diff --git a/pyomo/contrib/mindtpy/tests/MINLP_simple_grey_box.py b/pyomo/contrib/mindtpy/tests/MINLP_simple_grey_box.py
index 00b78e7b89f..186db3bb5a2 100644
--- a/pyomo/contrib/mindtpy/tests/MINLP_simple_grey_box.py
+++ b/pyomo/contrib/mindtpy/tests/MINLP_simple_grey_box.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pyomo.common.dependencies import numpy as np
-from pyomo.common.dependencies.scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
+import pyomo.common.dependencies.scipy.sparse as scipy_sparse
 from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.external_grey_box import ExternalGreyBoxModel
 from pyomo.contrib.pynumero.interfaces.external_grey_box import ExternalGreyBoxBlock
 
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ def evaluate_jacobian_outputs(self):
             row[0], col[4], data[4] = (0, 4, 0.5)  # y3
 
             # sparse matrix
-            return coo_matrix((data, (row, col)), shape=(1, 5))
+            return scipy_sparse.coo_matrix((data, (row, col)), shape=(1, 5))
diff --git a/pyomo/contrib/pynumero/interfaces/external_grey_box.py b/pyomo/contrib/pynumero/interfaces/external_grey_box.py
index 1594098069c..8fd728a7c9b 100644
--- a/pyomo/contrib/pynumero/interfaces/external_grey_box.py
+++ b/pyomo/contrib/pynumero/interfaces/external_grey_box.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 import abc
 import logging
-from pyomo.common.dependencies import numpy as np
-from pyomo.common.dependencies.scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
+import numpy as np
+from scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
 
 from pyomo.common.deprecation import RenamedClass
 from pyomo.common.log import is_debug_set