diff --git a/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/__init__.py b/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/__init__.py
index 907c8643..358f0eb2 100644
--- a/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/__init__.py
@@ -78,19 +78,26 @@ def auto_load(_: Any) -> None:
 
 def init() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Initialize the Lumigo OpenTelemetry distribution."""
-    python_version = sys.version_info
-    # Check if the major version is 3 and the minor version is between 8 and 11
-    if python_version.major != 3 or not (8 <= python_version.minor <= 11):
-        logger.warning(
-            f"Unsupported Python version {python_version.major}.{python_version.minor}; "
-            "only Python 3.8 to 3.11 are supported."
-        )
-        return {}
 
-    if str(os.environ.get("LUMIGO_SWITCH_OFF", False)).lower() == "true":
-        logger.info(
-            "Lumigo OpenTelemetry distribution disabled via the 'LUMIGO_SWITCH_OFF' environment variable"
-        )
+    try:
+        python_version = sys.version_info
+        # Check if the major version is 3 and the minor version is between 8 and 11
+        if python_version.major != 3 or not (8 <= python_version.minor <= 11):
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Unsupported Python version {python_version.major}.{python_version.minor}; "
+                "only Python 3.8 to 3.11 are supported."
+            )
+            return {}
+
+        if str(os.environ.get("LUMIGO_SWITCH_OFF", False)).lower() == "true":
+            logger.info(
+                "Lumigo OpenTelemetry distribution disabled via the 'LUMIGO_SWITCH_OFF' environment variable"
+            )
+            return {}
+
+    except AttributeError as e:  # Catch any issues with accessing sys.version_info
+        # Log a warning if there is a failure in verifying the Python version
+        logger.warning("Failed to verify the Python version due to: %s", str(e))
         return {}
 
     # Multiple packages are passed to autowrapt in comma-separated form