diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/analyzer/analyzer_utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/analyzer/analyzer_utils.py
index 09511b201d..001c2266a5 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/analyzer/analyzer_utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/analyzer/analyzer_utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from snowflake.connector import ProgrammingError
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import SnowflakeCursor
-from snowflake.connector.options import pyarrow
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pyarrow
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.binary_plan_node import (
     AsOf,
     Except,
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/datasource_reader.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/datasource_reader.py
index de72d40f86..a2a1c83b40 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/datasource_reader.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/datasource_reader.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.data_source.drivers.base_driver import BaseDriver
 from snowflake.snowpark.exceptions import SnowparkDataframeReaderException
 from snowflake.snowpark.types import StructType
-from snowflake.connector.options import pandas as pd
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pandas as pd
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/drivers/base_driver.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/drivers/base_driver.py
index 88a65e8825..eafa31def5 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/drivers/base_driver.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/data_source/drivers/base_driver.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 import datetime
 from typing import Dict, List, Callable, Any, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
-from snowflake.connector.options import pandas as pd
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pandas as pd
 
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import unquote_if_quoted
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.data_source.datasource_typing import (
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/event_table_telemetry.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/event_table_telemetry.py
index a1b70b7e4d..846d5c7d91 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/event_table_telemetry.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/event_table_telemetry.py
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 from abc import ABC
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple
-from snowflake.connector.options import MissingOptionalDependency, ModuleLikeObject
 import snowflake.snowpark
 import requests
 
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import (
+    MissingOptionalDependency,
+    ModuleLikeObject,
+)
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import parse_table_name
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/options.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/options.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9936dd4363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012-2025 Snowflake Computing Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+from snowflake.connector.version import VERSION as connector_version
+
+IS_V5_DRIVER: bool = connector_version[0] >= 5
+
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import pandas  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import ModuleLikeObject  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import installed_pandas  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import (
+        MissingOptionalDependency,
+        pyarrow,
+        installed_pyarrow,
+    )
+else:
+    from snowflake.connector.options import pandas  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector.options import ModuleLikeObject  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas  # noqa: F401
+    from snowflake.connector.options import (
+        MissingOptionalDependency,
+        MissingPandas,
+        pyarrow,
+    )
+
+    # connector.options (v4) never exported installed_pyarrow as its own name.
+    installed_pyarrow: bool = not isinstance(pyarrow, MissingOptionalDependency)
+
+
+def _missing_pandas() -> MissingOptionalDependency:
+    # v4 has no __init__ override (no-arg-subclass only); v5 deleted
+    # MissingPandas in favor of the positional-arg form.
+    if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+        return MissingOptionalDependency("pandas")
+    return MissingPandas()
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
index 94df8ceb9c..add6656e0c 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/server_connection.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 from snowflake.connector.constants import FIELD_ID_TO_NAME
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import ResultMetadata, SnowflakeCursor
 from snowflake.connector.errors import Error, NotSupportedError, ProgrammingError
-from snowflake.connector.network import ReauthenticationRequest
-from snowflake.connector.options import pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import (
     quote_name_without_upper_casing,
 )
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@
     get_plan_telemetry_metrics,
 )
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
+    IS_V5_DRIVER,
     create_rlock,
     create_thread_local,
     escape_quotes,
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
     result_set_to_rows,
     unwrap_stage_location_single_quote,
 )
+
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector.errors import ReauthenticationRequest
+else:
+    from snowflake.connector.network import ReauthenticationRequest
 from snowflake.snowpark import context
 from snowflake.snowpark.async_job import AsyncJob, _AsyncResultType
 from snowflake.snowpark.query_history import QueryListener, QueryRecord
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/telemetry.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/telemetry.py
index 80f16d395e..4d012df803 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/telemetry.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/telemetry.py
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from snowflake.connector import SnowflakeConnection
-from snowflake.connector.telemetry import (
-    TelemetryClient as PCTelemetryClient,
-    TelemetryData as PCTelemetryData,
-    TelemetryField as PCTelemetryField,
-)
 from snowflake.connector.time_util import get_time_millis
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.query_plan_analysis_utils import (
     PlanState,
@@ -30,6 +25,7 @@
     DescribeQueryTelemetryField,
 )
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
+    IS_V5_DRIVER,
     get_application_name,
     get_os_name,
     get_python_version,
@@ -39,6 +35,19 @@
     generate_random_alphanumeric,
 )
 
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector._common.telemetry import (
+        TelemetryClient as PCTelemetryClient,
+        TelemetryData as PCTelemetryData,
+        TelemetryField as PCTelemetryField,
+    )
+else:
+    from snowflake.connector.telemetry import (
+        TelemetryClient as PCTelemetryClient,
+        TelemetryData as PCTelemetryData,
+        TelemetryField as PCTelemetryField,
+    )
+
 try:
     import psutil
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/type_utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/type_utils.py
index c7ca2a2a3e..b27e50642a 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/type_utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/type_utils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import snowflake.snowpark.types  # type: ignore
 from snowflake.connector.constants import FIELD_ID_TO_NAME
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import ResultMetadata
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas, pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas, pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import quote_name
 from snowflake.snowpark.row import Row
 from snowflake.snowpark.types import (
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/udf_utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/udf_utils.py
index 7b3b947904..de7d82a0d8 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/udf_utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/udf_utils.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from packaging.requirements import Requirement
 
 import snowflake.snowpark
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas, pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas, pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal import code_generation, type_utils
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.datatype_mapper import to_sql, to_sql_no_cast
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.telemetry import TelemetryField
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
index 99dc105b37..74c390ad8c 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@
 from snowflake.connector.constants import FIELD_ID_TO_NAME
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import ResultMetadata, SnowflakeCursor
 from snowflake.connector.description import OPERATING_SYSTEM, PLATFORM
-from snowflake.connector.options import MissingOptionalDependency, ModuleLikeObject
 from snowflake.connector.version import VERSION as connector_version
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.error_message import SnowparkClientExceptionMessages
 from snowflake.snowpark.row import Row
 from snowflake.snowpark.version import VERSION as snowpark_version
 
+IS_V5_DRIVER: bool = connector_version[0] >= 5
+
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import (  # noqa: E402
+    MissingOptionalDependency,
+    ModuleLikeObject,
+    installed_pandas,
+)
+
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.snowflake_plan import (
         SnowflakePlan,
@@ -240,24 +248,6 @@
 
 SUPPORTED_TABLE_TYPES = ["temp", "temporary", "transient"]
 
-# TODO: merge fixed pandas importer changes to connector.
-def _pandas_importer():  # noqa: E302
-    """Helper function to lazily import pandas and return MissingPandas if not installed."""
-    from snowflake.connector.options import MissingPandas
-
-    pandas = MissingPandas()
-    try:
-        pandas = importlib.import_module("pandas")
-        # since we enable relative imports without dots this import gives us an issues when ran from test directory
-        from pandas import DataFrame  # NOQA
-    except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-        pass  # pragma: no cover
-    return pandas
-
-
-pandas = _pandas_importer()
-installed_pandas = not isinstance(pandas, MissingOptionalDependency)
-
 
 class TempObjectType(Enum):
     TABLE = "TABLE"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
index 7bae2324fc..d4919eed10 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/async_job.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import snowflake.snowpark
 from snowflake.connector.errors import DatabaseError
-from snowflake.connector.options import pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import result_scan_statement
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.snowflake_plan import Query
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
index 42e7b4ef65..dd69e90d65 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import snowflake.snowpark
 import snowflake.snowpark.context as context
 import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.generated.ast_pb2 as proto
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas, pandas, pyarrow
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas, pandas, pyarrow
 
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.binary_plan_node import (
     AsOf,
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
index 7ae10dcda5..5ac0d3d807 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_options.py
@@ -4,26 +4,35 @@
 
 import importlib
 
-from snowflake.connector.options import MissingOptionalDependency, MissingPandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import (
+    MissingOptionalDependency,
+    _missing_pandas,
+)
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import IS_V5_DRIVER
 
 try:
     import pandas
 
     installed_pandas = True
 except ImportError:
-    pandas = MissingPandas()
+    pandas = _missing_pandas()
     installed_pandas = False
 
 
-class MissingNumpy(MissingOptionalDependency):
-    """The class is specifically for numpy optional dependency."""
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector._common.extras import numpy
 
-    _dep_name = "numpy"
+    installed_numpy = not isinstance(numpy, MissingOptionalDependency)
+else:
 
+    class MissingNumpy(MissingOptionalDependency):
+        """The class is specifically for numpy optional dependency."""
 
-try:
-    numpy = importlib.import_module("numpy")
-    installed_numpy = True
-except ImportError:
-    numpy = MissingNumpy()
-    installed_numpy = False
+        _dep_name = "numpy"
+
+    try:
+        numpy = importlib.import_module("numpy")
+        installed_numpy = True
+    except ImportError:
+        numpy = MissingNumpy()
+        installed_numpy = False
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/relational_grouped_dataframe.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/relational_grouped_dataframe.py
index 189d37d66d..a0fc656b94 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/relational_grouped_dataframe.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/relational_grouped_dataframe.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.error_message import SnowparkClientExceptionMessages
 import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.generated.ast_pb2 as proto
 import snowflake.snowpark.context as context
-from snowflake.connector.options import pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.analyzer_utils import unquote_if_quoted
 from snowflake.snowpark import functions
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.expression import (
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
index aea7b7e5de..a461116324 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.generated.ast_pb2 as proto
 import snowflake.snowpark.context as context
 from snowflake.connector import ProgrammingError, SnowflakeConnection
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas, pandas, pyarrow
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas, pandas, pyarrow
 from snowflake.connector.pandas_tools import write_pandas
 
 from snowflake.snowpark import UDFProfiler
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/types.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/types.py
index 3d97816615..a3f8e10241 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/types.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/types.py
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@
 import snowflake.snowpark._internal.proto.generated.ast_pb2 as proto
 
 # Use correct version from here:
-from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
-    installed_pandas,
-    pandas,
-    quote_name,
-)
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas, pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import quote_name
 
 # TODO: connector installed_pandas is broken. If pyarrow is not installed, but pandas is this function returns the wrong answer.
 # The core issue is that in the connector detection of both pandas/arrow are mixed, which is wrong.
diff --git a/tests/integ/scala/test_datatype_suite.py b/tests/integ/scala/test_datatype_suite.py
index 950e05a060..6b1bbe7cc0 100644
--- a/tests/integ/scala/test_datatype_suite.py
+++ b/tests/integ/scala/test_datatype_suite.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import snowflake.snowpark.context as context
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark import Row
 from snowflake.snowpark.dataframe import DataFrame
 from snowflake.snowpark.exceptions import SnowparkSQLException
diff --git a/tests/integ/scala/test_update_delete_merge_suite.py b/tests/integ/scala/test_update_delete_merge_suite.py
index ed5e904aff..534c0824b0 100644
--- a/tests/integ/scala/test_update_delete_merge_suite.py
+++ b/tests/integ/scala/test_update_delete_merge_suite.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark import (
     DeleteResult,
     MergeResult,
diff --git a/tests/integ/test_cte.py b/tests/integ/test_cte.py
index fcb9a6694a..fab97afc67 100644
--- a/tests/integ/test_cte.py
+++ b/tests/integ/test_cte.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from snowflake.connector.errors import ProgrammingError
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark import Window
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer import analyzer
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.snowflake_plan import PlanQueryType, Query
diff --git a/tests/integ/test_function.py b/tests/integ/test_function.py
index 455707e8bf..81cc445293 100644
--- a/tests/integ/test_function.py
+++ b/tests/integ/test_function.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     year,
 )
 import functools
-from snowflake.connector.options import installed_pandas
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.options import installed_pandas
 from snowflake.snowpark.functions import udf, vectorized
 from snowflake.snowpark.udf import UserDefinedFunction
 from snowflake.snowpark.types import (
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
index f09cfc63d3..6d41a8a40e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import random
 import pytest
-from snowflake.connector.options import MissingPandas
 
-from snowflake.snowpark._internal import utils
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal import options, utils
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import (
-    _pandas_importer,
     generate_random_alphanumeric,
     split_snowflake_identifier_with_dot,
 )
@@ -148,16 +146,6 @@ def test_normalize_path_escapes_backslash_and_quote(raw_path, is_local):
     ), f"decoded={decoded!r} does not end with {expected_tail!r}"
 
 
-def test__pandas_importer():
-    imported_pandas = _pandas_importer()
-    try:
-        import pandas
-
-        assert imported_pandas == pandas
-    except ImportError:
-        assert isinstance(imported_pandas, MissingPandas)
-
-
 def test_generate_random_alphanumeric():
     random.seed(42)
     random_string1 = generate_random_alphanumeric()
@@ -210,3 +198,9 @@ def test_generate_random_alphanumeric():
 )
 def test_split_snowflake_identifier_with_dot(string, expected_result):
     assert split_snowflake_identifier_with_dot(string) == expected_result
+
+
+def test_missing_pandas():
+    result = options._missing_pandas()
+    assert isinstance(result, options.MissingOptionalDependency)
+    assert result._dep_name == "pandas"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_server_connection.py b/tests/unit/test_server_connection.py
index a53d42dc16..f2a3761f5e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_server_connection.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_server_connection.py
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from snowflake.connector.network import ReauthenticationRequest
 from snowflake.snowpark import Session
 from snowflake.snowpark._internal.analyzer.snowflake_plan import Query, SnowflakePlan
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal.utils import IS_V5_DRIVER
+
+if IS_V5_DRIVER:
+    from snowflake.connector.errors import ReauthenticationRequest
+else:
+    from snowflake.connector.network import ReauthenticationRequest
 from snowflake.snowpark.exceptions import (
     SnowparkFetchDataException,
     SnowparkQueryCancelledException,