diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/extensions/bedrock_utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/extensions/bedrock_utils.py
index 743827910e..68fae273aa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/extensions/bedrock_utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/extensions/bedrock_utils.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def _process_event(self, event):
                         self._content_block["toolUse"]["input"] = json.loads(
                             self._tool_json_input_buf
                         )
-                    except json.DecodeError:
+                    except json.JSONDecodeError:
                         self._content_block["toolUse"]["input"] = (
                             self._tool_json_input_buf
                         )