diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index f709121a534a..9ebce8fc7a00 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 ### Other Changes
 
+- Extend version range for psutil to include 7.x
+  ([#40459](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/40459))
+
 ## 1.0.0b36 (2025-04-07)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/setup.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/setup.py
index 248b083aede6..8ff6bed7c2a4 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         "msrest>=0.6.10",
         "opentelemetry-api~=1.26",
         "opentelemetry-sdk~=1.26",
-        "psutil>=5.9,<7",
+        "psutil>=5.9,<8",
     ],
     entry_points={
         "opentelemetry_traces_exporter": [