diff --git a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
index da8c851df..007a1aedc 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "pdfplumber~=0.11.4",
     "regex~=2026.1.15",
     # Telemetry and Monitoring
-    "opentelemetry-api~=1.34.0",
-    "opentelemetry-sdk~=1.34.0",
-    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http~=1.34.0",
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.34.0,<2",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.34.0,<2",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.34.0,<2",
     # Data Handling
     "chromadb~=1.1.0",
     "tokenizers~=0.20.3",
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_opentelemetry_compatibility.py b/lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_opentelemetry_compatibility.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c351a529f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_opentelemetry_compatibility.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import os
+import threading
+from importlib.metadata import version as pkg_version
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+from crewai.telemetry import Telemetry
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def cleanup_telemetry():
+    Telemetry._instance = None
+    if hasattr(Telemetry, "_lock"):
+        Telemetry._lock = threading.Lock()
+    yield
+    Telemetry._instance = None
+    if hasattr(Telemetry, "_lock"):
+        Telemetry._lock = threading.Lock()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.telemetry
+class TestOpenTelemetryCompatibility:
+    def test_opentelemetry_api_version_not_pinned_to_minor(self):
+        """Verify opentelemetry-api accepts versions above 1.34.x (issue #4474).
+
+        The dependency must use a range like >=1.34.0,<2 instead of ~=1.34.0
+        so that libraries such as google-adk (which require >=1.36.0) can
+        coexist in the same environment.
+        """
+        installed = Version(pkg_version("opentelemetry-api"))
+        assert installed >= Version("1.34.0")
+
+    def test_opentelemetry_sdk_version_not_pinned_to_minor(self):
+        """Verify opentelemetry-sdk accepts versions above 1.34.x (issue #4474)."""
+        installed = Version(pkg_version("opentelemetry-sdk"))
+        assert installed >= Version("1.34.0")
+
+    def test_opentelemetry_exporter_version_not_pinned_to_minor(self):
+        """Verify opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http accepts versions above 1.34.x (issue #4474)."""
+        installed = Version(pkg_version("opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http"))
+        assert installed >= Version("1.34.0")
+
+    def test_opentelemetry_imports_are_functional(self):
+        """Ensure all OpenTelemetry imports used by crewAI work with the installed version."""
+        from opentelemetry import baggage, trace
+        from opentelemetry.context import attach, detach
+        from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import (
+            OTLPSpanExporter,
+        )
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor, SpanExportResult
+        from opentelemetry.trace import Span, Status, StatusCode
+
+        assert trace is not None
+        assert baggage is not None
+        assert attach is not None
+        assert detach is not None
+        assert OTLPSpanExporter is not None
+        assert SERVICE_NAME is not None
+        assert Resource is not None
+        assert TracerProvider is not None
+        assert BatchSpanProcessor is not None
+        assert SpanExportResult is not None
+        assert Span is not None
+        assert Status is not None
+        assert StatusCode is not None
+
+    def test_telemetry_initializes_with_current_opentelemetry(self):
+        """Verify Telemetry singleton initializes correctly with the installed OpenTelemetry version."""
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+            with patch("crewai.telemetry.telemetry.TracerProvider"):
+                telemetry = Telemetry()
+                assert telemetry.ready is True
+
+    def test_tracer_provider_setup_with_current_opentelemetry(self):
+        """Verify TracerProvider and BatchSpanProcessor work with the installed OpenTelemetry version."""
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+        from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+
+        resource = Resource(attributes={SERVICE_NAME: "test-service"})
+        provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+        assert provider is not None
+
+        tracer = provider.get_tracer("test-tracer")
+        assert tracer is not None
+
+        provider.shutdown()
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c84758360..2c51993e5 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1300,9 +1300,9 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "openai", specifier = ">=1.83.0,<3" },
     { name = "openpyxl", specifier = "~=3.1.5" },
     { name = "openpyxl", marker = "extra == 'openpyxl'", specifier = "~=3.1.5" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-api", specifier = "~=1.34.0" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http", specifier = "~=1.34.0" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", specifier = "~=1.34.0" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-api", specifier = ">=1.34.0,<2" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http", specifier = ">=1.34.0,<2" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", specifier = ">=1.34.0,<2" },
     { name = "pandas", marker = "extra == 'pandas'", specifier = "~=2.2.3" },
     { name = "pdfplumber", specifier = "~=0.11.4" },
     { name = "portalocker", specifier = "~=2.7.0" },