diff --git a/examples/pennylane/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA.ipynb b/examples/pennylane/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA.ipynb
index c1a6563d6..797ef4f4f 100644
--- a/examples/pennylane/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA.ipynb
+++ b/examples/pennylane/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA/2_Graph_optimization_with_QAOA.ipynb
@@ -920,6 +920,8 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
+    "import pandas as pd\n",
+    "\n",
     "metrics = job.metrics()\n",
     "df = pd.DataFrame(metrics)\n",
     "df = df.groupby(\"iteration_number\").sum().reset_index()\n",
@@ -961,7 +963,6 @@
    ],
    "source": [
     "# Plotting the convergence of the loss function metric\n",
-    "import pandas as pd\n",
     "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
     "\n",
     "%matplotlib inline\n",
@@ -1037,4 +1038,4 @@
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 4
-}
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+}