diff --git a/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor.java b/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor.java
index 5a867b2c6..598b64623 100644
--- a/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor.java
+++ b/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor.java
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 /**
  * AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor handles the creation of the aws.local.operation attribute,
  * and the inheritance of the {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_LOCAL_OPERATION}, {@link
- * AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION} and {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION}.
+ * AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE} and {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION}.
  *
  * <p>The {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_LOCAL_OPERATION} is created when a local root span of SERVER
  * or CONSUMER type is found. The span name will be used as the attribute value. The {@link
- * AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION} and {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION}
- * attributes must be created by manual instrumentation. These attributes will be copied from the
- * parent span to children after receiving them, and later be used in SpanMetricsProcessor to help
- * generate metric attributes.
+ * AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE} and {@link AwsAttributeKeys#AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION} attributes
+ * must be created by manual instrumentation. These attributes will be copied from the parent span
+ * to children after receiving them, and later be used in SpanMetricsProcessor to help generate
+ * metric attributes.
  */
 public final class AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {
 
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ && isServerOrConsumer(parentReadableSpan)) {
       span.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_LOCAL_OPERATION, localOperation);
     }
 
-    String remoteApplication =
-        parentReadableSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION);
-    if (remoteApplication != null) {
-      span.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION, remoteApplication);
+    String remoteService = parentReadableSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE);
+    if (remoteService != null) {
+      span.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE, remoteService);
     }
 
     String remoteOperation = parentReadableSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION);
diff --git a/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessorTest.java b/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessorTest.java
index 86a7316e1..3de7c63e3 100644
--- a/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessorTest.java
+++ b/aws-xray/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/AwsAttributePropagatingSpanProcessorTest.java
@@ -34,23 +34,23 @@ public void setup() {
   @Test
   public void testRemoteAttributesInheritance() {
     Span spanWithAppOnly = tracer.spanBuilder("parent").startSpan();
-    spanWithAppOnly.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION, "testApplication");
-    validateSpanAttributesInheritance(spanWithAppOnly, null, "testApplication", null);
+    spanWithAppOnly.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE, "testService");
+    validateSpanAttributesInheritance(spanWithAppOnly, null, "testService", null);
 
     Span spanWithOpOnly = tracer.spanBuilder("parent").startSpan();
     spanWithOpOnly.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION, "testOperation");
     validateSpanAttributesInheritance(spanWithOpOnly, null, null, "testOperation");
 
     Span spanWithAppAndOp = tracer.spanBuilder("parent").startSpan();
-    spanWithAppAndOp.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION, "testApplication");
+    spanWithAppAndOp.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE, "testService");
     spanWithAppAndOp.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION, "testOperation");
-    validateSpanAttributesInheritance(spanWithAppAndOp, null, "testApplication", "testOperation");
+    validateSpanAttributesInheritance(spanWithAppAndOp, null, "testService", "testOperation");
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testOverrideRemoteAttributes() {
     Span parentSpan = tracer.spanBuilder("parent").startSpan();
-    parentSpan.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION, "testApplication");
+    parentSpan.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE, "testService");
     parentSpan.setAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION, "testOperation");
 
     Span transmitSpans1 = createNestedSpan(parentSpan, 2);
@@ -120,11 +120,8 @@ private Span createNestedSpan(Span parentSpan, int depth) {
   }
 
   private void validateSpanAttributesInheritance(
-      Span spanWithAppOnly,
-      String localOperation,
-      String remoteApplication,
-      String remoteOperation) {
-    ReadableSpan leafSpan = (ReadableSpan) createNestedSpan(spanWithAppOnly, 10);
+      Span parentSpan, String localOperation, String remoteService, String remoteOperation) {
+    ReadableSpan leafSpan = (ReadableSpan) createNestedSpan(parentSpan, 10);
 
     assertThat(leafSpan.getParentSpanContext()).isNotNull();
     assertThat(leafSpan.getName()).isEqualTo("child:1");
@@ -134,11 +131,11 @@ private void validateSpanAttributesInheritance(
     } else {
       assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_LOCAL_OPERATION)).isNull();
     }
-    if (remoteApplication != null) {
-      assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION))
-          .isEqualTo(remoteApplication);
+    if (remoteService != null) {
+      assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE))
+          .isEqualTo(remoteService);
     } else {
-      assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_APPLICATION)).isNull();
+      assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_SERVICE)).isNull();
     }
     if (remoteOperation != null) {
       assertThat(leafSpan.getAttribute(AwsAttributeKeys.AWS_REMOTE_OPERATION))