diff --git a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/models/edge_worker.py b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/models/edge_worker.py
index 5f2f7e999e5ad..a294cd4b44a0f 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/models/edge_worker.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/models/edge_worker.py
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import AirflowException, timezone
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.sqlalchemy.orm import mapped_column
 from airflow.providers.edge3.models.edge_base import Base
-from airflow.providers.edge3.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
 from airflow.utils.providers_configuration_loader import providers_configuration_loaded
 from airflow.utils.session import NEW_SESSION, provide_session
 from airflow.utils.sqlalchemy import UtcDateTime
 
+try:
+    from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
+except ImportError:
+    DualStatsManager = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc]  # Airflow < 3.2.1 compat
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Sequence
 
@@ -180,9 +184,7 @@ def set_metrics(
         "free_concurrency",
     }
 
-    if AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS:
-        from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
-
+    if DualStatsManager is not None:
         try:
             DualStatsManager.gauge(
                 "edge_worker.status",
diff --git a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/jobs.py b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/jobs.py
index e18fed366ac32..0ecf99520246a 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/jobs.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/jobs.py
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@
 from fastapi import Body, Depends, status
 from sqlalchemy import select, update
 
+try:
+    from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
+except ImportError:
+    DualStatsManager = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc]  # Airflow < 3.2 compat
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.db.common import SessionDep  # noqa: TC001
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.router import AirflowRouter
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.openapi.exceptions import create_openapi_http_exception_doc
 from airflow.executors.workloads import ExecuteTask
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import timezone
 from airflow.providers.edge3.models.edge_job import EdgeJobModel
-from airflow.providers.edge3.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS
 from airflow.providers.edge3.worker_api.auth import jwt_token_authorization_rest
 from airflow.providers.edge3.worker_api.datamodels import (
     EdgeJobFetched,
@@ -88,9 +91,7 @@ def fetch(
     session.commit()
     # Edge worker does not backport emitted Airflow metrics, so export some metrics
     tags = {"dag_id": job.dag_id, "task_id": job.task_id, "queue": job.queue}
-    if AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS:
-        from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
-
+    if DualStatsManager is not None:
         DualStatsManager.incr("edge_worker.ti.start", tags=tags)
     else:
         from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import Stats
@@ -149,9 +150,7 @@ def state(
                 "queue": job.queue,
                 "state": str(state),
             }
-            if AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS:
-                from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
-
+            if DualStatsManager is not None:
                 DualStatsManager.incr(
                     "edge_worker.ti.finish",
                     tags=tags,
diff --git a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/worker.py b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/worker.py
index 223c94afb735d..81d5496360591 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/worker.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/src/airflow/providers/edge3/worker_api/routes/worker.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.openapi.exceptions import create_openapi_http_exception_doc
 from airflow.providers.common.compat.sdk import timezone
 from airflow.providers.edge3.models.edge_worker import EdgeWorkerModel, EdgeWorkerState, set_metrics
-from airflow.providers.edge3.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS
 from airflow.providers.edge3.worker_api.auth import jwt_token_authorization_rest
 from airflow.providers.edge3.worker_api.datamodels import (
     WorkerQueueUpdateBody,
@@ -37,6 +36,11 @@
     WorkerStateBody,
 )
 
+try:
+    from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
+except ImportError:
+    DualStatsManager = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc]  # Airflow < 3.2 compat
+
 worker_router = AirflowRouter(
     tags=["Worker"],
     prefix="/worker",
@@ -217,9 +221,7 @@ def set_state(
     worker.sysinfo = body.sysinfo
     worker.last_update = timezone.utcnow()
     session.commit()
-    if AIRFLOW_V_3_2_PLUS:
-        from airflow.sdk.observability.stats import DualStatsManager
-
+    if DualStatsManager is not None:
         DualStatsManager.incr(
             "edge_worker.heartbeat_count",
             1,