diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
index c476649750..781528b73a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { getRPCMetadata, RPCType } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import { trace, context, diag, SpanAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { trace, context, diag, Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type * as express from 'express';
 import { ExpressInstrumentationConfig, ExpressRequestInfo } from './types';
 import { ExpressLayerType } from './enums/ExpressLayerType';
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class ExpressInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<
           .filter(path => path !== '/' && path !== '/*')
           .join('');
 
-        const attributes: SpanAttributes = {
+        const attributes: Attributes = {
           [SemanticAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE]: route.length > 0 ? route : '/',
         };
         const metadata = getLayerMetadata(layer, layerPath);
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/internal-types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/internal-types.ts
index ab53fc37e7..bae07da361 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/internal-types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/internal-types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { Request } from 'express';
-import { SpanAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 /**
  * This symbol is used to mark express layer as being already instrumented
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ export type ExpressLayer = {
 };
 
 export type LayerMetadata = {
-  attributes: SpanAttributes;
+  attributes: Attributes;
   name: string;
 };
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/utils.ts
index d272434422..df9341a661 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-express/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { SpanAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { IgnoreMatcher, ExpressInstrumentationConfig } from './types';
 import { ExpressLayerType } from './enums/ExpressLayerType';
 import { AttributeNames } from './enums/AttributeNames';
@@ -49,7 +64,7 @@ export const getLayerMetadata = (
   layer: ExpressLayer,
   layerPath?: string
 ): {
-  attributes: SpanAttributes;
+  attributes: Attributes;
   name: string;
 } => {
   if (layer.name === 'router') {