diff --git a/dev-constraints.txt b/dev-constraints.txt
index bdbb6771..ae26d9dc 100644
--- a/dev-constraints.txt
+++ b/dev-constraints.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ setuptools==69.5.1
 
 # pinned for snapshot tests. this should be bumped regularly and snapshots updated by running
 # tox -f py311-test -- --snapshot-update
-opentelemetry-api==1.30.0
-opentelemetry-sdk==1.30.0
+opentelemetry-api==1.35.0
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.35.0
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/CHANGELOG.md
index 50d275c2..fea846d4 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 Added support for when `bytes` or `list['bytes']` is in `LogRecord.body` and
 body is of type Mapping. Update opentelemetry-api/sdk dependencies to 1.3.
 
+The suffix part of `LogEntry.log_name` will be the `LogRecord.event_name` when
+that is present and the `gcp.log_name` attribute is not.
+
 ## Version 1.9.0a0
 
 Released 2025-02-03
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/setup.cfg
index 2f6e198d..91cd7598 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/setup.cfg
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ package_dir=
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     google-cloud-logging ~= 3.0
-    opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.30
-    opentelemetry-api ~= 1.30
+    opentelemetry-sdk >= 1.35.0
+    opentelemetry-api >= 1.35.0
     opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp >= 1.5.0dev0, == 1.*
 
 [options.packages.find]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/src/opentelemetry/exporter/cloud_logging/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/src/opentelemetry/exporter/cloud_logging/__init__.py
index e8349805..a215e02c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/src/opentelemetry/exporter/cloud_logging/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/src/opentelemetry/exporter/cloud_logging/__init__.py
@@ -197,13 +197,14 @@ def export(self, batch: Sequence[LogData]):
             project_id = str(
                 attributes.get(PROJECT_ID_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, self.project_id)
             )
-            log_suffix = urllib.parse.quote_plus(
-                str(
-                    attributes.get(
-                        LOG_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, self.default_log_name
-                    )
+            log_suffix = self.default_log_name
+            log_name_attr = attributes.get(LOG_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY)
+            if log_name_attr and isinstance(log_name_attr, str):
+                log_suffix = urllib.parse.quote_plus(log_name_attr)
+            elif log_record.event_name:
+                log_suffix = urllib.parse.quote_plus(
+                    log_record.event_name.replace(".", "_")
                 )
-            )
             log_entry.log_name = f"projects/{project_id}/logs/{log_suffix}"
             # If timestamp is unset fall back to observed_time_unix_nano as recommended,
             # see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/blob/4abbb78/opentelemetry/proto/logs/v1/logs.proto#L176-L179
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/__snapshots__/test_cloud_logging/test_convert_otlp_dict_body.json b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/__snapshots__/test_cloud_logging/test_convert_otlp_dict_body.json
index 9a61a846..a026b7d5 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/__snapshots__/test_cloud_logging/test_convert_otlp_dict_body.json
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/__snapshots__/test_cloud_logging/test_convert_otlp_dict_body.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           "gen_ai.system": "true",
           "test": "23"
         },
-        "logName": "projects/fakeproject/logs/test",
+        "logName": "projects/fakeproject/logs/random_genai_event",
         "resource": {
           "labels": {
             "location": "global",
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/test_cloud_logging.py b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/test_cloud_logging.py
index d8480dad..07f36903 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/test_cloud_logging.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/tests/test_cloud_logging.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def test_convert_otlp_dict_body(
     log_data = [
         LogData(
             log_record=LogRecord(
+                event_name="random.genai.event",
                 timestamp=1736976310997977393,
                 severity_number=SeverityNumber(20),
                 trace_id=25,