diff --git a/netbox/extras/events.py b/netbox/extras/events.py
index 20450e0d7..7d4e38396 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/events.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/events.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django_rq import get_queue
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 from netbox.config import get_config
 from netbox.constants import RQ_QUEUE_DEFAULT
@@ -140,17 +141,6 @@ def process_event_queue(events):
         )
 
 
-def import_module(name):
-    __import__(name)
-    return sys.modules[name]
-
-
-def module_member(name):
-    mod, member = name.rsplit(".", 1)
-    module = import_module(mod)
-    return getattr(module, member)
-
-
 def flush_events(queue):
     """
     Flush a list of object representation to RQ for webhook processing.
@@ -158,7 +148,7 @@ def flush_events(queue):
     if queue:
         for name in settings.EVENTS_PIPELINE:
             try:
-                func = module_member(name)
+                func = import_string(name)
                 func(queue)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Cannot import events pipeline {name} error: {e}")