diff --git a/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md b/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
index 06717c2ebe..5cab858437 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_NEXT.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### :boom: Breaking Change
 
+* feat(sdk-metrics)!: bump minimum version of `@opentelemetry/api` dependency to 1.9.0 [#5254](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5254) @chancancode
 * chore(shim-opentracing): replace deprecated SpanAttributes [#4430](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4430) @JamieDanielson
 * chore(otel-core): replace deprecated SpanAttributes [#4408](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4408) @JamieDanielson
 * feat(sdk-metrics)!: remove MeterProvider.addMetricReader() in favor of constructor option [#4419](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4419) @pichlermarc
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 
 ### :house: (Internal)
 
+* refactor(sdk-metrics): remove `Gauge` and `MetricAdvice` workaround types in favor of the upstream `@opentelemetry/api` types [#5254](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5254) @chancancode
 * chore: remove checks for unsupported node versions [#4341](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4341) @dyladan
 * refactor(sdk-trace-base): remove `BasicTracerProvider._registeredSpanProcessors` private property. [#5134](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5134) @david-luna
 * refactor(sdk-trace-base): rename `BasicTracerProvider.activeSpanProcessor` private property. [#5211](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5211) @david-luna
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cc662cb348..6fd4196ad0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28665,7 +28665,7 @@
         "node": ">=18"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.3.0 <1.10.0"
+        "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.9.0 <1.10.0"
       }
     },
     "packages/template": {
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/package.json b/packages/sdk-metrics/package.json
index d6550a1992..5934858f80 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "5.10.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.3.0 <1.10.0"
+    "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.9.0 <1.10.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/core": "1.29.0",
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts
index ef09dda8bb..39c9cffd92 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/InstrumentDescriptor.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { MetricOptions, ValueType, diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import {
+  MetricAdvice,
+  MetricOptions,
+  ValueType,
+  diag,
+} from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { View } from './view/View';
 import { equalsCaseInsensitive } from './utils';
 
@@ -44,18 +49,11 @@ export interface InstrumentDescriptor {
   readonly type: InstrumentType;
   readonly valueType: ValueType;
   /**
-   * @experimental
+   * See {@link MetricAdvice}
    *
-   * This is intentionally not using the API's type as it's only available from @opentelemetry/api 1.7.0 and up.
-   * In SDK 2.0 we'll be able to bump the minimum API version and remove this workaround.
+   * @experimental
    */
-  readonly advice: {
-    /**
-     * Hint the explicit bucket boundaries for SDK if the metric has been
-     * aggregated with a HistogramAggregator.
-     */
-    explicitBucketBoundaries?: number[];
-  };
+  readonly advice: MetricAdvice;
 }
 
 export function createInstrumentDescriptor(
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Instruments.ts b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Instruments.ts
index 7e27a56454..6d60792eff 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Instruments.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Instruments.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   ValueType,
   UpDownCounter,
   Counter,
+  Gauge,
   Histogram,
   Observable,
   ObservableCallback,
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import {
   AsyncWritableMetricStorage,
   WritableMetricStorage,
 } from './state/WritableMetricStorage';
-import { Gauge } from './types';
 
 export class SyncInstrument {
   constructor(
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Meter.ts b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Meter.ts
index cf0e25e56c..b4edee6868 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Meter.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/Meter.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import {
   Meter as IMeter,
   MetricOptions,
+  Gauge,
   Histogram,
   Counter,
   UpDownCounter,
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ import {
   UpDownCounterInstrument,
 } from './Instruments';
 import { MeterSharedState } from './state/MeterSharedState';
-import { Gauge } from './types';
 
 /**
  * This class implements the {@link IMeter} interface.
diff --git a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/types.ts b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/types.ts
index 2ad1cefcfd..89af1eea33 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-metrics/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-metrics/src/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Context, Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 export type CommonReaderOptions = {
   timeoutMillis?: number;
@@ -24,14 +23,3 @@ export type CollectionOptions = CommonReaderOptions;
 export type ShutdownOptions = CommonReaderOptions;
 
 export type ForceFlushOptions = CommonReaderOptions;
-
-/**
- * This is intentionally not using the API's type as it's only available from @opentelemetry/api 1.9.0 and up.
- * In SDK 2.0 we'll be able to bump the minimum API version and remove this workaround.
- */
-export interface Gauge<AttributesTypes extends Attributes = Attributes> {
-  /**
-   * Records a measurement. Value of the measurement must not be negative.
-   */
-  record(value: number, attributes?: AttributesTypes, context?: Context): void;
-}