diff --git a/manim/utils/module_ops.py b/manim/utils/module_ops.py
index d08357280c..2825d4f3a7 100644
--- a/manim/utils/module_ops.py
+++ b/manim/utils/module_ops.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 import inspect
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import types