diff --git a/xarray/core/groupers.py b/xarray/core/groupers.py
index fd84a91b6ac..e33cd3ad99f 100644
--- a/xarray/core/groupers.py
+++ b/xarray/core/groupers.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     "TimeResampler",
 ]
 
+RESAMPLE_DIM = "__resample_dim__"
+
 
 @dataclass
 class EncodedGroups:
diff --git a/xarray/core/resample.py b/xarray/core/resample.py
index 9181bb4ee9b..ceab0a891c9 100644
--- a/xarray/core/resample.py
+++ b/xarray/core/resample.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     from xarray.core.dataarray import DataArray
     from xarray.core.dataset import Dataset
 
-RESAMPLE_DIM = "__resample_dim__"
+from xarray.core.groupers import RESAMPLE_DIM
 
 
 class Resample(GroupBy[T_Xarray]):