diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
index eea3e7c5d68f..61b6dc17cbd1 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-instrumentation-api.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,18 @@ Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-2.12.0-SNAPS
 	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>)
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(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>)
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST,RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
+***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerRouteBuilder  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	GENERIC TEMPLATES: === REQUEST:java.lang.Object
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpServerRouteBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>)
+***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	GENERIC TEMPLATES: === REQUEST:java.lang.Object
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(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 894d8af16382..a7929ae56eba 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
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -155,11 +154,11 @@ public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRespon
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpClientInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
-      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+      Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     httpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 c61e846dc59e..6b12403f779e 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
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -153,11 +152,11 @@ public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRespon
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public DefaultHttpServerInstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
-      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+      Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     httpAttributesExtractorBuilder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     httpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     httpServerRouteBuilder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
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 39e4e5bcc65b..f5752dc794a7 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
@@ -137,11 +137,34 @@ public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRespon
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
-      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+      Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     this.knownMethods = new HashSet<>(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the extractor to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
+   *
+   * <p>By default, this extractor defines "known" methods as the ones listed in <a
+   * href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-methods">RFC9110</a> and the PATCH
+   * method defined in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5789.html">RFC5789</a>. If an
+   * unknown method is encountered, the extractor will use the value {@value HttpConstants#_OTHER}
+   * instead of it and put the original value in an extra {@code http.request.method_original}
+   * attribute.
+   *
+   * <p>Note: calling this method <b>overrides</b> the default known method sets completely; it does
+   * not supplement it.
+   *
+   * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using Set
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
+      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+    return setKnownMethods((Collection<String>) knownMethods);
+  }
+
   // visible for tests
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setResendCountIncrementer(
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 e811d975d0c7..afae6a55cf82 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
@@ -144,11 +144,34 @@ public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setCapturedRespon
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
-      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+      Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     this.knownMethods = new HashSet<>(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the extractor to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
+   *
+   * <p>By default, this extractor defines "known" methods as the ones listed in <a
+   * href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-methods">RFC9110</a> and the PATCH
+   * method defined in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5789.html">RFC5789</a>. If an
+   * unknown method is encountered, the extractor will use the value {@value HttpConstants#_OTHER}
+   * instead of it and put the original value in an extra {@code http.request.method_original}
+   * attribute.
+   *
+   * <p>Note: calling this method <b>overrides</b> the default known method sets completely; it does
+   * not supplement it.
+   *
+   * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using Set
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setKnownMethods(
+      Set<String> knownMethods) {
+    return setKnownMethods((Collection<String>) knownMethods);
+  }
+
   // visible for tests
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
   HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> setHttpRouteGetter(
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerRouteBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerRouteBuilder.java
index e1a6e3dc21a7..19c7eb7367cd 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerRouteBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpServerRouteBuilder.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.InstrumenterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.HttpConstants;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.HttpRouteState;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -44,11 +45,32 @@ public final class HttpServerRouteBuilder<REQUEST> {
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public HttpServerRouteBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public HttpServerRouteBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     this.knownMethods = new HashSet<>(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the customizer to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
+   *
+   * <p>By default, this customizer defines "known" methods as the ones listed in <a
+   * href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-methods">RFC9110</a> and the PATCH
+   * method defined in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5789.html">RFC5789</a>. If an
+   * unknown method is encountered, the customizer will use the value {@value HttpConstants#_OTHER}
+   * instead.
+   *
+   * <p>Note: calling this method <b>overrides</b> the default known method sets completely; it does
+   * not supplement it.
+   *
+   * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using Set
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpServerRouteBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+    return setKnownMethods((Collection<String>) knownMethods);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a {@link ContextCustomizer} that initializes an {@link HttpServerRoute} in the {@link
    * Context} returned from {@link Instrumenter#start(Context, Object)}. The returned customizer is
diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.java
index f2e16ba10a79..4ca0f90385fd 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/semconv/http/HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.Instrumenter;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanNameExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.HttpConstants;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -50,11 +51,33 @@ public HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder(
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     this.knownMethods = new HashSet<>(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Configures the extractor to recognize an alternative set of HTTP request methods.
+   *
+   * <p>By default, this extractor defines "known" methods as the ones listed in <a
+   * href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-methods">RFC9110</a> and the PATCH
+   * method defined in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5789.html">RFC5789</a>. If an
+   * unknown method is encountered, the extractor will use the value {@value HttpConstants#_OTHER}
+   * instead of it and put the original value in an extra {@code http.request.method_original}
+   * attribute.
+   *
+   * <p>Note: calling this method <b>overrides</b> the default known method sets completely; it does
+   * not supplement it.
+   *
+   * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
+   */
+  // don't deprecate this since users will get deprecation warning without a clean way to suppress
+  // it if they're using Set
+  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+  public HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder<REQUEST> setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+    return setKnownMethods((Collection<String>) knownMethods);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a new {@link HttpSpanNameExtractor} with the settings of this {@link
    * HttpSpanNameExtractorBuilder}.
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 e39104f64c78..03c68850845c 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
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanNameExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 
@@ -98,10 +97,10 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 ca896c27bdb9..e66486beec04 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
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.instrumenter.SpanNameExtractor;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.semconv.http.HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpResponse;
 
@@ -83,10 +82,10 @@ public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public ApacheHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 4903ae358bad..eaec86093bea 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
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.Experimental;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public final class ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder {
@@ -94,10 +93,10 @@ public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 b2455a9dce4c..133f11815967 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
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.ArmeriaInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.armeria.v1_3.internal.Experimental;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public final class ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder {
@@ -92,10 +91,10 @@ public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 6f06abac7996..f79adf085e66 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
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ public ArmeriaTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerResponseHeaders(List<String> res
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} and {@link
-   *     ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} instead.
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @deprecated Use {@link ArmeriaClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)} and {@link
+   *     ArmeriaServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
diff --git a/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rest-7.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/rest/v7_0/ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder.java b/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rest-7.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/rest/v7_0/ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder.java
index 8145d8e4fc91..6d557dd31976 100644
--- a/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rest-7.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/rest/v7_0/ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-rest-7.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/elasticsearch/rest/v7_0/ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.elasticsearch.rest.internal.ElasticsearchRestInstrumenterFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.elasticsearch.rest.internal.ElasticsearchRestRequest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -60,10 +61,10 @@ public ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public ElasticsearchRest7TelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     this.knownMethods = new HashSet<>(knownMethods);
     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 00daa7e70a32..56096edb7b3d 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
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public final class JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder {
@@ -95,10 +94,10 @@ public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public JavaHttpClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 223dfb2aedc5..6a7ab1cc20f4 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v12_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v12_0.internal.JettyHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClientTransport;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.Request;
@@ -109,10 +108,10 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 58295bf12e24..3f242b7fbb3c 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v9_2.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.jetty.httpclient.v9_2.internal.JettyHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClientTransport;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.Request;
@@ -109,10 +108,10 @@ public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public JettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/ktor/ktor-1.0/library/src/main/kotlin/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ktor/v1_0/KtorServerTelemetry.kt b/instrumentation/ktor/ktor-1.0/library/src/main/kotlin/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ktor/v1_0/KtorServerTelemetry.kt
index d4635e557962..588bf415499d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ktor/ktor-1.0/library/src/main/kotlin/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ktor/v1_0/KtorServerTelemetry.kt
+++ b/instrumentation/ktor/ktor-1.0/library/src/main/kotlin/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ktor/v1_0/KtorServerTelemetry.kt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class KtorServerTelemetry private constructor(
       builder.setCapturedResponseHeaders(responseHeaders)
     }
 
-    fun setKnownMethods(knownMethods: Set<String>) {
+    fun setKnownMethods(knownMethods: Collection<String>) {
       builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods)
     }
 
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 be742f93e779..cae8789df16b 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
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4.common.internal.client.NettyConnectionInstrumentationFlag;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.Experimental;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /** A builder of {@link NettyClientTelemetry}. */
@@ -98,10 +97,10 @@ public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder addAttributesExtractor(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public NettyClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 bec0b22ecbef..92233db0fac6 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
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.ProtocolEventHandler;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.internal.server.NettyServerInstrumenterBuilderUtil;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 /** A builder of {@link NettyServerTelemetry}. */
 public final class NettyServerTelemetryBuilder {
@@ -92,10 +91,10 @@ public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public NettyServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 d8fa780d5d50..8e830da41473 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.okhttp.v3_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.okhttp.v3_0.internal.OkHttpClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import okhttp3.Interceptor;
 import okhttp3.Response;
@@ -93,10 +92,10 @@ public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> resp
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public OkHttpTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 3f82c7a480d8..b1e0ddf1db5c 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackClientInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import ratpack.http.client.HttpResponse;
 import ratpack.http.client.RequestSpec;
@@ -77,10 +76,10 @@ public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 1464970409c5..07da8e9959b3 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.ratpack.v1_7.internal.RatpackServerInstrumenterBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import ratpack.http.Request;
 import ratpack.http.Response;
@@ -81,10 +80,10 @@ public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 39e60c56c3bf..8239fbeeed33 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
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ public RatpackTelemetryBuilder setCapturedClientResponseHeaders(List<String> res
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} and {@link
-   *     RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} instead.
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @deprecated Use {@link RatpackServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)} and {@link
+   *     RatpackClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(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 bd7b4ee3494b..b45c063a9a5e 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v1_1.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v1_1.internal.RestletTelemetryBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.restlet.data.Request;
 import org.restlet.data.Response;
@@ -77,10 +76,10 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> res
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 d13c5b28921b..ed7f134a0b76 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v2_0.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.restlet.v2_0.internal.RestletTelemetryBuilderFactory;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.restlet.Request;
 import org.restlet.Response;
@@ -77,10 +76,10 @@ public RestletTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(Collection<String> res
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public RestletTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 6ddbd89b7a33..1b34f2bad280 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.web.v3_1.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.web.v3_1.internal.WebTelemetryUtil;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
@@ -112,10 +111,10 @@ public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setSpanNameExtractor(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public SpringWebTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 71cbef236fa9..7535fbe62466 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
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.SpringWebfluxBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.WebClientHttpAttributesGetter;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ClientRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ClientResponse;
@@ -86,10 +85,10 @@ public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 32a32fadee37..4142b7a3a9e9 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webflux.v5_3.internal.SpringWebfluxBuilderUtil;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
@@ -87,10 +86,10 @@ public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setCapturedResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 4bb2c305b9fc..3fa01131678c 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
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ public SpringWebfluxTelemetryBuilder setCapturedServerResponseHeaders(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
-   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} and {@link
-   *     SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)} instead.
+   * @see HttpClientAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
+   * @deprecated Use {@link SpringWebfluxClientTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)} and
+   *     {@link SpringWebfluxServerTelemetryBuilder#setKnownMethods(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 df47ef5b6120..9980ac7be7fc 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
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webmvc.v5_3.internal.Experimental;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.webmvc.v5_3.internal.SpringMvcBuilderUtil;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -98,10 +97,10 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setSpanNameExtractor(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     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 276af5a26b3f..f7d6a030d6c6 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
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /** A builder of {@link SpringWebMvcTelemetry}. */
@@ -97,10 +96,10 @@ public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setSpanNameExtractor(
    * not supplement it.
    *
    * @param knownMethods A set of recognized HTTP request methods.
-   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Set)
+   * @see HttpServerAttributesExtractorBuilder#setKnownMethods(Collection)
    */
   @CanIgnoreReturnValue
-  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Set<String> knownMethods) {
+  public SpringWebMvcTelemetryBuilder setKnownMethods(Collection<String> knownMethods) {
     builder.setKnownMethods(knownMethods);
     return this;
   }