diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
index c62e07e41..6b3ce2df9 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def _extract_tags_from_dict(tags_dict):
 def _extract_tags_from_span(span: Span):
     tags = _extract_tags_from_dict(getattr(span, "attributes", None))
     if span.resource:
-        tags.update(_extract_tags_from_dict(span.resource.labels))
+        tags.update(_extract_tags_from_dict(span.resource.attributes))
     return tags
 
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
index 709ca29d6..96586d91e 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ class TestZipkinSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
 
         otel_spans[1].start(start_time=start_times[1])
         otel_spans[1].resource = Resource(
-            labels={"key_resource": "some_resource"}
+            attributes={"key_resource": "some_resource"}
         )
         otel_spans[1].end(end_time=end_times[1])
 
         otel_spans[2].start(start_time=start_times[2])
         otel_spans[2].set_attribute("key_string", "hello_world")
         otel_spans[2].resource = Resource(
-            labels={"key_resource": "some_resource"}
+            attributes={"key_resource": "some_resource"}
         )
         otel_spans[2].end(end_time=end_times[2])