diff --git a/.chloggen/k8sattr_semconv140.yaml b/.chloggen/k8sattr_semconv140.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f078d831e8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8sattr_semconv140.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. receiver/filelog)
+component: processor/k8s_attributes
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Bump version of semconv to 1.40
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [46644]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 886594eefb64..b5b376cf8c48 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ linters:
             - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.34.0
             - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.38.0
             - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0
+            - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0
 
         semconv-in-test:
           list-mode: lax
diff --git a/internal/datadog/e2e/go.mod b/internal/datadog/e2e/go.mod
index 7a4286967c55..fe6257dfbc76 100644
--- a/internal/datadog/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/internal/datadog/e2e/go.mod
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.66.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/otelconf v0.18.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.40.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.40.0 // indirect
@@ -470,11 +470,11 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.16.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.16.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/dig v1.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/datadog/e2e/go.sum b/internal/datadog/e2e/go.sum
index 50e87135552f..1d4128b6f7aa 100644
--- a/internal/datadog/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/internal/datadog/e2e/go.sum
@@ -1156,8 +1156,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.40.0 h1:xariChe8OOVF3rNlfzGFgQc61n
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.40.0/go.mod h1:72WvbdxbOfXaELEQfonFfOL6osvcVjI7uJEE8C2nkrs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.65.0 h1:mi6aZS4PRSDIOYmr8DB7mdKpuyL+Q7ivIhbq2UV+NrQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.65.0/go.mod h1:eMI6Q53htJ08b8+QxQsIjofw+oUSsT4ieNGu5fcimoU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0/go.mod h1:Yt4UwgEKeT05QbLwbyHXEwhnjxNO6D8L5PQP51/46dE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:JWMv8F/Kj1Cd6Etx+d5se9j0sVkLjV6Dh4SsUaRCP0w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:3aFZ+rUrAELOVa1rEO94NDjzbf9fVIhjRpj/ZX7tA/w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.16.0 h1:ZVg+kCXxd9LtAaQNKBxAvJ5NpMf7LpvEr4MIZqb0TMQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.16.0/go.mod h1:hh0tMeZ75CCXrHd9OXRYxTlCAdxcXioWHFIpYw2rZu8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.16.0 h1:djrxvDxAe44mJUrKataUbOhCKhR3F8QCyWucO16hTQs=
@@ -1184,18 +1184,18 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.16.0 h1:DeuBPqCi6pQwtCK0pO4fvMB5eBq6sNxEnuTs88pj
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.16.0/go.mod h1:rWsmqNVTLIA8UnwYVOItjyEZDbKIkMxdQunsIhpUMes=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/logtest v0.16.0 h1:jr1CG3Z6FD9pwUaL/D0s0X4lY2ZVm1jP3JfCtzGxUmE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/logtest v0.16.0/go.mod h1:qeeZw+cI/rAtCzZ03Kq1ozq6C4z/PCa+K+bb0eJfKNs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 h1:rFnDcs4gRzBcsO9tS8LCpgR0dxg4aaxWlJxCno7JlTQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:xPvCwd9pU0VN8tPZYzDZV/BMj9CM9vs00GuBjeKhJps=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:F3m5nPevzY1Yx9mfUyeKVdok1DBjY3Ed5Cn3Rz7r4OI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:F3UaAQzxW1d7NnxfGtoFyXwrpDLVgXQvAKSSp6QjlR4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0 h1:YPIEXKmiAwkGl3Gu1huk1aYWwtpRLeskpV+wPisxBp8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0/go.mod h1:ahFdU0G5y8IxglBf0QBJXgSe7agzjE4GiTJ6HT9ud90=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.16.0 h1:e/b4bdlQwC5fnGtG3dlXUrNOnP7c8YLVSpSfEBIkTnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.16.0/go.mod h1:JKfP3T6ycy7QEuv3Hj8oKDy7KItrEkus8XJE6EoSzw4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest v0.16.0 h1:/XVkpZ41rVRTP4DfMgYv1nEtNmf65XPPyAdqV90TMy4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest v0.16.0/go.mod h1:iOOPgQr5MY9oac/F5W86mXdeyWZGleIx3uXO98X2R6Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0 h1:siZQIYBAUd1rlIWQT2uCxWJxcCO7q3TriaMlf08rXw8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:HNBuSvT7ROaGtGI50ArdRLUnvRTRGniSUZbxiWxSO8Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 h1:Vbk2co6bhj8L59ZJ6/xFTskY+tGAbOnCtQGVVa9TIN0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0/go.mod h1:U1NU4ULCoxeDKc09yCWdWe+3QoyweJcISEVa1RBzOis=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:Quu+R3idalTXLp24BLvRWlsfQCE+UV2kQbU3WXQtKrc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:3YZsZMqZuLJz7YK2vvcQ+2TtIkTt81rVDsgVJtT1+7o=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:BxHMb3yWJFkHKfLa79uXQh7aKpuldue1Diybj7IlXDY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:cqXi+pwihSpIfBt0zxlxHRiZma5J0KTAyrd0wPvglbY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 h1:l706jCMITVouPOqEnii2fIAuO3IVGBRPV5ICjceRb/A=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0/go.mod h1:xE+Cx5E/eEHw+ISFkwPLwCZefwVjY+pqKg1qcK03+/4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp v1.9.0 h1:fPVMv8tP3TrsqlkH1HWYUpbCY9cAIemx184VGkS6vlE=
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/README.md b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/README.md
index e21e2643ad96..84668f3369b1 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/README.md
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/README.md
@@ -1114,4 +1114,4 @@ The breaking changes between the 2 schemas are the following:
 - `k8s.namespace.annotations.<key>` -> `k8s.namespace.annotation.<key>`
 
 All attributes emitted through the `processor.k8sattributes.EmitV1K8sConventions` feature gate
-are currently in `alpha` stability and are actively moving towards `stable` stability.
+are currently in `beta` stability and are actively moving towards `stable` stability.
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
index 72bb94c7a593..7fdb74ea14c4 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/config.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube"
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.mod b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.mod
index bb6ff86d8797..591346441e45 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.mod
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.147.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest v0.147.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/xreceiver v0.147.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.sum b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.sum
index 26a825408980..d61bb56a228d 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/go.sum
@@ -264,20 +264,20 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.6
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.65.0/go.mod h1:KDgtbWKTQs4bM+VPUr6WlL9m/WXcmkCcBlIzqxPGzmI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0 h1:7iP2uCb7sGddAr30RRS6xjKy7AZ2JtTOPA3oolgVSw8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0/go.mod h1:c7hN3ddxs/z6q9xwvfLPk+UHlWRQyaeR1LdgfL/66l0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0/go.mod h1:Yt4UwgEKeT05QbLwbyHXEwhnjxNO6D8L5PQP51/46dE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:JWMv8F/Kj1Cd6Etx+d5se9j0sVkLjV6Dh4SsUaRCP0w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:3aFZ+rUrAELOVa1rEO94NDjzbf9fVIhjRpj/ZX7tA/w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.30.0 h1:lsInsfvhVIfOI6qHVyysXMNDnjO9Npvl7tlDPJFBVd4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.30.0/go.mod h1:KQsVNh4OjgjTG0G6EiNi1jVpnaeeKsKMRwbLN+f1+8M=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.28.0 h1:j9+03ymgYhPKmeXGk5Zu+cIZOlVzd9Zv7QIiyItjFBU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.28.0/go.mod h1:Y5+XiUG4Emn1hTfciPzGPJaSI+RpDts6BnCIir0SLqk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 h1:rFnDcs4gRzBcsO9tS8LCpgR0dxg4aaxWlJxCno7JlTQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:xPvCwd9pU0VN8tPZYzDZV/BMj9CM9vs00GuBjeKhJps=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:F3m5nPevzY1Yx9mfUyeKVdok1DBjY3Ed5Cn3Rz7r4OI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:F3UaAQzxW1d7NnxfGtoFyXwrpDLVgXQvAKSSp6QjlR4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0 h1:YPIEXKmiAwkGl3Gu1huk1aYWwtpRLeskpV+wPisxBp8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.41.0/go.mod h1:ahFdU0G5y8IxglBf0QBJXgSe7agzjE4GiTJ6HT9ud90=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0 h1:siZQIYBAUd1rlIWQT2uCxWJxcCO7q3TriaMlf08rXw8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:HNBuSvT7ROaGtGI50ArdRLUnvRTRGniSUZbxiWxSO8Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 h1:Vbk2co6bhj8L59ZJ6/xFTskY+tGAbOnCtQGVVa9TIN0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0/go.mod h1:U1NU4ULCoxeDKc09yCWdWe+3QoyweJcISEVa1RBzOis=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:Quu+R3idalTXLp24BLvRWlsfQCE+UV2kQbU3WXQtKrc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:3YZsZMqZuLJz7YK2vvcQ+2TtIkTt81rVDsgVJtT1+7o=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2 h1:BxHMb3yWJFkHKfLa79uXQh7aKpuldue1Diybj7IlXDY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.1-0.20260304125011-e2305d228bc2/go.mod h1:cqXi+pwihSpIfBt0zxlxHRiZma5J0KTAyrd0wPvglbY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 h1:TrMUixzpM0yuc/znrFTP9MMRh8trP93mkCiDVeXrui0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1/go.mod h1:0X1WI4de4ZsLrrJNLAQbFeLCm3T7yBkR0XqQ7niQU+8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp v1.9.0 h1:fPVMv8tP3TrsqlkH1HWYUpbCY9cAIemx184VGkS6vlE=
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
index 5b06e686d311..00577358edc0 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube/client.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	apps_v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	batch_v1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
index 1a52efa39ac7..34a3a16a113e 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/options.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/selection"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig"
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/pod_association.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/pod_association.go
index ab55867e76e9..32e31ce2df7a 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/pod_association.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/pod_association.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/clientutil"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/kube"
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
index 1739dad42e57..c212806753d1 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/processor.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.39.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.40.0"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig"