diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 626dc66dbb..1d17673e6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     - 'release/*'
   pull_request:
 env:
-  CORE_REPO_SHA: 042d7a7921e25936decd95addf4fb1d30afb88e2
+  CORE_REPO_SHA: f5fb6b1353929cf8039b1d38f97450866357d901
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index c6322b566c..77db23b417 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import unwrap
 from opentelemetry.metrics import get_meter
+from opentelemetry.semconv.metrics import MetricInstruments
 from opentelemetry.trace import get_tracer
 
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         meter = get_meter(__name__, __version__, meter_provider)
 
         connections_usage = meter.create_up_down_counter(
-            name="db.client.connections.usage",
+            name=MetricInstruments.DB_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS_USAGE,
             unit="connections",
             description="The number of connections that are currently in state described by the state attribute.",
         )