diff --git a/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py b/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py
index fd3f331b..67ea7f57 100644
--- a/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/cli/generate_cli.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import sys
 from typing import Literal
 
 import black
+import isort
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import QGraphicsWidget, QWidget
 
 from bec_widgets.utils import BECConnector
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class ClientGenerator:
 import enum
 from typing import Literal, Optional, overload
 
-from bec_widgets.cli.client_utils import BECGuiClientMixin, RPCBase, rpc_call"""
+from bec_widgets.cli.client_utils import RPCBase, rpc_call, BECGuiClientMixin"""
 
         self.content = ""
 
@@ -126,6 +127,15 @@ class {class_name}(RPCBase):"""
         except black.NothingChanged:
             formatted_content = full_content
 
+        isort.Config(
+            profile="black",
+            line_length=100,
+            multi_line_output=3,
+            include_trailing_comma=True,
+            known_first_party=["bec_widgets"],
+        )
+        formatted_content = isort.code(formatted_content)
+
         with open(file_name, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             file.write(formatted_content)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82440d1f..67526d50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "zmq",
     "h5py",
     "pyqtdarktheme",
-    "black",
+    "black",              # needed for bw-generate-cli
+    "isort",              # needed for bw-generate-cli
 ]
 
 
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-xvfb",
     "coverage",
     "pytest-qt",
-    "isort",
     "fakeredis",
 ]
 pyqt5 = ["PyQt5>=5.9", "PyQtWebEngine>=5.9"]
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_generate_cli_client.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_generate_cli_client.py
index 1f0f6dec..6e11857c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_generate_cli_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_generate_cli_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 import black
+import isort
 
 from bec_widgets.cli.generate_cli import ClientGenerator
 
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ def test_client_generator_with_black_formatting():
         generator.header + "\n" + generator.content, mode=black.FileMode(line_length=100)
     )
 
+    generated_output_formatted = isort.code(generated_output_formatted)
+
     assert expected_output_formatted == generated_output_formatted