diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/EnvDetector.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/EnvDetector.ts
index 670a847d29d..44a9ab803f6 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/EnvDetector.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/detectors/EnvDetector.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EnvDetector implements Detector {
       let [key, value] = keyValuePair;
       // Leading and trailing whitespaces are trimmed.
       key = key.trim();
-      value = value.trim().split('^"|"$').join('');
+      value = value.trim().split(/^\"|\"$/).join('');
       if (!this._isValidAndNotEmpty(key)) {
         throw new Error(`Attribute key ${this._ERROR_MESSAGE_INVALID_CHARS}`);
       }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/EnvDetector.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/EnvDetector.test.ts
index af3051c7eda..93a8f4f4d09 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/EnvDetector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/detectors/node/EnvDetector.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describeNode('envDetector() on Node.js', () => {
   describe('with valid env', () => {
     before(() => {
       process.env.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES =
-        'k8s.pod.name="pod xyz 123",k8s.cluster.name="c1",k8s.namespace.name="default"';
+        'k8s.pod.name="pod-xyz-123",k8s.cluster.name="c1",k8s.namespace.name="default",k8s.deployment.name="deployment name"';
     });
 
     after(() => {
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ describeNode('envDetector() on Node.js', () => {
     it('should return resource information from environment variable', async () => {
       const resource: Resource = await envDetector.detect();
       assertK8sResource(resource, {
-        [SemanticResourceAttributes.K8S_POD_NAME]: 'pod xyz 123',
-        [SemanticResourceAttributes.K8S_CLUSTER_NAME]: 'c1',
-        [SemanticResourceAttributes.K8S_NAMESPACE_NAME]: 'default',
+        podName: 'pod-xyz-123',
+        clusterName: 'c1',
+        namespaceName: 'default',
+        deploymentName: 'deployment name'
       });
     });
   });