diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 31b431b8..553dbaf4 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2016-2025 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2016-2026 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -1720,8 +1720,7 @@ class TwitterAPI():
     def _client_transaction(self):
         self.log.info("Initializing client transaction keys")
 
-        from .. import transaction_id
-        ct = transaction_id.ClientTransaction()
+        ct = self.extractor.utils("transaction_id").ClientTransaction()
         ct.initialize(self.extractor)
 
         # update 'x-csrf-token' header (#7467)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/transaction_id.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/utils/twitter_transaction_id.py
similarity index 98%
rename from gallery_dl/transaction_id.py
rename to gallery_dl/extractor/utils/twitter_transaction_id.py
index f8769d9a..aae3a5ca 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/transaction_id.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/utils/twitter_transaction_id.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2025 Mike Fährmann
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Mike Fährmann
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import random
 import hashlib
 import binascii
 import itertools
-from . import text, util
-from .cache import cache
+from ... import text, util
+from ...cache import cache
 
 
 class ClientTransaction():