diff --git a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
index bc469fb82d6fb..745913e038abb 100644
--- a/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
+++ b/dev/breeze/src/airflow_breeze/global_constants.py
@@ -472,11 +472,6 @@ def _exclusion(providers: Iterable[str]) -> str:
         "airflow-version": "2.6.0",
         "remove-providers": _exclusion(["openlineage", "common.io", "cohere", "fab", "qdrant"]),
     },
-    {
-        "python-version": "3.9",
-        "airflow-version": "2.6.0",
-        "remove-providers": _exclusion(["openlineage", "common.io", "fab", "qdrant"]),
-    },
     {
         "python-version": "3.8",
         "airflow-version": "2.7.1",
diff --git a/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py b/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
index 5e27d79e840a5..1174474e2ed25 100755
--- a/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
+++ b/scripts/in_container/install_airflow_and_providers.py
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ def install_airflow_and_providers(
         for provider_package in installation_spec.provider_packages:
             base_install_providers_cmd.append(provider_package)
         install_providers_command = base_install_providers_cmd.copy()
+        # if airflow is also being installed we should add airflow to the base_install_providers_cmd
+        # to avoid accidentally upgrading airflow to a version that is different than installed in the
+        # previous step
+        if installation_spec.airflow_package:
+            base_install_providers_cmd.append(installation_spec.airflow_package)
+
         if installation_spec.provider_constraints_location:
             console.print(
                 f"[bright_blue]with constraints: {installation_spec.provider_constraints_location}\n"