diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index a76f2828f..05ce9f563 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import contextvars
 import itertools
 import json
-import mutagen
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from .common import PostProcessor
 from ..compat import functools, imghdr
+from ..dependencies import mutagen
 from ..utils import (
     MEDIA_EXTENSIONS,
     ISO639Utils,