diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.cfg
index f9f9dafb0..1a4ad4711 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/setup.cfg
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires = 
-    opentelemetry-api == 0.15.dev0
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.15.dev0
+    opentelemetry-api == 0.15b0
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.15b0
     wrapt >= 1.11.2
     sqlalchemy
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
-    opentelemetry-sdk == 0.15.dev0
+    opentelemetry-sdk == 0.15b0
     pytest
 
 [options.packages.find]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
index 83a5b82b2..7c97c685d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/engine.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.event import listen
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.sqlalchemy.version import __version__
-from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCanonicalCode
+from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
 
 # Network attribute semantic convention here:
 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/master/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/span-general.md#general-network-connection-attributes
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ class EngineTracer:
         try:
             if self.current_span.is_recording():
                 self.current_span.set_status(
-                    Status(
-                        StatusCanonicalCode.UNKNOWN,
-                        str(context.original_exception),
-                    )
+                    Status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(context.original_exception),)
                 )
         finally:
             self.current_span.end()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/version.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/version.py
index e7b342d64..ff494d225 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/version.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "0.15.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.15b0"