diff --git a/arborist/cli.py b/arborist/cli.py
index 73e94d5..5adb2ce 100644
--- a/arborist/cli.py
+++ b/arborist/cli.py
@@ -3156,6 +3156,7 @@ def _cmd_cold_rebuild_fts(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     this overwrites it cleanly. Run after `cold unpack --hydrate-shards-dir`.
     """
     import concurrent.futures as _cf
+    import time
 
     shards_dir = Path(args.shards_dir).expanduser()
     db_files = sorted(shards_dir.glob("00[0-9].db"))