diff --git a/.changelog/5436.fixed b/.changelog/5436.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6e2f1c49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5436.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`opentelemetry-configuration`: resolve false-positive warning logs for newer schema minor version
diff --git a/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/README.md b/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/README.md
index 93ff263497..b6c4ffb922 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/README.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Which fields of the configuration schema the Python SDK actually applies at runt
    tox -e generate-config-from-jsonschema
    ```
 
-3. Update any version string references in tests and source:
+3. Bump `_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR` / `_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR` in `file/_loader.py` to the version of the vendored schema.
+
+4. Update any version string references in tests and source:
 
    ```sh
    grep -r "OLD_VERSION" opentelemetry-configuration/
diff --git a/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/file/_loader.py b/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/file/_loader.py
index c4fcdf8f88..933ec10b57 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/file/_loader.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-configuration/src/opentelemetry/configuration/file/_loader.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 # warning. See
 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-configuration/blob/main/VERSIONING.md
 _SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR = 1
-_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR = 0
+_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR = 1
 
 _schema_cache: list[dict] = []
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-configuration/tests/file/test_loader.py b/opentelemetry-configuration/tests/file/test_loader.py
index ea9689008b..d02465beb8 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-configuration/tests/file/test_loader.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-configuration/tests/file/test_loader.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     ConfigurationError,
     load_config_file,
 )
+from opentelemetry.configuration.file._loader import (
+    _SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR,
+    _SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR,
+)
 from opentelemetry.configuration.models import (
     BatchSpanProcessor as BatchSpanProcessorConfig,
 )
@@ -331,6 +335,8 @@ def test_typed_config_feeds_factory_function(self):
 class TestFileFormatValidation(unittest.TestCase):
     """Validate the file_format version per the configuration spec."""
 
+    _SUPPORTED = f"{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR}.{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR}"
+
     @staticmethod
     def _load(file_format: str) -> OpenTelemetryConfiguration:
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
@@ -344,26 +350,34 @@ def _load(file_format: str) -> OpenTelemetryConfiguration:
             os.unlink(path)
 
     def test_supported_version_is_accepted(self):
-        config = self._load("1.0")
-        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, "1.0")
+        with self.assertNoLogs(
+            "opentelemetry.configuration.file._loader", level="WARNING"
+        ):
+            config = self._load(self._SUPPORTED)
+        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, self._SUPPORTED)
 
     def test_pre_release_meta_tag_is_accepted(self):
-        # The meta tag is stripped; "1.0-rc.2" is treated as 1.0.
-        config = self._load("1.0-rc.2")
-        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, "1.0-rc.2")
+        # The meta tag is stripped, so the version is read as the supported one.
+        version = f"{self._SUPPORTED}-rc.2"
+        config = self._load(version)
+        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, version)
 
     def test_newer_minor_is_accepted_with_warning(self):
+        version = f"{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR}.{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MINOR + 1}"
         with self.assertLogs(
             "opentelemetry.configuration.file._loader", level="WARNING"
         ) as logs:
-            config = self._load("1.1")
-        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, "1.1")
+            config = self._load(version)
+        self.assertEqual(config.file_format, version)
         self.assertTrue(
             any("newer minor version" in message for message in logs.output)
         )
 
     def test_unsupported_major_is_rejected(self):
-        for version in ("2.0", "0.4"):
+        versions = [f"{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR + 1}.0"]
+        if _SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR > 0:
+            versions.append(f"{_SUPPORTED_SCHEMA_MAJOR - 1}.0")
+        for version in versions:
             with self.subTest(version=version):
                 with self.assertRaises(ConfigurationError) as ctx:
                     self._load(version)