diff --git a/flask/cli.py b/flask/cli.py
index e59017dd..a7ba20d1 100644
--- a/flask/cli.py
+++ b/flask/cli.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import traceback
 from functools import update_wrapper
 from operator import attrgetter
 from threading import Lock, Thread
+from werkzeug import __version__ as werkzeug_version
 
 import click
 from werkzeug.utils import import_string
@@ -257,7 +258,6 @@ def locate_app(script_info, module_name, app_name, raise_if_not_found=True):
 
 
 def get_version(ctx, param, value):
-    from werkzeug import __version__ as werkzeug_version
     if not value or ctx.resilient_parsing:
         return
     message = 'Python %(python_version)s\nFlask %(version)s\nWerkzeug %(werkzeug_version)s'