diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ac58006ae..6eed9243b2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ members = [
 # TODO: remove after python 3.8 is dropped
 exclude = [
   "instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai",
-  "instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 3cd9bbe17a..c1ebe741b4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ members = [
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3",
+    "opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado",
@@ -4545,6 +4546,34 @@ requires-dist = [
 ]
 provides-extras = ["instruments"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette"
+source = { editable = "instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "opentelemetry-api" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-util-http" },
+]
+
+[package.optional-dependencies]
+instruments = [
+    { name = "starlette", version = "0.44.0", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.9'" },
+    { name = "starlette", version = "0.46.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.9'" },
+]
+
+[package.metadata]
+requires-dist = [
+    { name = "opentelemetry-api", git = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python?subdirectory=opentelemetry-api&branch=main" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation", editable = "opentelemetry-instrumentation" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi", editable = "instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions", git = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python?subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&branch=main" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-util-http", editable = "util/opentelemetry-util-http" },
+    { name = "starlette", marker = "extra == 'instruments'", specifier = ">=0.13" },
+]
+provides-extras = ["instruments"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics"
 source = { editable = "instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics" }