diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
index 65fdeb38f..e6aec0c5f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   `net.host.name` and `net.host.port` attributes will be populated instead.
   ([#3858](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/3858))
 
+* The `http.server.duration` metric's `http.target` attribute is replaced
+with `http.route` attribute.
+([#3903](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/3903))
+
 ## 1.0.0-rc9.9
 
 Released 2022-Nov-07
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
index 802feedec..cf6c66bd9 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInMetricsListener.cs
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Implementation
 
                 TagList tags;
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
-                var target = (context.GetEndpoint() as RouteEndpoint)?.RoutePattern.RawText;
+                var route = (context.GetEndpoint() as RouteEndpoint)?.RoutePattern.RawText;
 
                 // TODO: This is just a minimal set of attributes. See the spec for additional attributes:
                 // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/http-metrics.md#http-server
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(target))
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(route))
                 {
                     tags = new TagList
                     {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Implementation
                         { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpScheme, context.Request.Scheme },
                         { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpMethod, context.Request.Method },
                         { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpHost, host },
-                        { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpTarget, target },
+                        { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpRoute, route },
                         { SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpStatusCode, context.Response.StatusCode.ToString() },
                     };
                 }
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/MetricTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/MetricTests.cs
index 8cef78f44..dff0246e7 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/MetricTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests/MetricTests.cs
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Tests
             var statusCode = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpStatusCode, "200");
             var flavor = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpFlavor, "1.1");
             var host = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpHost, "localhost");
-            var target = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpTarget, "api/Values");
+            var route = new KeyValuePair<string, object>(SemanticConventions.AttributeHttpRoute, "api/Values");
             Assert.Contains(method, attributes);
             Assert.Contains(scheme, attributes);
             Assert.Contains(statusCode, attributes);
             Assert.Contains(flavor, attributes);
             Assert.Contains(host, attributes);
-            Assert.Contains(target, attributes);
+            Assert.Contains(route, attributes);
             Assert.Equal(6, attributes.Length);
         }