):
     value: pa.Array[Any, Any]
     children: tuple[()]
 
-    def __init__(self, dtype: plc.DataType, value: plrs.PySeries) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, dtype: plc.DataType, value: pl.Series) -> None:
         super().__init__(dtype)
         data = value.to_arrow()
         self.value = data.cast(dtypes.downcast_arrow_lists(data.type))
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
index 5a1e682abe7..9bd58c7f466 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
 from typing_extensions import assert_never
 
+import polars as pl
 import polars.polars as plrs
 from polars.polars import _expr_nodes as pl_expr, _ir_nodes as pl_ir
 
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ def _(node: pl_expr.Window, visitor: NodeTraverser, dtype: plc.DataType) -> expr
 @_translate_expr.register
 def _(node: pl_expr.Literal, visitor: NodeTraverser, dtype: plc.DataType) -> expr.Expr:
     if isinstance(node.value, plrs.PySeries):
-        return expr.LiteralColumn(dtype, node.value)
+        return expr.LiteralColumn(dtype, pl.Series._from_pyseries(node.value))
     value = pa.scalar(node.value, type=plc.interop.to_arrow(dtype))
     return expr.Literal(dtype, value)