diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6fefa3c5c1..f48f42c2e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ What's New in Pylint 2.13.9?
 ============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+
+* Fix false positives for ``no-name-in-module`` and ``import-error`` for ``numpy.distutils`` and ``pydantic``.
+
+  Closes #6497
+
 * Fix ``IndexError`` crash in ``uninferable_final_decorators`` method.
 
  Relates to #6531
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
index 08c9db2ee8..5c1da5a0f5 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
@@ -644,6 +644,12 @@ Other Changes
 
   Closes #6414
 
+
+* Fix false positives for ``no-name-in-module`` and ``import-error`` for ``numpy.distutils``
+  and ``pydantic``.
+
+  Closes #6497
+
 * Fix ``IndexError`` crash in ``uninferable_final_decorators`` method.
 
  Relates to #6531
diff --git a/tests/functional/n/no/no_name_in_module.py b/tests/functional/n/no/no_name_in_module.py
index 34e8af569f..2964d78497 100644
--- a/tests/functional/n/no/no_name_in_module.py
+++ b/tests/functional/n/no/no_name_in_module.py
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@
 
 # Check ignored-modules setting
 from argparse import THIS_does_not_EXIST
+
+
+# This captures the original failure in https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6497
+# only if numpy is installed. We are not installing numpy on CI (for now)
+from numpy.distutils.misc_util import is_sequence
+from pydantic import BaseModel