diff --git a/instrumentation/nats/nats-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/nats/v2_17/NatsTestHelper.java b/instrumentation/nats/nats-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/nats/v2_17/NatsTestHelper.java
index 955fcada37..c83880fea4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/nats/nats-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/nats/v2_17/NatsTestHelper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/nats/nats-2.17/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/nats/v2_17/NatsTestHelper.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.nats.v2_17;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.equalTo;
-import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.MessagingIncubatingAttributes.MESSAGING_CLIENT_ID;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.MessagingIncubatingAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.MessagingIncubatingAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_BODY_SIZE;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.MessagingIncubatingAttributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION;
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import io.nats.client.Message;
 import io.nats.client.Subscription;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.AttributeAssertion;
 import java.time.Duration;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // using deprecated semconv
 public class NatsTestHelper {
 
+  // copied from MessagingIncubatingAttributes
+  private static final AttributeKey<String> MESSAGING_CLIENT_ID = stringKey("messaging.client_id");
+
   public static AttributeAssertion[] messagingAttributes(
       String operation, String subject, int clientId, AttributeAssertion other) {
     return messagingAttributes(operation, subject, clientId, new AttributeAssertion[] {other});