diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
index b80b5256c..1115d8bfa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-semconv</artifactId>
-      <version>1.25.0-alpha</version>
+      <version>1.26.0-alpha</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-trace</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/OpenTelemetryTest.java b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/OpenTelemetryTest.java
index ce9da8878..a0e06303c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/OpenTelemetryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/OpenTelemetryTest.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public void testPublishSpansSuccess() {
         .containsEntry(SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME, FULL_TOPIC_NAME.getTopic())
         .containsEntry(PROJECT_ATTR_KEY, FULL_TOPIC_NAME.getProject())
         .containsEntry(SemanticAttributes.CODE_FUNCTION, "Publisher.publishCall")
-        .containsEntry(SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION, "create")
+        .containsEntry(SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION, "publish")
         .containsEntry(SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_BATCH_MESSAGE_COUNT, messageWrappers.size());
 
     // Check span data, events, links, and attributes for the publisher create span