diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 321dd2341db98..4e6abc86c0125 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ repos:
         name: Sort alphabetically and uniquify installed_providers.txt
         entry: ./scripts/ci/pre_commit/pre_commit_sort_installed_providers.py
         language: python
-        files: ^\.pre-commit-config\.yaml$|^dev/.*_installed_providers\.txt$
+        files: ^\.pre-commit-config\.yaml$|^.*_installed_providers\.txt$
         pass_filenames: false
         require_serial: true
       - id: update-spelling-wordlist-to-be-sorted
diff --git a/airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt b/airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt
index 7af24dd8d4f26..8bc3f1354643c 100644
--- a/airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt
+++ b/airflow_pre_installed_providers.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ fab
 ftp
 http
 imap
+smtp
 sqlite
diff --git a/newsfragments/37713.significant.rst b/newsfragments/37713.significant.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..072ceb99181b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/37713.significant.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The smtp provider is now pre-installed when you install Airflow.