diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/google_generativeai/__init__.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/google_generativeai/__init__.py
index 1dd276623e..9e7ce0b46f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/google_generativeai/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/opentelemetry/instrumentation/google_generativeai/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 import logging
 import types
-from typing import Collection
+from typing import Collection, TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from google.genai.types import GenerateContentResponse
 from opentelemetry import context as context_api
 from opentelemetry._events import get_event_logger
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.google_generativeai.config import Config
@@ -33,6 +32,10 @@
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind, get_tracer
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from google.genai.types import GenerateContentResponse
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 WRAPPED_METHODS = [
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ def is_async_streaming_response(response):
 
 def _build_from_streaming_response(
     span,
-    response: GenerateContentResponse,
+    response: "GenerateContentResponse",
     llm_model,
     event_logger,
 ):
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ def _build_from_streaming_response(
 
 
 async def _abuild_from_streaming_response(
-    span, response: GenerateContentResponse, llm_model, event_logger
+    span, response: "GenerateContentResponse", llm_model, event_logger
 ):
     complete_response = ""
     async for item in response:
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/tests/test_generate_content.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/tests/test_generate_content.py
index 11a9787e60..9a15c0b2dc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/tests/test_generate_content.py
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-generativeai/tests/test_generate_content.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LogData
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     event_attributes as EventAttributes,
@@ -163,3 +165,10 @@ def assert_message_in_logs(log: LogData, event_name: str, expected_content: dict
     else:
         assert log.log_record.body
         assert dict(log.log_record.body) == expected_content
+
+
+def test_imports():
+    # Ensure heavy dependencies are not accidentally imported
+    import opentelemetry.instrumentation.google_generativeai  # noqa: F401
+
+    assert "google.genai" not in sys.modules