diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlCrawlApi.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlCrawlApi.py
index 7c202b3fa..ea5a3918e 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlCrawlApi.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlCrawlApi.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import uuid
 from typing import Optional
-from firecrawl.firecrawl import FirecrawlApp
+
 from langflow.custom import CustomComponent
 from langflow.schema import Data
-import uuid
 
 
 class FirecrawlCrawlApi(CustomComponent):
@@ -48,11 +48,18 @@ class FirecrawlCrawlApi(CustomComponent):
         self,
         api_key: str,
         url: str,
-        timeout: Optional[int] = 30000,
+        timeout: int = 30000,
         crawlerOptions: Optional[Data] = None,
         pageOptions: Optional[Data] = None,
         idempotency_key: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Data:
+        try:
+            from firecrawl.firecrawl import FirecrawlApp  # type: ignore
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import firecrawl integration package. " "Please install it with `pip install firecrawl-py`."
+            )
+
         if crawlerOptions:
             crawler_options_dict = crawlerOptions.__dict__["data"]["text"]
         else:
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlScrapeApi.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlScrapeApi.py
index a1215ce51..a2bc6829b 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlScrapeApi.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/langchain_utilities/FirecrawlScrapeApi.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional
-from firecrawl.firecrawl import FirecrawlApp
+
 from langflow.custom import CustomComponent
 from langflow.schema import Data
 
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ class FirecrawlScrapeApi(CustomComponent):
         pageOptions: Optional[Data] = None,
         extractorOptions: Optional[Data] = None,
     ) -> Data:
+        try:
+            from firecrawl.firecrawl import FirecrawlApp  # type: ignore
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import firecrawl integration package. " "Please install it with `pip install firecrawl-py`."
+            )
         if extractorOptions:
             extractor_options_dict = extractorOptions.__dict__["data"]["text"]
         else: