diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/openapi_generator.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/openapi_generator.ts
index 3eb8a83482525..5224bfea21a12 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/openapi_generator.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/openapi_generator.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export interface GeneratorConfig {
    * @default undefined
    */
   schemaNameTransform?: 'pascalCase';
+  /**
+   * This forces the generator to use the Zod v4 import.
+   */
+  experimentallyImportZodV4?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const generate = async (config: GeneratorConfig) => {
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ export const generate = async (config: GeneratorConfig) => {
         generatedPath: getGeneratedFilePath(sourcePath),
         generationContext: getGenerationContext(parsedSchema, {
           schemaNameTransform: config.schemaNameTransform,
+          experimentallyImportZodV4: config.experimentallyImportZodV4,
         }),
       };
     })
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@ export const generate = async (config: GeneratorConfig) => {
       },
       config: {
         schemaNameTransform: config.schemaNameTransform,
+        experimentallyImportZodV4: config.experimentallyImportZodV4,
       },
     });
 
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/parser/get_generation_context.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/parser/get_generation_context.ts
index 72cd178fcb10d..b640e4dd9bb1c 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/parser/get_generation_context.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/parser/get_generation_context.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ export interface GenerationContext {
   info: OpenAPIV3.InfoObject;
   imports: ImportsMap;
   circularRefs: Set<string>;
-  config: Pick<GeneratorConfig, 'schemaNameTransform'>;
+  config: Pick<GeneratorConfig, 'schemaNameTransform' | 'experimentallyImportZodV4'>;
 }
 
 export interface BundleGenerationContext {
   operations: NormalizedOperation[];
   sources: ParsedSource[];
   info: OpenAPIV3.InfoObject;
-  config: Pick<GeneratorConfig, 'schemaNameTransform'>;
+  config: Pick<GeneratorConfig, 'schemaNameTransform' | 'experimentallyImportZodV4'>;
 }
 
 export function getGenerationContext(
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/template_service/templates/zod_operation_schema.handlebars b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/template_service/templates/zod_operation_schema.handlebars
index d78a99c32aa6b..83e199174203d 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/template_service/templates/zod_operation_schema.handlebars
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-openapi-generator/src/template_service/templates/zod_operation_schema.handlebars
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
  {{> disclaimer}}
 
 import type { ZodTypeDef } from '@kbn/zod';
+{{#if config.experimentallyImportZodV4}}
+import { z } from '@kbn/zod/v4';
+{{else}}
 import { z } from '@kbn/zod';
+{{/if}}
 import { requiredOptional, isValidDateMath, isNonEmptyString, ArrayFromString, BooleanFromString } from '@kbn/zod-helpers';
 
 {{#each imports}}
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/docs/openapi/bundled-types.gen.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/docs/openapi/bundled-types.gen.ts
index fa76c6c36964f..aa2868dd9b97a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/docs/openapi/bundled-types.gen.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/docs/openapi/bundled-types.gen.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *   version: 0.1
  */
 
-import { z } from '@kbn/zod';
+import { z } from '@kbn/zod/v4';
 
 /**
  * An array containing users that are assigned to the case.
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/scripts/openapi_generate.js b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/scripts/openapi_generate.js
index e1b97af1380d3..8d57878c81c80 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/scripts/openapi_generate.js
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/cases/scripts/openapi_generate.js
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ const CASES_ROOT = resolve(__dirname, '..');
     templateName: 'zod_operation_schema',
     skipLinting: true,
     schemaNameTransform: 'pascalCase',
+    experimentallyImportZodV4: true,
   });
 })();