diff --git a/instrumentation/racecar/CHANGELOG.md b/instrumentation/racecar/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c10c8882b..d10cf00abc 100644
--- a/instrumentation/racecar/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/instrumentation/racecar/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History: opentelemetry-instrumentation-racecar
 
+* Renamed messaging.kafka.message_key to messaging.kafka.message.key to match semantic conventions.
+
+* Renamed messaging.destination to messaging.destination.name to match semantic conventions.
+
+* Renamed messaging.kafka.partition to messaging.destination.partition.id to match semantic conventions.
+
+* Removed messaging.destination_kind to match semantic conventions.
+
+* Add messaging.operation.type attribute as per semantic conventions.
+
 ### v0.4.0 / 2025-01-16
 
 * BREAKING CHANGE: Set minimum supported version to Ruby 3.1
diff --git a/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/patches/consumer.rb b/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/patches/consumer.rb
index ba711d575b..5a8786dd3b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/patches/consumer.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/patches/consumer.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module Consumer
           def produce(payload, topic:, key: nil, partition: nil, partition_key: nil, headers: nil, create_time: nil)
             attributes = {
               'messaging.system' => 'kafka',
-              'messaging.destination' => topic,
-              'messaging.destination_kind' => 'topic'
+              'messaging.destination.name' => topic,
+              'messaging.operation.type' => 'send'
             }
 
             headers ||= {}
diff --git a/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/process_message_subscriber.rb b/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/process_message_subscriber.rb
index 8b2f8392b3..6d5f446db3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/process_message_subscriber.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/racecar/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar/process_message_subscriber.rb
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ def start(_name, _id, payload)
       def attributes(payload)
         attributes = {
           'messaging.system' => 'kafka',
-          'messaging.destination' => payload[:topic],
-          'messaging.destination_kind' => 'topic',
-          'messaging.kafka.partition' => payload[:partition],
-          'messaging.kafka.offset' => payload[:offset]
+          'messaging.destination.name' => payload[:topic],
+          'messaging.destination.partition.id' => payload[:partition],
+          'messaging.kafka.offset' => payload[:offset],
+          'messaging.operation.type' => 'receive'
         }
 
         message_key = extract_message_key(payload[:key])
-        attributes['messaging.kafka.message_key'] = message_key if message_key
+        attributes['messaging.kafka.message.key'] = message_key if message_key
 
         attributes
       end
diff --git a/instrumentation/racecar/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar_test.rb b/instrumentation/racecar/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar_test.rb
index 44be8030b3..54d4275d0c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/racecar/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/racecar/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/racecar_test.rb
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ def stop_racecar(thread)
         first_process_span = process_spans[0]
         _(first_process_span.name).must_equal("#{topic_name} process")
         _(first_process_span.kind).must_equal(:consumer)
-        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination']).must_equal(topic_name)
-        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.kafka.partition']).wont_be_nil
+        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination.name']).must_equal(topic_name)
+        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination.partition.id']).wont_be_nil
 
         first_process_span_link = first_process_span.links[0]
         linked_span_context = first_process_span_link.span_context
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ def stop_racecar(thread)
           process_spans = spans.select { |s| s.name == "#{topic_name} process" }
 
           first_process_span = process_spans[0]
-          _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.kafka.message_key']).must_equal('Key 1')
+          _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.kafka.message.key']).must_equal('Key 1')
 
           second_process_span = process_spans[1]
-          _(second_process_span.attributes).wont_include('messaging.kafka.message_key')
+          _(second_process_span.attributes).wont_include('messaging.kafka.message.key')
         end
       end
     end
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ def stop_racecar(thread)
         first_process_span = process_spans[0]
         _(first_process_span.name).must_equal("#{topic_name} process")
         _(first_process_span.kind).must_equal(:consumer)
-        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination']).must_equal(topic_name)
-        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.kafka.partition']).wont_be_nil
+        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination.name']).must_equal(topic_name)
+        _(first_process_span.attributes['messaging.destination.partition.id']).wont_be_nil
 
         first_process_span_link = first_process_span.links[0]
         linked_span_context = first_process_span_link.span_context