diff --git a/otelagent/build.gradle.kts b/otelagent/build.gradle.kts
index a87fd6a5aa..6c224a32ce 100644
--- a/otelagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/otelagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ val javaagentLibs by configurations.creating {
   exclude("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-api")
   exclude("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-sdk")
   exclude("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-sdk-common")
-  exclude("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-semconv")
+  // Once io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-aws-resources starts using
+  // the new semantic convention packages we will need to exclude it here.
+  // io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv
 }
 
 val shadowClasspath by configurations.creating {