diff --git a/examples/actix4_example/src/main.rs b/examples/actix4_example/src/main.rs
index c30b20d7..6a52b81b 100644
--- a/examples/actix4_example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/actix4_example/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use actix_web::{
 
 use listenfd::ListenFd;
 use sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
-use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::env;
 use tera::Tera;
diff --git a/examples/actix_example/src/main.rs b/examples/actix_example/src/main.rs
index e7bae507..e2d1e956 100644
--- a/examples/actix_example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/actix_example/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use actix_web::{
 };
 use listenfd::ListenFd;
 use sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
-use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::env;
 use tera::Tera;
diff --git a/examples/axum_example/src/main.rs b/examples/axum_example/src/main.rs
index fd07fa72..7b0b428e 100644
--- a/examples/axum_example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/axum_example/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use axum::{
 };
 use flash::{get_flash_cookie, post_response, PostResponse};
 use post::Entity as Post;
-use sea_orm::{prelude::*, Database, QueryOrder, Set, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::{prelude::*, Database, QueryOrder, Set};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{env, net::SocketAddr};
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/select.rs b/examples/basic/src/select.rs
index ae7e1912..ce26f9e2 100644
--- a/examples/basic/src/select.rs
+++ b/examples/basic/src/select.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
-use sea_orm::{entity::*, error::*, query::*, DbConn, FromQueryResult, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::{entity::*, error::*, query::*, DbConn, FromQueryResult};
 
 pub async fn all_about_select(db: &DbConn) -> Result<(), DbErr> {
     find_all(db).await?;
diff --git a/examples/rocket_example/src/main.rs b/examples/rocket_example/src/main.rs
index df3e841f..e0b01bea 100644
--- a/examples/rocket_example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/rocket_example/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use rocket::response::{Flash, Redirect};
 use rocket::{Build, Request, Rocket};
 use rocket_dyn_templates::{context, Template};
 
-use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*};
 use sea_orm_rocket::{Connection, Database};
 
 mod pool;
diff --git a/src/entity/mod.rs b/src/entity/mod.rs
index 6b413bdf..f85f1ee1 100644
--- a/src/entity/mod.rs
+++ b/src/entity/mod.rs
@@ -117,3 +117,6 @@ pub use model::*;
 // pub use prelude::*;
 pub use primary_key::*;
 pub use relation::*;
+
+// Imports paginator utility by default making it backward compatible.
+pub use crate::PaginatorTrait;
diff --git a/src/entity/prelude.rs b/src/entity/prelude.rs
index 211cf853..28f5fe70 100644
--- a/src/entity/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/entity/prelude.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 pub use crate::{
     error::*, ActiveEnum, ActiveModelBehavior, ActiveModelTrait, ColumnDef, ColumnTrait,
     ColumnType, DatabaseConnection, DbConn, EntityName, EntityTrait, EnumIter, ForeignKeyAction,
-    Iden, IdenStatic, Linked, ModelTrait, PrimaryKeyToColumn, PrimaryKeyTrait, QueryFilter,
-    QueryResult, Related, RelationDef, RelationTrait, Select, Value,
+    Iden, IdenStatic, Linked, ModelTrait, PaginatorTrait, PrimaryKeyToColumn, PrimaryKeyTrait,
+    QueryFilter, QueryResult, Related, RelationDef, RelationTrait, Select, Value,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
diff --git a/src/executor/paginator.rs b/src/executor/paginator.rs
index 7216d45c..c8bd503a 100644
--- a/src/executor/paginator.rs
+++ b/src/executor/paginator.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// # #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
-    /// # use sea_orm::{error::*, MockDatabase, DbBackend, PaginatorTrait};
+    /// # use sea_orm::{error::*, MockDatabase, DbBackend};
     /// # let owned_db = MockDatabase::new(DbBackend::Postgres).into_connection();
     /// # let db = &owned_db;
     /// # let _: Result<(), DbErr> = smol::block_on(async {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// # #[cfg(feature = "mock")]
-    /// # use sea_orm::{error::*, MockDatabase, DbBackend, PaginatorTrait};
+    /// # use sea_orm::{error::*, MockDatabase, DbBackend};
     /// # let owned_db = MockDatabase::new(DbBackend::Postgres).into_connection();
     /// # let db = &owned_db;
     /// # let _: Result<(), DbErr> = smol::block_on(async {
diff --git a/tests/basic.rs b/tests/basic.rs
index 4b6f5b0c..ef379779 100644
--- a/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/tests/basic.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 pub mod common;
 
-pub use sea_orm::{
-    entity::*, error::*, query::*, sea_query, tests_cfg::*, Database, DbConn, PaginatorTrait,
-};
+pub use sea_orm::{entity::*, error::*, query::*, sea_query, tests_cfg::*, Database, DbConn};
 
 // cargo test --features sqlx-sqlite,runtime-async-std-native-tls --test basic
 #[sea_orm_macros::test]
diff --git a/tests/crud/updates.rs b/tests/crud/updates.rs
index 4a3a05a0..262031ef 100644
--- a/tests/crud/updates.rs
+++ b/tests/crud/updates.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pub use super::*;
 use rust_decimal_macros::dec;
-use sea_orm::{DbErr, PaginatorTrait};
+use sea_orm::DbErr;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub async fn test_update_cake(db: &DbConn) {