diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/tags.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/tags.go
index 3e50f612bcd9..25906d2e6eb5 100644
--- a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/tags.go
+++ b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/tags.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.16.0"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.21.0"
 )
 
 // See:
diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator.go
index 59a70b012161..6605226ceff7 100644
--- a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator.go
+++ b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	pb "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/proto/pbgo/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.16.0"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.21.0"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/header"
diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator_test.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator_test.go
index e3bba6831829..7aa79c82a891 100644
--- a/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator_test.go
+++ b/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/traces_translator_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	vmsgp "github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.16.0"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.21.0"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/datadogreceiver/internal/translator/header"