diff --git a/scrapy/__init__.py b/scrapy/__init__.py
index 1c1a5c2cc..921296502 100644
--- a/scrapy/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/__init__.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import pkgutil
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-from twisted import version as _txv
-
 # Declare top-level shortcuts
 from scrapy.http import FormRequest, Request
 from scrapy.item import Field, Item
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ from scrapy.spiders import Spider
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",
     "version_info",
-    "twisted_version",
     "Spider",
     "Request",
     "FormRequest",
@@ -30,7 +27,23 @@ __all__ = [
 # Scrapy and Twisted versions
 __version__ = (pkgutil.get_data(__package__, "VERSION") or b"").decode("ascii").strip()
 version_info = tuple(int(v) if v.isdigit() else v for v in __version__.split("."))
-twisted_version = (_txv.major, _txv.minor, _txv.micro)
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str):
+    if name == "twisted_version":
+        import warnings
+
+        from twisted import version as _txv
+
+        from scrapy.exceptions import ScrapyDeprecationWarning
+
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The scrapy.twisted_version attribute is deprecated, use twisted.version instead",
+            ScrapyDeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        return _txv.major, _txv.minor, _txv.micro
+
+    raise AttributeError
 
 
 # Ignore noisy twisted deprecation warnings
diff --git a/tests/test_scrapy__getattr__.py b/tests/test_scrapy__getattr__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..979c42267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scrapy__getattr__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import warnings
+
+
+def test_deprecated_twisted_version():
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warns:
+        from scrapy import twisted_version
+
+        assert twisted_version is not None
+        assert isinstance(twisted_version, tuple)
+        assert (
+            "The scrapy.twisted_version attribute is deprecated, use twisted.version instead"
+            in warns[0].message.args
+        )