diff --git a/examples/graphql/package.json b/examples/graphql/package.json
index 53e8935933..6ca5a0371b 100644
--- a/examples/graphql/package.json
+++ b/examples/graphql/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/resources": "~1.0.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "~1.0.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "~1.0.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "~1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "^1.23.0",
     "apollo-server": "^2.18.1",
     "cross-fetch": "^3.0.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
diff --git a/examples/graphql/tracer.js b/examples/graphql/tracer.js
index 2545a20874..82a24edde8 100644
--- a/examples/graphql/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/graphql/tracer.js
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ const { OTLPTraceExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-otlp-http');
 const { HttpInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http');
 const { ExpressInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-express');
 const { Resource } = require('@opentelemetry/resources');
-const { SemanticResourceAttributes } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions');
+const { SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions');
 
 const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   resource: new Resource({
-    [SemanticResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME]: 'graphql-service',
+    [SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME]: 'graphql-service',
   }),
 });