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 ### Semantic Conventions
 
-* Update semantic and resource attributes for spec v0.16.0
+* Update semantic and resource attributes for spec v1.16.0
   ([#4938](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/4938),
    [#5033](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/5033))