diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetrics.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetrics.java
index 84c0731875..e8a3fcf2a6 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetrics.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetrics.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http;
 
 import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http.HttpMessageBodySizeUtil.getHttpRequestBodySize;
 import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http.HttpMessageBodySizeUtil.getHttpResponseBodySize;
+import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http.HttpMetricsUtil.mergeClientAttributes;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINE;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public final class HttpClientExperimentalMetrics implements OperationListener {
       return;
     }
 
-    Attributes sizeAttributes = startAttributes.toBuilder().putAll(endAttributes).build();
+    Attributes sizeAttributes = mergeClientAttributes(startAttributes, endAttributes);
 
     Long requestBodySize = getHttpRequestBodySize(endAttributes, startAttributes);
     if (requestBodySize != null) {
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetrics.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetrics.java
index 5e61b9046d..d8e2c9cba6 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetrics.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetrics.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http;
 
 import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http.HttpMetricsUtil.createStableDurationHistogramBuilder;
+import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http.HttpMetricsUtil.mergeClientAttributes;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINE;
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ public final class HttpClientMetrics implements OperationListener {
       return;
     }
 
-    Attributes attributes = state.startAttributes().toBuilder().putAll(endAttributes).build();
+    Attributes attributes = mergeClientAttributes(state.startAttributes(), endAttributes);
 
     if (stableDuration != null) {
       stableDuration.record((endNanos - state.startTimeNanos()) / NANOS_PER_S, attributes, context);
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsAdvice.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsAdvice.java
index 88aa3783fd..a846b8e083 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsAdvice.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsAdvice.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ final class HttpMetricsAdvice {
                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_NAME,
                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
                 SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS,
-                SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT));
+                SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT,
+                SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME));
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // until old http semconv are dropped in 2.0
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ final class HttpMetricsAdvice {
                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
                 SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS,
                 SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT,
+                SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME,
                 // old attributes
                 SemanticAttributes.HTTP_METHOD,
                 SemanticAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE,
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsUtil.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsUtil.java
index 8960e1e67f..adb992da95 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsUtil.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpMetricsUtil.java
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.http;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributesBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogramBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.metrics.ExtendedDoubleHistogramBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.SemanticAttributes;
 import java.util.List;
 
 final class HttpMetricsUtil {
@@ -31,5 +34,17 @@ final class HttpMetricsUtil {
     return durationBuilder;
   }
 
+  static Attributes mergeClientAttributes(Attributes startAttributes, Attributes endAttributes) {
+    AttributesBuilder builder = startAttributes.toBuilder().putAll(endAttributes);
+    String url = startAttributes.get(SemanticAttributes.URL_FULL);
+    if (url != null) {
+      int index = url.indexOf("://");
+      if (index > 0) {
+        builder.put(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, url.substring(0, index));
+      }
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
   private HttpMetricsUtil() {}
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
index d35d02d679..cbad29ecc5 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest {
         Attributes.builder()
             .put(SemanticAttributes.HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_FULL, "https://localhost:1234/")
-            .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, "https")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_PATH, "/")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_QUERY, "q=a")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS, "localhost")
@@ -97,7 +96,8 @@ class HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest {
                                             equalTo(
                                                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_VERSION, "2.0"),
                                             equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS, "localhost"),
-                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234))
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234),
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, "https"))
                                         .hasExemplarsSatisfying(
                                             exemplar ->
                                                 exemplar
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class HttpClientExperimentalMetricsStableSemconvTest {
                                             equalTo(
                                                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_VERSION, "2.0"),
                                             equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS, "localhost"),
-                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234))
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234),
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, "https"))
                                         .hasExemplarsSatisfying(
                                             exemplar ->
                                                 exemplar
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest.java b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
index 7360965693..269bf1d53a 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-semconv/src/testStableHttpSemconv/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/http/HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest {
         Attributes.builder()
             .put(SemanticAttributes.HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_FULL, "https://localhost:1234/")
-            .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, "https")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_PATH, "/")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.URL_QUERY, "q=a")
             .put(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS, "localhost")
@@ -99,7 +98,8 @@ class HttpClientMetricsStableSemconvTest {
                                             equalTo(
                                                 SemanticAttributes.NETWORK_PROTOCOL_VERSION, "2.0"),
                                             equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_ADDRESS, "localhost"),
-                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234))
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.SERVER_PORT, 1234),
+                                            equalTo(SemanticAttributes.URL_SCHEME, "https"))
                                         .hasExemplarsSatisfying(
                                             exemplar ->
                                                 exemplar