diff --git a/flytekit/core/type_engine.py b/flytekit/core/type_engine.py
index 3123d131961..993be212bd4 100644
--- a/flytekit/core/type_engine.py
+++ b/flytekit/core/type_engine.py
@@ -854,11 +854,14 @@ def lazy_import_transformers(cls):
             register_arrow_handlers()
         if is_imported("google.cloud.bigquery"):
             register_bigquery_handlers()
-        if is_imported("snowflake.connector"):
-            register_snowflake_handlers()
         if is_imported("numpy"):
             from flytekit.types import numpy  # noqa: F401
 
+        try:
+            register_snowflake_handlers()
+        except ValueError as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Attempted to register the Snowflake handler but failed due to: {str(e)}")
+
     @classmethod
     def to_literal_type(cls, python_type: Type) -> LiteralType:
         """
diff --git a/flytekit/types/structured/__init__.py b/flytekit/types/structured/__init__.py
index 407961717f6..617e4bcafac 100644
--- a/flytekit/types/structured/__init__.py
+++ b/flytekit/types/structured/__init__.py
@@ -81,5 +81,6 @@ def register_snowflake_handlers():
 
     except ImportError:
         logger.info(
-            "We won't register snowflake handler for structured dataset because " "we can't find package snowflake"
+            "We won't register snowflake handler for structured dataset because "
+            "we can't find package snowflakee-connector-python"
         )