diff --git a/providers/openai/pyproject.toml b/providers/openai/pyproject.toml
index e8e757224d519..c57fb1a1647b7 100644
--- a/providers/openai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/openai/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 # After you modify the dependencies, and rebuild your Breeze CI image with ``breeze ci-image build``
 dependencies = [
     "apache-airflow>=2.10.0",
+    "apache-airflow-providers-common-compat>=1.7.4",    # + TODO: bump to next version
     "openai[datalib]>=1.66.0",
 ]
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ dev = [
     "apache-airflow",
     "apache-airflow-task-sdk",
     "apache-airflow-devel-common",
+    "apache-airflow-providers-common-compat",
     # Additional devel dependencies (do not remove this line and add extra development dependencies)
 ]
 
diff --git a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/hooks/openai.py b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/hooks/openai.py
index 5b0566acb0b07..c245bd10ca06a 100644
--- a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/hooks/openai.py
+++ b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/hooks/openai.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
         ChatCompletionUserMessageParam,
     )
     from openai.types.vector_stores import VectorStoreFile, VectorStoreFileBatch, VectorStoreFileDeleted
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseHook
 from airflow.providers.openai.exceptions import OpenAIBatchJobException, OpenAIBatchTimeout
-from airflow.providers.openai.version_compat import BaseHook
 
 
 class BatchStatus(str, Enum):
diff --git a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/operators/openai.py b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/operators/openai.py
index 0b085ee205351..9479335b7d7c0 100644
--- a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/operators/openai.py
+++ b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/operators/openai.py
@@ -23,17 +23,13 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.openai.exceptions import OpenAIBatchJobException
 from airflow.providers.openai.hooks.openai import OpenAIHook
 from airflow.providers.openai.triggers.openai import OpenAIBatchTrigger
-from airflow.providers.openai.version_compat import BaseOperator
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    try:
-        from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-    except ImportError:
-        # TODO: Remove once provider drops support for Airflow 2
-        from airflow.utils.context import Context
+    from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 
 
 class OpenAIEmbeddingOperator(BaseOperator):
diff --git a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/version_compat.py b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/version_compat.py
index f885c7b73931c..f5bb3ae555c1f 100644
--- a/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/version_compat.py
+++ b/providers/openai/src/airflow/providers/openai/version_compat.py
@@ -35,20 +35,4 @@ def get_base_airflow_version_tuple() -> tuple[int, int, int]:
 AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 0, 0)
 AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS: bool = get_base_airflow_version_tuple() >= (3, 1, 0)
 
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseHook
-else:
-    from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-
-if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS:
-    from airflow.sdk import BaseOperator
-else:
-    from airflow.models import BaseOperator
-
-__all__ = [
-    "AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS",
-    "AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS",
-    "BaseHook",
-    "BaseOperator",
-]
+__all__ = ["AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS", "AIRFLOW_V_3_1_PLUS"]
diff --git a/providers/openai/tests/system/openai/example_openai.py b/providers/openai/tests/system/openai/example_openai.py
index dd35125bd254b..159f5a587c2da 100644
--- a/providers/openai/tests/system/openai/example_openai.py
+++ b/providers/openai/tests/system/openai/example_openai.py
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 
 import pendulum
 
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk import dag, task
-except ImportError:
-    # Airflow 2 path
-    from airflow.decorators import dag, task  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
+# This example uses common.compat for Airflow 2.x/3.x compatibility.
+# If you only need Airflow 3+, you can use: from airflow.sdk import dag, task
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import dag, task
 from airflow.providers.openai.hooks.openai import OpenAIHook
 from airflow.providers.openai.operators.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingOperator
 
diff --git a/providers/openai/tests/unit/openai/operators/test_openai.py b/providers/openai/tests/unit/openai/operators/test_openai.py
index 6b582b6d9feec..8542c0fc2bbab 100644
--- a/providers/openai/tests/unit/openai/operators/test_openai.py
+++ b/providers/openai/tests/unit/openai/operators/test_openai.py
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@
 from openai.types.batch import Batch
 
 from airflow.exceptions import TaskDeferred
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Context
 from airflow.providers.openai.operators.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingOperator, OpenAITriggerBatchOperator
 from airflow.providers.openai.triggers.openai import OpenAIBatchTrigger
 
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
-except ImportError:
-    # TODO: Remove once provider drops support for Airflow 2
-    from airflow.utils.context import Context
-
 openai = pytest.importorskip("openai")
 TASK_ID = "TaskId"
 CONN_ID = "test_conn_id"