diff --git a/tests/providers/databricks/operators/test_databricks.py b/tests/providers/databricks/operators/test_databricks.py
index 895beb18e50db..97551eda034ae 100644
--- a/tests/providers/databricks/operators/test_databricks.py
+++ b/tests/providers/databricks/operators/test_databricks.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def test_init_with_git_source(self):
             'git_branch': 'main',
         }
         op = DatabricksSubmitRunOperator(task_id=TASK_ID, git_source=git_source, json=json)
-        expected = databricks_operator._deep_string_coerce(
+        expected = utils.deep_string_coerce(
             {
                 'new_cluster': NEW_CLUSTER,
                 'notebook_task': NOTEBOOK_TASK,