diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sns.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sns.ts
index d8bd60271c..9652719e83 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sns.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sns.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ export class SnsServiceExtension implements ServiceExtension {
         this.extractDestinationName(TopicArn, TargetArn, PhoneNumber);
 
       spanName = `${
-        spanAttributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]
+        PhoneNumber
+          ? 'phone_number'
+          : spanAttributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]
       } send`;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
index 93fb0a09e3..2c2be487f7 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
         .promise();
 
       const publishSpans = getTestSpans().filter(
-        (s: ReadableSpan) => s.name === `${PhoneNumber} send`
+        (s: ReadableSpan) => s.name === 'phone_number send'
       );
       expect(publishSpans.length).toBe(1);
       const publishSpan = publishSpans[0];