diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 480036b7f4..869e21f71a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ For experimental package changes, see the [experimental CHANGELOG](experimental/
 
 * feat: support node 22 [#4666](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4666) @dyladan
 * feat(context-zone*): support zone.js 0.12.x [#4376](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4736) @maldago
+* refactor(core): Use tree-shakeable string constants for semconv [#4739](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4739) @JohannesHuster
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/sdk-info.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/sdk-info.ts
index b804cd3c85..7d1460770d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/sdk-info.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/browser/sdk-info.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
 
 import { VERSION } from '../../version';
 import {
-  TelemetrySdkLanguageValues,
-  SemanticResourceAttributes,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME,
+  SEMRESATTRS_PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE,
+  TELEMETRYSDKLANGUAGEVALUES_WEBJS,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 
 /** Constants describing the SDK in use */
 export const SDK_INFO = {
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME]: 'opentelemetry',
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME]: 'browser',
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE]:
-    TelemetrySdkLanguageValues.WEBJS,
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION]: VERSION,
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME]: 'opentelemetry',
+  [SEMRESATTRS_PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME]: 'browser',
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE]: TELEMETRYSDKLANGUAGEVALUES_WEBJS,
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION]: VERSION,
 };
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/sdk-info.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/sdk-info.ts
index 6c7c4c5f02..4018c23ff2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/sdk-info.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/sdk-info.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
 
 import { VERSION } from '../../version';
 import {
-  TelemetrySdkLanguageValues,
-  SemanticResourceAttributes,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME,
+  SEMRESATTRS_PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE,
+  TELEMETRYSDKLANGUAGEVALUES_NODEJS,
+  SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 
 /** Constants describing the SDK in use */
 export const SDK_INFO = {
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME]: 'opentelemetry',
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME]: 'node',
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE]:
-    TelemetrySdkLanguageValues.NODEJS,
-  [SemanticResourceAttributes.TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION]: VERSION,
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME]: 'opentelemetry',
+  [SEMRESATTRS_PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME]: 'node',
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_LANGUAGE]: TELEMETRYSDKLANGUAGEVALUES_NODEJS,
+  [SEMRESATTRS_TELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION]: VERSION,
 };