diff --git a/src/imcflibs/imagej/projections.py b/src/imcflibs/imagej/projections.py
index bb615fd576134dc7200b4c10ed54d887255c4c07..52f309b88bd607ee2fd4532773ca91bcf292c13c 100644
--- a/src/imcflibs/imagej/projections.py
+++ b/src/imcflibs/imagej/projections.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Functions for creating Z projections."""
 
-from ij.plugin import ZProjector
+from ij.plugin import ZProjector  # pylint: disable-msg=E0401
 
 from .bioformats import export_using_orig_name
 from ..log import LOG as log