diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.schema.yaml b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.schema.yaml
index 6689274dce83c..9e352ea77306d 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.schema.yaml
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.schema.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $defs:
         description: KeyRegex is a regular expression used to extract a Key that matches the regex. Out of Key or KeyRegex, only one option is expected to be configured at a time.
         type: string
       tag_name:
-        description: 'TagName represents the name of the resource attribute that will be added to logs, metrics or spans. When not specified, a default tag name will be used of the format: - k8s.pod.annotations.<annotation key>  (or k8s.pod.annotation.<annotation key> when k8sattr.labelsAnnotationsSingular.allow is enabled) - k8s.pod.labels.<label key>  (or k8s.pod.label.<label key> when k8sattr.labelsAnnotationsSingular.allow is enabled) For example, if tag_name is not specified and the key is git_sha, then the attribute name will be `k8s.pod.annotations.git_sha` (or `k8s.pod.annotation.git_sha` with the feature gate). When key_regex is present, tag_name supports back reference to both named capturing and positioned capturing. For example, if your pod spec contains the following labels, app.kubernetes.io/component: mysql app.kubernetes.io/version: 5.7.21 and you''d like to add tags for all labels with prefix app.kubernetes.io/ and also trim the prefix, then you can specify the following extraction rules: extract: labels: - tag_name: $$1 key_regex: kubernetes.io/(.*) this will add the `component` and `version` tags to the spans or metrics.'
+        description: 'TagName represents the name of the resource attribute that will be added to logs, metrics or spans. When not specified, a default tag name will be used of the format: - k8s.pod.annotations.<annotation key>  (or k8s.pod.annotation.<annotation key> when processor.k8sattributes.EmitV1K8sConventions is enabled) - k8s.pod.labels.<label key>  (or k8s.pod.label.<label key> when processor.k8sattributes.EmitV1K8sConventions is enabled) For example, if tag_name is not specified and the key is git_sha, then the attribute name will be `k8s.pod.annotations.git_sha` (or `k8s.pod.annotation.git_sha` with the feature gate). When key_regex is present, tag_name supports back reference to both named capturing and positioned capturing. For example, if your pod spec contains the following labels, app.kubernetes.io/component: mysql app.kubernetes.io/version: 5.7.21 and you''d like to add tags for all labels with prefix app.kubernetes.io/ and also trim the prefix, then you can specify the following extraction rules: extract: labels: - tag_name: $$1 key_regex: kubernetes.io/(.*) this will add the `component` and `version` tags to the spans or metrics.'
         type: string
   field_filter_config:
     description: FieldFilterConfig allows specifying exactly one filter by a field. It can be used to represent a label or generic field filter.
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/attributes.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/attributes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bbb8d231de5b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/attributes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package kube // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+)
+
+// AttributesFunction is a function type that takes a key and value and returns an attribute.KeyValue.
+// This is the signature used by semantic convention functions like conventions.K8SPodLabel.
+type AttributesFunction func(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue
+
+// K8SPodLabels returns an attribute KeyValue for pod labels using the plural form.
+// Helper functions for plural forms (labels/annotations) that follow the same pattern as semconv functions.
+// These are used for backward compatibility with historical attribute naming.
+// From historical reasons some of workloads are using `*.labels.*` and `*.annotations.*` instead of
+// `*.label.*` and `*.annotation.*`
+// Semantic conventions define `*.label.*` and `*.annotation.*`
+// More information - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/37957
+func K8SPodLabels(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.pod.labels.%s", key), val)
+}
+
+// K8SPodAnnotations returns an attribute KeyValue for pod annotations using the plural form
+func K8SPodAnnotations(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.pod.annotations.%s", key), val)
+}
+
+// K8SNodeLabels returns an attribute KeyValue for node labels using the plural form
+func K8SNodeLabels(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.node.labels.%s", key), val)
+}
+
+// K8SNodeAnnotations returns an attribute KeyValue for node annotations using the plural form
+func K8SNodeAnnotations(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.node.annotations.%s", key), val)
+}
+
+// K8SNamespaceLabels returns an attribute KeyValue for namespace labels using the plural form
+func K8SNamespaceLabels(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.namespace.labels.%s", key), val)
+}
+
+// K8SNamespaceAnnotations returns an attribute KeyValue for namespace annotations using the plural form
+func K8SNamespaceAnnotations(key, val string) attribute.KeyValue {
+	return attribute.String(fmt.Sprintf("k8s.namespace.annotations.%s", key), val)
+}
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
index f31deb920f287..8206251427c77 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
@@ -33,37 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/metadata"
 )
 
-const (
-	// From historical reasons some of workloads are using `*.labels.*` and `*.annotations.*` instead of
-	// `*.label.*` and `*.annotation.*`
-	// Sematic conventions define `*.label.*` and `*.annotation.*`
-	// More information - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/37957
-	K8sPodLabelsKey            = "k8s.pod.labels.%s"
-	K8sPodLabelKey             = "k8s.pod.label.%s"
-	K8sPodAnnotationsKey       = "k8s.pod.annotations.%s"
-	K8sPodAnnotationKey        = "k8s.pod.annotation.%s"
-	K8sNodeLabelsKey           = "k8s.node.labels.%s"
-	K8sNodeLabelKey            = "k8s.node.label.%s"
-	K8sNodeAnnotationsKey      = "k8s.node.annotations.%s"
-	K8sNodeAnnotationKey       = "k8s.node.annotation.%s"
-	K8sNamespaceLabelsKey      = "k8s.namespace.labels.%s"
-	K8sNamespaceLabelKey       = "k8s.namespace.label.%s"
-	K8sNamespaceAnnotationsKey = "k8s.namespace.annotations.%s"
-	K8sNamespaceAnnotationKey  = "k8s.namespace.annotation.%s"
-	// Semconv attributes https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/resource/k8s.md#deployment
-	K8sDeploymentLabel      = "k8s.deployment.label.%s"
-	K8sDeploymentAnnotation = "k8s.deployment.annotation.%s"
-	// Semconv attributes https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/resource/k8s.md#statefulset
-	K8sStatefulSetLabel      = "k8s.statefulset.label.%s"
-	K8sStatefulSetAnnotation = "k8s.statefulset.annotation.%s"
-	// Semconv attributes https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/resource/k8s.md#daemonset
-	K8sDaemonSetLabel      = "k8s.daemonset.label.%s"
-	K8sDaemonSetAnnotation = "k8s.daemonset.annotation.%s"
-	// Semconv attributes https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/main/docs/resource/k8s.md#job
-	K8sJobLabel      = "k8s.job.label.%s"
-	K8sJobAnnotation = "k8s.job.annotation.%s"
-)
-
 // WatchClient is the main interface provided by this package to a kubernetes cluster.
 type WatchClient struct {
 	m                      sync.RWMutex
@@ -923,19 +892,19 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractPodAttributes(pod *api_v1.Pod) map[string]string {
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Labels, tags, K8sPodLabelsKey)
+			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Labels, tags, K8SPodLabels)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Labels, tags, K8sPodLabelKey)
+			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SPodLabel)
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Annotations, tags, K8sPodAnnotationsKey)
+			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Annotations, tags, K8SPodAnnotations)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Annotations, tags, K8sPodAnnotationKey)
+			r.extractFromPodMetadata(pod.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SPodAnnotation)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1172,19 +1141,19 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractNamespaceAttributes(namespace *api_v1.Namespace) ma
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Labels, tags, K8sNamespaceLabelsKey)
+			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Labels, tags, K8SNamespaceLabels)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Labels, tags, K8sNamespaceLabelKey)
+			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SNamespaceLabel)
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Annotations, tags, K8sNamespaceAnnotationsKey)
+			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Annotations, tags, K8SNamespaceAnnotations)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Annotations, tags, K8sNamespaceAnnotationKey)
+			r.extractFromNamespaceMetadata(namespace.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SNamespaceAnnotation)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1199,19 +1168,19 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractNodeAttributes(node *api_v1.Node) map[string]string
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Labels, tags, K8sNodeLabelsKey)
+			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Labels, tags, K8SNodeLabels)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Labels, tags, K8sNodeLabelKey)
+			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SNodeLabel)
 		}
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
 		if !disableLegacy {
-			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Annotations, tags, K8sNodeAnnotationsKey)
+			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Annotations, tags, K8SNodeAnnotations)
 		}
 		if enableStable {
-			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Annotations, tags, K8sNodeAnnotationKey)
+			r.extractFromNodeMetadata(node.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SNodeAnnotation)
 		}
 	}
 	return tags
@@ -1221,11 +1190,11 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractDeploymentAttributes(d *apps_v1.Deployment) map[str
 	tags := map[string]string{}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
-		r.extractFromDeploymentMetadata(d.Labels, tags, K8sDeploymentLabel)
+		r.extractFromDeploymentMetadata(d.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SDeploymentLabel)
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
-		r.extractFromDeploymentMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, K8sDeploymentAnnotation)
+		r.extractFromDeploymentMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SDeploymentAnnotation)
 	}
 
 	return tags
@@ -1235,11 +1204,11 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractStatefulSetAttributes(d *apps_v1.StatefulSet) map[s
 	tags := map[string]string{}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
-		r.extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(d.Labels, tags, K8sStatefulSetLabel)
+		r.extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(d.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SStatefulSetLabel)
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
-		r.extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, K8sStatefulSetAnnotation)
+		r.extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SStatefulSetAnnotation)
 	}
 
 	return tags
@@ -1249,11 +1218,11 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractDaemonSetAttributes(d *apps_v1.DaemonSet) map[strin
 	tags := map[string]string{}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
-		r.extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(d.Labels, tags, K8sDaemonSetLabel)
+		r.extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(d.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SDaemonSetLabel)
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
-		r.extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, K8sDaemonSetAnnotation)
+		r.extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SDaemonSetAnnotation)
 	}
 
 	return tags
@@ -1263,11 +1232,11 @@ func (c *WatchClient) extractJobAttributes(d *batch_v1.Job) map[string]string {
 	tags := map[string]string{}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Labels {
-		r.extractFromJobMetadata(d.Labels, tags, K8sJobLabel)
+		r.extractFromJobMetadata(d.Labels, tags, conventions.K8SJobLabel)
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range c.Rules.Annotations {
-		r.extractFromJobMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, K8sJobAnnotation)
+		r.extractFromJobMetadata(d.Annotations, tags, conventions.K8SJobAnnotation)
 	}
 
 	return tags
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
index 7ff88fc5d6fb3..0784cd5eed195 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/kube.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package kube // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube"
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
@@ -314,50 +313,50 @@ type FieldExtractionRule struct {
 	From string
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromPodMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromPodMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	// By default if the From field is not set for labels and annotations we want to extract them from pod
 	if r.From == MetadataFromPod || r.From == "" {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromNamespaceMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromNamespaceMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromNamespace {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromNodeMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromNodeMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromNode {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromDeploymentMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromDeploymentMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromDeployment {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromStatefulSetMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromStatefulSet {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromDaemonSetMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromDaemonSet {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromJobMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromJobMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.From == MetadataFromJob {
-		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, formatter)
+		r.extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags, attrFunc)
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, formatter string) {
+func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]string, attrFunc AttributesFunction) {
 	if r.KeyRegex != nil {
 		for k, v := range metadata {
 			if r.KeyRegex.MatchString(k) && v != "" {
@@ -365,17 +364,19 @@ func (r *FieldExtractionRule) extractFromMetadata(metadata, tags map[string]stri
 				if r.HasKeyRegexReference {
 					var result []byte
 					name = string(r.KeyRegex.ExpandString(result, r.Name, k, r.KeyRegex.FindStringSubmatchIndex(k)))
+					tags[name] = v
 				} else {
-					name = fmt.Sprintf(formatter, k)
+					kv := attrFunc(k, v)
+					tags[string(kv.Key)] = kv.Value.AsString()
 				}
-				tags[name] = v
 			}
 		}
 	} else if v, ok := metadata[r.Key]; ok {
-		// Use formatter to determine attribute name if no custom name was specified
+		// Use attrFunc to determine attribute name if no custom name was specified
 		name := r.Name
 		if name == "" {
-			name = fmt.Sprintf(formatter, r.Key)
+			kv := attrFunc(r.Key, v)
+			name = string(kv.Key)
 		}
 		tags[name] = r.extractField(v)
 	}