diff --git a/.changelog/5238.fixed b/.changelog/5238.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d3a207e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5238.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid import-time deprecation warnings on Python 3.10 and 3.11.
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/util/_importlib_metadata.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/util/_importlib_metadata.py
index be779f1137..2f9d76c1b6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/util/_importlib_metadata.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/util/_importlib_metadata.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/5203
 """
 
+import warnings
 from functools import cache
 from importlib.metadata import (
     Distribution,
@@ -29,7 +30,13 @@ def _as_entry_points(eps: Any) -> EntryPoints:
     if isinstance(eps, EntryPoints):
         return eps
     # Handle Python 3.10 SelectableGroups (dict-like)
-    return EntryPoints(ep for group_eps in eps.values() for ep in group_eps)
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings(
+            "ignore",
+            message=r"SelectableGroups dict interface is deprecated\. Use select\.",
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        return EntryPoints(ep for group_eps in eps.values() for ep in group_eps)
 
 
 @cache
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/tests/util/test__importlib_metadata.py b/opentelemetry-api/tests/util/test__importlib_metadata.py
index f7e5152467..1b195935fc 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/tests/util/test__importlib_metadata.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/tests/util/test__importlib_metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import importlib.metadata
+import warnings
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from opentelemetry.metrics import MeterProvider
@@ -117,3 +119,23 @@ def test_as_entry_points_selectable_groups_compat(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(normalized, EntryPoints)
         self.assertEqual(len(normalized), 2)
         self.assertEqual(list(normalized), [ep1, ep2])
+
+    def test_as_entry_points_selectable_groups_without_warning(self):
+        selectable_groups_class = getattr(
+            importlib.metadata, "SelectableGroups", None
+        )
+        if selectable_groups_class is None:
+            self.skipTest("SelectableGroups is not available")
+
+        ep1 = EntryPoint(name="foo", value="bar:baz", group="gp")
+        ep2 = EntryPoint(name="foo2", value="bar2:baz2", group="gp2")
+        selectable_groups = selectable_groups_class(
+            {"gp": [ep1], "gp2": [ep2]}
+        )
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error", DeprecationWarning)
+            normalized = _as_entry_points(selectable_groups)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(normalized, EntryPoints)
+        self.assertCountEqual(normalized, [ep1, ep2])