diff --git a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_BaseObject.h b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_BaseObject.h
index b85eed1f..3908e604 100644
--- a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_BaseObject.h
+++ b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_BaseObject.h
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+#include <sofa/core/fwd.h>
 
-namespace sofa::core::objectmodel {
-class BaseObject;
-}
-
-namespace sofapython3 {
+namespace sofapython3
+{
 
 pybind11::object getItem(const sofa::core::objectmodel::BaseObject & self, const std::string& path);