diff --git a/providers/pgvector/pyproject.toml b/providers/pgvector/pyproject.toml
index e5608717c424d..232ea4858d17c 100644
--- a/providers/pgvector/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/pgvector/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
     "apache-airflow-providers-postgres>=5.7.1",
     "pgvector>=0.3.1",
 ]
diff --git a/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector.py b/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector.py
index 763d9b30edfc2..5e53d4d18ae8d 100644
--- a/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector.py
+++ b/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector.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.pgvector.hooks.pgvector import PgVectorHook
 from airflow.providers.pgvector.operators.pgvector import PgVectorIngestOperator
 
diff --git a/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector_openai.py b/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector_openai.py
index 92099865e4846..27cf13161f1dc 100644
--- a/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector_openai.py
+++ b/providers/pgvector/tests/system/pgvector/example_pgvector_openai.py
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 
 import pendulum
 
-try:
-    from airflow.sdk import dag, task, teardown
-except ImportError:
-    # Airflow 2 path
-    from airflow.decorators import dag, task, teardown  # 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, teardown
+from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import dag, task, teardown
 from airflow.providers.openai.operators.openai import OpenAIEmbeddingOperator
 from airflow.providers.pgvector.operators.pgvector import PgVectorIngestOperator