diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/pyproject.toml b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/pyproject.toml
index cb257103ac690..bc140272b9ec5 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "aiofiles>=23.2.0",
     "apache-airflow>=2.11.0",
-    "apache-airflow-providers-common-compat>=1.10.1",
+    "apache-airflow-providers-common-compat>=1.10.1", # use next version
     "asgiref>=3.5.2",
     # TODO(potiuk): We should bump cryptography to >=46.0.0 when sqlalchemy>=2.0 is required
     "cryptography>=41.0.0,<46.0.0",
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
index 4756405523cda..6994819979e0a 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     lazy_load_command,
     positive_int,
 )
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
 from airflow.executors.base_executor import BaseExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.exceptions import PodMutationHookException, PodReconciliationError
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@
 )
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_config import KubeConfig
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kubernetes_helper_functions import annotations_to_key
-from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Stats
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Stats, conf
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import remove_escape_codes
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 from airflow.utils.state import TaskInstanceState
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
index 0cc7fa9dbc1f1..f203a3ff37559 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/executors/local_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 
 from deprecated import deprecated
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
 from airflow.executors.base_executor import BaseExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.executors.kubernetes_executor import KubernetesExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import conf
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.callbacks.base_callback_sink import BaseCallbackSink
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_client.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_client.py
index cc37ed755a61d..a4c5f405577ad 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_client.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_client.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import urllib3.util
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import conf
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_config.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_config.py
index 74d858169a880..af742d80b1212 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_config.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kube_config.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 import warnings
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowConfigException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import conf
 from airflow.settings import AIRFLOW_HOME
 
 
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kubernetes_helper_functions.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kubernetes_helper_functions.py
index 3646ff8b75c31..f15d460ff9950 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kubernetes_helper_functions.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/kubernetes_helper_functions.py
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.backcompat import get_logical_date_key
-from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException, conf
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.models.taskinstancekey import TaskInstanceKey
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/job.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/job.py
index 46cdb3a29fdb1..6fc3f2215fe55 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/job.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/job.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from kubernetes.client.api_client import ApiClient
 from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.hooks.kubernetes import KubernetesHook
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kubernetes_helper_functions import (
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.triggers.job import KubernetesJobTrigger
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager import EMPTY_XCOM_RESULT, PodNotFoundException
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS
-from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException, conf
 from airflow.utils import yaml
 
 if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
index 54331fa6cef07..e6a0449cc8c00 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 from kubernetes.stream import stream
 from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError
 
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes import pod_generator
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.backcompat.backwards_compat_converters import (
     convert_affinity,
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
     from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook  # type: ignore[attr-defined, no-redef]
     from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 
-from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException, conf
 from airflow.settings import pod_mutation_hook
 from airflow.utils import yaml
 from airflow.utils.helpers import prune_dict, validate_key
diff --git a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/executors/test_local_kubernetes_executor.py b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/executors/test_local_kubernetes_executor.py
index 44832e9083c76..69f291c574f9e 100644
--- a/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/executors/test_local_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/providers/cncf/kubernetes/tests/unit/cncf/kubernetes/executors/test_local_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 import pytest
 
 from airflow.callbacks.callback_requests import CallbackRequest
-from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.executors.local_executor import LocalExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.executors.local_kubernetes_executor import (
     LocalKubernetesExecutor,
 )
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import conf
 
 from tests_common.test_utils.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS