diff --git a/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.test.ts b/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.test.ts
index 87fb8c378f2e..7fc7cef17c35 100644
--- a/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe("runGcloud interpreter resolution", () => {
         await withEnvAsync({ PATH: `${shimDir}${path.delimiter}/usr/bin` }, async () => {
           runCommandWithTimeoutMock
             .mockResolvedValueOnce({
-              stdout: `${realPython}\n`,
+              stdout: `${realPython}\n3.12\n`,
               stderr: "",
               code: 0,
               signal: null,
@@ -71,6 +71,77 @@ describe("runGcloud interpreter resolution", () => {
     },
     60_000,
   );
+
+  itUnix(
+    "skips Python versions below and above gcloud's supported range",
+    async () => {
+      const { runGcloud } = await loadGmailSetupUtils();
+      const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-python-ver-"));
+      try {
+        const oldPython = path.join(tmp, "python-old");
+        await fs.writeFile(oldPython, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n", "utf-8");
+        await fs.chmod(oldPython, 0o755);
+        const goodPython = path.join(tmp, "python-good");
+        await fs.writeFile(goodPython, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n", "utf-8");
+        await fs.chmod(goodPython, 0o755);
+
+        const shimDirs = ["old", "future", "supported"].map((name) =>
+          path.join(tmp, `${name}-shims`),
+        );
+        for (const shimDir of shimDirs) {
+          await fs.mkdir(shimDir, { recursive: true });
+          const shim = path.join(shimDir, "python3");
+          await fs.writeFile(shim, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n", "utf-8");
+          await fs.chmod(shim, 0o755);
+        }
+
+        await withEnvAsync({ PATH: shimDirs.join(path.delimiter) }, async () => {
+          runCommandWithTimeoutMock
+            // python3 -> Python 3.9 (unsupported by gcloud): must be skipped.
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+              stdout: `${oldPython}\n3.9\n`,
+              stderr: "",
+              code: 0,
+              signal: null,
+              killed: false,
+            })
+            // A future Python beyond gcloud's current cap must also be skipped.
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+              stdout: `${path.join(tmp, "python-future")}\n3.15\n`,
+              stderr: "",
+              code: 0,
+              signal: null,
+              killed: false,
+            })
+            // Python 3.12 is supported and should be selected.
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+              stdout: `${goodPython}\n3.12\n`,
+              stderr: "",
+              code: 0,
+              signal: null,
+              killed: false,
+            })
+            .mockResolvedValue({
+              stdout: "",
+              stderr: "",
+              code: 0,
+              signal: null,
+              killed: false,
+            });
+
+          await runGcloud(["config", "list"]);
+
+          expect(runCommandWithTimeoutMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(["gcloud", "config", "list"], {
+            timeoutMs: 120_000,
+            env: { CLOUDSDK_PYTHON: goodPython, CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS: undefined },
+          });
+        });
+      } finally {
+        await fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
+    60_000,
+  );
 });
 
 describe("runGcloud", () => {
@@ -99,7 +170,7 @@ describe("runGcloud", () => {
           async () => {
             runCommandWithTimeoutMock
               .mockResolvedValueOnce({
-                stdout: `${realPython}\n`,
+                stdout: `${realPython}\n3.12\n`,
                 stderr: "",
                 code: 0,
                 signal: null,
diff --git a/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.ts b/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.ts
index fd633bfcac2f..3f7194fd06c9 100644
--- a/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/gmail-setup-utils.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ function ensureGcloudOnPath(): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+// gcloud requires a Python interpreter in this range to run; picking an
+// interpreter outside it makes `gcloud` fail to load. See `gcloud topic startup`.
+const MIN_GCLOUD_PYTHON: readonly [number, number] = [3, 10];
+const MAX_GCLOUD_PYTHON: readonly [number, number] = [3, 14];
+
+function isSupportedGcloudPythonVersion(major: number, minor: number): boolean {
+  if (major !== MIN_GCLOUD_PYTHON[0]) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return minor >= MIN_GCLOUD_PYTHON[1] && minor <= MAX_GCLOUD_PYTHON[1];
+}
+
 async function resolvePythonExecutablePath(): Promise<string | undefined> {
   if (cachedPythonPath !== undefined) {
     return cachedPythonPath ?? undefined;
@@ -123,16 +135,30 @@ async function resolvePythonExecutablePath(): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const candidates = findExecutablesOnPath(["python3", "python"]);
   for (const candidate of candidates) {
     const res = await runCommandWithTimeout(
-      [candidate, "-c", "import os, sys; print(os.path.realpath(sys.executable))"],
+      [
+        candidate,
+        "-c",
+        "import os, sys; print(os.path.realpath(sys.executable)); print('%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2])",
+      ],
       { timeoutMs: 2_000 },
     );
     if (res.code !== 0) {
       continue;
     }
-    const resolved = res.stdout.trim().split(/\s+/)[0];
+    const lines = res.stdout.trim().split(/\r?\n/);
+    const resolved = lines[0]?.trim().split(/\s+/)[0];
     if (!resolved) {
       continue;
     }
+    const version = lines[1]?.trim().match(/^(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
+    if (!version) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!isSupportedGcloudPythonVersion(Number(version[1]), Number(version[2]))) {
+      // Skip interpreters gcloud cannot use (e.g. macOS' bundled Python 3.9)
+      // so a compatible interpreter later on PATH is selected instead.
+      continue;
+    }
     try {
       fs.accessSync(resolved, fs.constants.X_OK);
       cachedPythonPath = resolved;