diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
index d4bff960278d..eea3e7c5d68f 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-2.12.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-2.11.0.jar
-No changes.
\ No newline at end of file
+***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	GENERIC TEMPLATES: === REQUEST:java.lang.Object, === RESPONSE:java.lang.Object
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
+***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	GENERIC TEMPLATES: === REQUEST:java.lang.Object, === RESPONSE:java.lang.Object
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder.java
index e74dd2e9f48c..894d8af16382 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanStatusExtractor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setStatusExtracto
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedReques
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder.java
index caee6c007da7..c61e846dc59e 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/builder/internal/DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanStatusExtractor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setStatusExtracto
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedReques
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/messaging/MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/messaging/MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
index 6cc82adb4ddc..769de0862362 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/messaging/MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/incubator/semconv/messaging/MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.AttributesExtractor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link MessagingAttributesExtractor}. */
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ public final class MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public MessagingAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedHeaders(
-      List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+      Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
index c1ba07a1cb12..39e4e5bcc65b 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.network.internal.InternalServerAttributesExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.network.internal.ServerAddressAndPortExtractor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -57,11 +58,29 @@ public final class HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     this.capturedRequestHeaders = new ArrayList<>(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the HTTP request headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in <a
+   * href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.0/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-client">HTTP
+   * semantic conventions</a>.
+   *
+   * <p>The HTTP request header values will be captured under the {@code http.request.header.<key>}
+   * attribute key. The {@code <key>} part in the attribute key is the lowercase header name.
+   *
+   * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using List
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+    return setCapturedRequestHeaders((Collection<String>) requestHeaders);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configures the HTTP response headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in
    * <a
@@ -76,11 +95,31 @@ public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedReques
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     this.capturedResponseHeaders = new ArrayList<>(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the HTTP response headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in
+   * <a
+   * href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.0/docs/http/http-spans.md#common-attributes">HTTP
+   * semantic conventions</a>.
+   *
+   * <p>The HTTP response header values will be captured under the {@code
+   * http.response.header.<key>} attribute key. The {@code <key>} part in the attribute key is the
+   * lowercase header name.
+   *
+   * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using List
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+    return setCapturedResponseHeaders((Collection<String>) responseHeaders);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configures the extractor to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
    *
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
index 9eec4966d8d0..e811d975d0c7 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.network.internal.InternalServerAttributesExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.url.internal.InternalUrlAttributesExtractor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -63,11 +64,30 @@ public final class HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     this.capturedRequestHeaders = new ArrayList<>(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the HTTP response headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in
+   * <a
+   * href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.0/docs/http/http-spans.md#http-server-semantic-conventions">HTTP
+   * semantic conventions</a>.
+   *
+   * <p>The HTTP request header values will be captured under the {@code http.request.header.<key>}
+   * attribute key. The {@code <key>} part in the attribute key is the lowercase header name.
+   *
+   * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using List
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+    return setCapturedRequestHeaders((Collection<String>) requestHeaders);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configures the HTTP response headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in
    * <a
@@ -82,11 +102,31 @@ public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedReques
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     this.capturedResponseHeaders = new ArrayList<>(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the HTTP response headers that will be captured as span attributes as described in
+   * <a
+   * href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.23.0/docs/http/http-spans.md#common-attributes">HTTP
+   * semantic conventions</a>.
+   *
+   * <p>The HTTP response header values will be captured under the {@code
+   * http.response.header.<key>} attribute key. The {@code <key>} part in the attribute key is the
+   * lowercase header name.
+   *
+   * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using List
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+    return setCapturedResponseHeaders((Collection<String>) responseHeaders);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configures the extractor to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
    *
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-4.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v4_3/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-4.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v4_3/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index c2d3b715361e..e39104f64c78 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-4.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v4_3/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-4.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v4_3/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.AttributesExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanNameExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> r
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v5_2/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v5_2/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index d0911db28cdd..ca896c27bdb9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v5_2/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/apache-httpclient/apache-httpclient-5.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/apachehttpclient/v5_2/ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.AttributesExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanNameExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> r
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index 7d8cd00b291a..4903ae358bad 100644
--- a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.Experimental;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder.java
index 613898bdad9a..b2455a9dce4c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.Experimental;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder.java
index 5a900eb95c8c..6f06abac7996 100644
--- a/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/armeria/armeria-1.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/armeria/v1_3/ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.Experimental;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ public ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder setPeerService(String peerService) {
    * Configures the HTTP client request headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -171,7 +173,8 @@ public ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedClientRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * Configures the HTTP client response headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -184,7 +187,8 @@ public ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedClientResponseHeaders(List<String> res
    * Configures the HTTP server request headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -197,7 +201,8 @@ public ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * Configures the HTTP server response headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
index b36104f531de..91c26d59df75 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link AwsSdkTelemetry}. */
@@ -30,8 +32,8 @@ public class AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder {
    * @param capturedHeaders A list of messaging header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
index 11ddca0ea559..5cf5c757b4f9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link AwsSdkTelemetry}. */
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ public final class AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder {
    * @param capturedHeaders A list of messaging header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public AwsSdkTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/java-http-client/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpclient/JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/java-http-client/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpclient/JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index 3c9c15143e3b..00daa7e70a32 100644
--- a/instrumentation/java-http-client/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpclient/JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/java-http-client/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpclient/JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.httpclient.internal.JavaHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> req
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-12.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v12_0/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-12.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v12_0/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index cf6063511ef9..223dfb2aedc5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-12.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v12_0/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-12.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v12_0/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v12_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v12_0.internal.JettyHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClientTransport;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> reques
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index 4e4a9940e283..58295bf12e24 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jetty-httpclient/jetty-httpclient-9.2/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jetty/httpclient/v9_2/JettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v9_2.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v9_2.internal.JettyHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClientTransport;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> reques
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/jms/jms-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jms/JmsInstrumenterFactory.java b/instrumentation/jms/jms-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jms/JmsInstrumenterFactory.java
index b229bcb303ea..31b80691c75d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jms/jms-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jms/JmsInstrumenterFactory.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jms/jms-common/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jms/JmsInstrumenterFactory.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.InstrumenterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanKindExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.PropagatorBasedSpanLinksExtractor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public final class JmsInstrumenterFactory {
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ public JmsInstrumenterFactory(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry, String instrumentatio
   }
 
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JmsInstrumenterFactory setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public JmsInstrumenterFactory setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-2.6/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafkaclients/v2_6/KafkaTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-2.6/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafkaclients/v2_6/KafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
index 9fd1585323c5..07b2f6931919 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-2.6/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafkaclients/v2_6/KafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-2.6/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafkaclients/v2_6/KafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.kafka.internal.KafkaProducerRequest;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.kafka.internal.KafkaReceiveRequest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ public KafkaTelemetryBuilder addConsumerReceiveAttributesExtractors(
    * @param capturedHeaders A list of messaging header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public KafkaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public KafkaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-common/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafka/internal/KafkaInstrumenterFactory.java b/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-common/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafka/internal/KafkaInstrumenterFactory.java
index 710107d24ae1..54952e09cdaa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-common/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafka/internal/KafkaInstrumenterFactory.java
+++ b/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-common/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/kafka/internal/KafkaInstrumenterFactory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.InstrumenterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanKindExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.PropagatorBasedSpanLinksExtractor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ public KafkaInstrumenterFactory setErrorCauseExtractor(ErrorCauseExtractor error
   }
 
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public KafkaInstrumenterFactory setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public KafkaInstrumenterFactory setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index 29a6cfe54a66..be742f93e779 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4.common.internal.client.NettyClientInstrumenterFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4.common.internal.client.NettyConnectionInstrumentationFlag;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.Experimental;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setEmitExperimentalHttpClientEvents(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> capturedRequestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> capturedRequestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(capturedRequestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> capturedResponseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> capturedResponseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(capturedResponseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyServerTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyServerTelemetryBuilder.java
index f7ba3b78751d..bec0b22ecbef 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyServerTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/NettyServerTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.ProtocolEventHandler;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.server.NettyServerInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /** A builder of {@link NettyServerTelemetry}. */
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setEmitExperimentalHttpServerEvents(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> capturedRequestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> capturedRequestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(capturedRequestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> capturedResponseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> capturedResponseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(capturedResponseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/okhttp/v3_0/OkHttpTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/okhttp/v3_0/OkHttpTelemetryBuilder.java
index 13aa7e220393..d8fa780d5d50 100644
--- a/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/okhttp/v3_0/OkHttpTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/okhttp/okhttp-3.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/okhttp/v3_0/OkHttpTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.okhttp.v3_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.okhttp.v3_0.internal.OkHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import okhttp3.Interceptor;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHead
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index f2f077b76fa0..3f82c7a480d8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import ratpack.http.client.HttpResponse;
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder.java
index 20cc6201af0b..1464970409c5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackServerInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import ratpack.http.Request;
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackTelemetryBuilder.java
index 47f8aa063643..39e60c56c3bf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/ratpack/ratpack-1.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ratpack/v1_7/RatpackTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackServerInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ public RatpackTelemetryBuilder addClientAttributeExtractor(
    * Configures the HTTP server request headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ public RatpackTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * Configures the HTTP server response headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ public RatpackTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerResponseHeaders(List<String> res
    * Configures the HTTP client request headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ public RatpackTelemetryBuilder setCapturedClientRequestHeaders(List<String> requ
    * Configures the HTTP client response headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)} instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)}
+   *     instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
diff --git a/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-1.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v1_1/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-1.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v1_1/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
index 453ab82d3c47..bd7b4ee3494b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-1.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v1_1/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-1.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v1_1/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v1_1.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v1_1.internal.RestletTelemetryBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.restlet.data.Request;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHea
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-2.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v2_0/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-2.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v2_0/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
index 32a6421d5118..d13c5b28921b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-2.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v2_0/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/restlet/restlet-2.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/restlet/v2_0/RestletTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v2_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v2_0.internal.RestletTelemetryBuilderFactory;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.restlet.Request;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHea
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
index 856969aa8ade..9214c46aeddc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rocketmq/rocketmq-client/rocketmq-client-4.8/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rocketmqclient/v4_8/RocketMqTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link RocketMqTelemetry}. */
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setCaptureExperimentalSpanAttributes(
    * @param capturedHeaders A list of messaging header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public RocketMqTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-integration-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/integration/v4_1/SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-integration-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/integration/v4_1/SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder.java
index c4a31384e375..035385fa20cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-integration-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/integration/v4_1/SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-integration-4.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/integration/v4_1/SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.Instrumenter;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanKindExtractor;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link SpringIntegrationTelemetry}. */
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ public SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param capturedHeaders A list of messaging header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public SpringIntegrationTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/kafka/v2_7/SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/kafka/v2_7/SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
index dc74cd179fc2..649abffecd18 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/kafka/v2_7/SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/kafka/v2_7/SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.kafka.internal.KafkaInstrumenterFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.kafka.v2_7.internal.SpringKafkaErrorCauseExtractor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /** A builder of {@link SpringKafkaTelemetry}. */
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ public final class SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder {
   }
 
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(List<String> capturedHeaders) {
-    this.capturedHeaders = capturedHeaders;
+  public SpringKafkaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedHeaders(Collection<String> capturedHeaders) {
+    this.capturedHeaders = new ArrayList<>(capturedHeaders);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-web/spring-web-3.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/web/v3_1/SpringWebTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-web/spring-web-3.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/web/v3_1/SpringWebTelemetryBuilder.java
index cc4d69fbad19..6ddbd89b7a33 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-web/spring-web-3.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/web/v3_1/SpringWebTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-web/spring-web-3.1/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/web/v3_1/SpringWebTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.web.v3_1.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.web.v3_1.internal.WebTelemetryUtil;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestH
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder.java
index 3c99207b9f8d..71cbef236fa9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.SpringWebfluxBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.WebClientHttpAttributesGetter;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ClientRequest;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder.java
index b00dec6ffefb..32a32fadee37 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.SpringWebfluxBuilderUtil;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
-      List<String> requestHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
-      List<String> responseHeaders) {
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder.java
index 678f83608a22..4bb2c305b9fc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webflux/v5_3/SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.WebClientHttpAttributesGetter;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ public SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder addClientAttributesExtractor(
    * Configures the HTTP WebClient request headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)}
-   *     instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link
+   *     SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ public SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder setCapturedClientRequestHeaders(
    * Configures the HTTP WebClient response headers that will be captured as span attributes.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)}
-   *     instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link
+   *     SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@ public SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder addServerAttributesExtractor(
    * instrumentation.
    *
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(List)}
-   *     instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link
+   *     SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection)} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ public SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerRequestHeaders(
    * instrumentation.
    *
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
-   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(List)}
-   *     instead.
+   * @deprecated Use {@link
+   *     SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection)} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v5_3/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v5_3/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
index b2f6c63785e4..df47ef5b6120 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v5_3/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v5_3/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webmvc.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webmvc.v5_3.internal.SpringMvcBuilderUtil;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> reque
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
index bc5df58458f3..276af5a26b3f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webmvc.v6_0.internal.SpringMvcBuilderUtil;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * @param requestHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(Collection<String> requestHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedRequestHeaders(requestHeaders);
     return this;
   }
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedRequestHeaders(List<String> reque
    * @param responseHeaders A list of HTTP header names.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(List<String> responseHeaders) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
+      Collection<String> responseHeaders) {
     builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders);
     return this;
   }