diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e55778dc75..8af387c337 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Enabled the flake8-tidy-import plugins rules for the ruff linter. These rules throw warnings for relative imports in the modules. 
+  ([#5019](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/5019))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk`: Fix `AttributeError` in `ExplicitBucketHistogramAggregation` when applied to non-Histogram instruments without explicit boundaries
   ([#5034](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/5034))
 - Fix `BatchLogRecordProcessor` default `schedule_delay_millis` from 5000ms to 1000ms to comply with the OTel specification. Note: logs may be exported 5x more frequently by default (e.g. for users who don't explicitly set the `OTEL_BLRP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` env var).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2478c1134d..294a7c4b09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ select = [
   "PLE", # pylint error
   "Q",   # flake8-quotes
   "G",   # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-logging-format-g
+  "TID", # flake8-tidy-imports
   "UP011", # lru-cache-without-parameters
   "UP015", # redundant-open-modes
   "UP032", # f-string
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ ignore = [
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "docs/**/*.*" = ["PLE"]
 "opentelemetry-sdk/tests/_configuration/test_models.py" = ["E402", "PLC0415"]
+"shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests/*" = ["TID252"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]
 known-third-party = [