diff --git a/mitm_tooling/utilities/sql_utils.py b/mitm_tooling/utilities/sql_utils.py
index 17679580f23ec99a2d59a871b57af537298e88dd..8c7f0ed51fad17b5b0ac0c1f9d01e8340bb35b6e 100644
--- a/mitm_tooling/utilities/sql_utils.py
+++ b/mitm_tooling/utilities/sql_utils.py
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 import sqlalchemy
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from pydantic import AnyUrl
-from sqlalchemy import Engine
+from sqlalchemy import Engine, Connection
 from typing import Type, Generator
+from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-
-EngineOrConnection = sa.Engine | sa.Connection
-AnyDBBind = EngineOrConnection | sqlalchemy.orm.Session
+EngineOrConnection = Engine | Connection
+AnyDBBind = EngineOrConnection | Session
 
 def qualify(*, table: str, schema: str | None = None, column: str | None = None):
     res = table
@@ -45,23 +44,25 @@ def dialect_cls_from_url(url: AnyUrl) -> Type[sa.engine.Dialect]:
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def use_nested_conn(bind: AnyDBBind) -> Generator[sa.Connection, None, None]:
-    if isinstance(bind, sa.Engine):
+def use_nested_conn(bind: AnyDBBind) -> Generator[Connection, None, None]:
+    if isinstance(bind, Engine):
         yield bind.connect()
-    elif isinstance(bind, sa.Connection):
+    elif isinstance(bind, Connection):
         with bind.begin_nested():
             yield bind
     elif isinstance(bind, Session):
         with bind.begin_nested():
             yield bind.connection()
+    else:
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected Engine, Connection or Session, got {type(bind)}")
 
 @contextmanager
-def use_db_bind(bind: AnyDBBind) -> Generator[sa.Connection, None, None]:
+def use_db_bind(bind: AnyDBBind) -> Generator[Connection, None, None]:
     if isinstance(bind, Session):
         yield bind.connection()
-    if isinstance(bind, sa.Connection):
+    elif isinstance(bind, Connection):
         yield bind
-    elif isinstance(bind, sa.Engine):
+    elif isinstance(bind, Engine):
         yield bind.connect()
     else:
         raise TypeError(f"Expected Engine, Connection or Session, got {type(bind)}")
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