diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
index c720b307486..592068a563a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ class AllowNewAbstractMethodOnAutovalueClasses : AbstractRecordingSeenMembers()
 class SourceIncompatibleRule : AbstractRecordingSeenMembers() {
   override fun maybeAddViolation(member: JApiCompatibility): Violation? {
     if (!member.isSourceCompatible()) {
+
+      // TODO: remove after 1.36.0 is released, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/6248
+      if (member.compatibilityChanges.isEmpty() &&
+        member is JApiClass &&
+        member.newClass.get().name.equals("io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder")
+      ) {
+        return null
+      }
+      // end of suppression
+
       return Violation.error(member, "Not source compatible")
     }
     return null
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
index 04f3e512be6..f9bf6463d2c 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of  against 
-***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder  (not serializable)
+**** MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	===* UNCHANGED METHOD: PUBLIC SYNTHETIC (<- NON_SYNTHETIC) BRIDGE (<- NON_BRIDGE) io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizer addLogRecordProcessorCustomizer(java.util.function.BiFunction(<- <? super io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.LogRecordProcessor,io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties,? extends io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.LogRecordProcessor>))
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder addMetricReaderCustomizer(java.util.function.BiFunction<? super io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader,io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties,? extends io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader>)