diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index a40a68c..10b3423 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ dependencies {
     implementation('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk:1.44.1')
     implementation('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp:1.44.1')
     implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-metrics:1.44.1'
-    implementation('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-semconv:1.31.0-alpha-SNAPSHOT')
+    implementation('io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv')
+    implementation("io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv-incubating:1.26.0-alpha")
     implementation('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin')
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.68.1'
 
     testImplementation 'org.jetbrains.teamcity:tests-support:2024.07'
     testImplementation 'org.jetbrains.teamcity:server-api:2024.07'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.12.0'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:5.14.2'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.14.2'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.11.3'
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/endpoints/honeycomb/HoneycombOTELEndpointHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/endpoints/honeycomb/HoneycombOTELEndpointHandler.java
index 2651980..a1fc2a7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/endpoints/honeycomb/HoneycombOTELEndpointHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/endpoints/honeycomb/HoneycombOTELEndpointHandler.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.octopus.teamcity.opentelemetry.server.*;
 import com.octopus.teamcity.opentelemetry.server.endpoints.IOTELEndpointHandler;
 import com.octopus.teamcity.opentelemetry.server.helpers.OTELMetrics;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.metrics.OtlpGrpcMetricExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace.OtlpGrpcSpanExporter;
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
-import io.opentelemetry.semconv.resource.attributes.ResourceAttributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.ServiceAttributes;
 import jetbrains.buildServer.serverSide.SBuild;
 import jetbrains.buildServer.serverSide.crypt.EncryptUtil;
 import jetbrains.buildServer.serverSide.crypt.RSACipher;
@@ -84,7 +85,12 @@ private MetricExporter buildMetricsExporter(String endpoint, Map<String, String>
 
     private SpanProcessor buildGrpcSpanProcessor(Map<String, String> headers, String exporterEndpoint, @Nullable MetricExporter metricsExporter) {
 
-        var serviceNameResource = Resource.create(Attributes.of(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, PluginConstants.SERVICE_NAME));
+        //todo: centralise the definition of this
+        var serviceNameResource = Resource
+                .create(Attributes.of(
+                        ServiceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, PluginConstants.SERVICE_NAME
+                ));
+
         var meterProvider = OTELMetrics.getOTELMeterProvider(metricsExporter, serviceNameResource);
 
         var spanExporterBuilder = OtlpGrpcSpanExporter.builder();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/helpers/OTELHelperImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/helpers/OTELHelperImpl.java
index 9d87b58..d48fe4a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/helpers/OTELHelperImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/octopus/teamcity/opentelemetry/server/helpers/OTELHelperImpl.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SpanProcessor;
-import io.opentelemetry.semconv.resource.attributes.ResourceAttributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.ServiceAttributes;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class OTELHelperImpl implements OTELHelper {
     public OTELHelperImpl(SpanProcessor spanProcessor, String helperName) {
         this.helperName = helperName;
         Resource serviceNameResource = Resource
-                .create(Attributes.of(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, PluginConstants.SERVICE_NAME));
+                .create(Attributes.of(ServiceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, PluginConstants.SERVICE_NAME));
         this.sdkTracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
                 .setResource(Resource.getDefault().merge(serviceNameResource))
                 .addSpanProcessor(spanProcessor)