diff --git a/spacy/pipeline/coordinationruler.py b/spacy/pipeline/coordinationruler.py
index a056f5f93..31ae729c5 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline/coordinationruler.py
+++ b/spacy/pipeline/coordinationruler.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import re
 from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Union
 
+import pydantic
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-try:
+if pydantic.VERSION.split(".")[0] == "1":  # type: ignore
     from pydantic import validator  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
+else:
     from pydantic import field_validator as validator  # type: ignore
 
 from ..language import Language