diff --git a/skimage/viewer/tests/test_viewer.py b/skimage/viewer/tests/test_viewer.py
index 75f7413c..f87e49b3 100644
--- a/skimage/viewer/tests/test_viewer.py
+++ b/skimage/viewer/tests/test_viewer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 from skimage import data
 from skimage.viewer import ImageViewer, CollectionViewer
 from skimage.transform import pyramid_gaussian
-from skimage.viewer.plugins import OverlayPlugin, recent_mpl_version
+from skimage.viewer.plugins import OverlayPlugin
+from skimage.viewer.plugins.overlayplugin import recent_mpl_version
 from skimage.filter import sobel
 from skimage.viewer.qt import qt_api, QtGui, QtCore
 from numpy.testing import assert_equal