diff --git a/geemap/common.py b/geemap/common.py
index 2237ec3988..68a89be828 100644
--- a/geemap/common.py
+++ b/geemap/common.py
@@ -8947,7 +8947,10 @@ def ee_to_gdf(
 
     kwargs["expression"] = ee_object
     kwargs["fileFormat"] = "GEOPANDAS_GEODATAFRAME"
-
+    # Get the source CRS to ensure we can reproject back to it later
+    # This is important because ee.data.computeFeatures will return a GeoDataFrame
+    # reprojected to EPSG:4326, Docs in
+    # https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/apidocs/ee-data-computefeatures
     crs = ee_object.first().geometry().projection().crs().getInfo()
     gdf = ee.data.computeFeatures(kwargs)
 
@@ -8956,8 +8959,13 @@ def ee_to_gdf(
 
     if sort_columns:
         gdf = gdf.reindex(sorted(gdf.columns), axis=1)
+    # Standardize CRS: Set as 4326 initially as a base, then reproject
+    # to the original geometry's CRS if it differs from 4326.
+    gdf = gdf.set_crs("EPSG:4326")
+
+    if crs and crs.upper() != "EPSG:4326":
+        gdf = gdf.to_crs(crs)
 
-    gdf.crs = crs
     return gdf