diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
index 9a946cc5f7..f70e39f671 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -136,12 +136,7 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
           `${PgInstrumentation.COMPONENT}.connect`,
           {
             [SemanticAttributes.DB_SYSTEM]: DbSystemValues.POSTGRESQL,
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_NAME]: this.database,
-            [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME]: this.host,
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_CONNECTION_STRING]:
-              utils.getConnectionString(this),
-            [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT]: this.port,
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_USER]: this.user,
+            ...utils.getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(this),
           }
         );
 
@@ -308,7 +303,6 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
     const plugin = this;
     return (originalConnect: typeof pgPoolTypes.prototype.connect) => {
       return function connect(this: PgPoolExtended, callback?: PgPoolCallback) {
-        const connString = utils.getConnectionString(this.options);
         // setup span
         const span = startSpan(
           plugin.tracer,
@@ -316,11 +310,7 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
           `${PG_POOL_COMPONENT}.connect`,
           {
             [SemanticAttributes.DB_SYSTEM]: DbSystemValues.POSTGRESQL,
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_NAME]: this.options.database, // required
-            [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME]: this.options.host, // required
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_CONNECTION_STRING]: connString, // required
-            [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT]: this.options.port,
-            [SemanticAttributes.DB_USER]: this.options.user,
+            ...utils.getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(this.options),
             [AttributeNames.IDLE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS]:
               this.options.idleTimeoutMillis,
             [AttributeNames.MAX_CLIENT]: this.options.maxClient,
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
index 970aedaf73..4148870173 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
@@ -57,13 +57,25 @@ function getCommandFromText(text?: string): string {
   return words[0].length > 0 ? words[0] : 'unknown';
 }
 
-export function getConnectionString(params: PgClientConnectionParams) {
+function getConnectionString(params: PgClientConnectionParams) {
   const host = params.host || 'localhost';
   const port = params.port || 5432;
   const database = params.database || '';
   return `postgresql://${host}:${port}/${database}`;
 }
 
+export function getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(
+  params: PgClientConnectionParams
+) {
+  return {
+    [SemanticAttributes.DB_NAME]: params.database, // required
+    [SemanticAttributes.DB_CONNECTION_STRING]: getConnectionString(params), // required
+    [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME]: params.host, // required
+    [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT]: params.port,
+    [SemanticAttributes.DB_USER]: params.user,
+  };
+}
+
 export function startSpan(
   tracer: Tracer,
   instrumentationConfig: PgInstrumentationConfig,
@@ -91,14 +103,9 @@ function startQuerySpan(
   instrumentationConfig: PgInstrumentationConfig,
   name: string
 ) {
-  const jdbcString = getConnectionString(client.connectionParameters);
   return startSpan(tracer, instrumentationConfig, name, {
-    [SemanticAttributes.DB_NAME]: client.connectionParameters.database, // required
     [SemanticAttributes.DB_SYSTEM]: DbSystemValues.POSTGRESQL, // required
-    [SemanticAttributes.DB_CONNECTION_STRING]: jdbcString, // required
-    [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME]: client.connectionParameters.host, // required
-    [SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT]: client.connectionParameters.port,
-    [SemanticAttributes.DB_USER]: client.connectionParameters.user,
+    ...getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(client.connectionParameters),
   });
 }