diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby.yml
index 74e0f13e0e..6605310c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-ruby.yml
@@ -18,38 +18,23 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '3.2.0'
-
-      - name: Install SAM
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wget unzip make -y
-          wget https://github.com/aws/aws-sam-cli/releases/latest/download/aws-sam-cli-linux-x86_64.zip
-          unzip aws-sam-cli-linux-x86_64.zip -d sam-installation
-          sudo ./sam-installation/install --update
-
       - name: Build
         id: save-ruby-sdk-version
         run: |
-          sam build -u -t template.yml
-          export GEM_PATH=$PWD/.aws-sam/build/OTelLayer/ruby/gems/3.2.0/
-          RUBY_SDK_VERSION=$(ruby -e 'require "opentelemetry-sdk"; puts OpenTelemetry::SDK::VERSION')
-          echo "RUBY_SDK_VERSION=$RUBY_SDK_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          ./build.sh
+        shell: bash
         working-directory: ruby/src
 
-      - name: Zip the layer file
+      - name: Show directory contents
         run: |
-          echo ${{ steps.save-ruby-sdk-version.outputs.RUBY_SDK_VERSION}}
-          ./zip_ruby_layer.sh
-        working-directory: ruby/src
-        shell: bash
+          ls -al
+        working-directory: ruby/src/build
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         name: Save assembled layer to build
         with:
           name: opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
-          path: ruby/src/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
+          path: ruby/src/build/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
 
   publish-layer:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
@@ -77,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       artifact-name: opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
       layer-name: opentelemetry-ruby
       component-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.RUBY_SDK_VERSION}}
-      runtimes: ruby3.2
-      release-group: prod
+      runtimes: ruby3.2 ruby3.3
+      release-group: dev
       aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/ruby/sample-apps/template.yml b/ruby/sample-apps/template.yml
index 5627208f0f..41c94623a8 100644
--- a/ruby/sample-apps/template.yml
+++ b/ruby/sample-apps/template.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       LayerName: !Ref LayerName
       Description: Opentelemetry Ruby layer
-      ContentUri: ./../src/layer
+      ContentUri: ./../src/otel/layer
       CompatibleRuntimes:
         - ruby3.2
     Metadata:
diff --git a/ruby/src/build.sh b/ruby/src/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..01503ee944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/src/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p build
+
+docker build --progress plain -t aws-otel-lambda-ruby-layer otel
+docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)/build:/out" aws-otel-lambda-ruby-layer
diff --git a/ruby/src/otel/Dockerfile b/ruby/src/otel/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5374377990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/src/otel/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+RUN mkdir /build
+
+COPY . /build
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git curl libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf bison build-essential libyaml-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm-dev zip
+
+RUN  git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv \
+     && git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build \
+     && git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-default-gems.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/rbenv-default-gems \
+     && echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile \
+     && echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.profile \
+     && echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc \
+     && echo 'bundler' > ~/.rbenv/default-gems
+
+RUN echo 'alias be="bundle exec"' >> ~/.bashrc
+RUN echo 'alias be="bundle exec"' >> ~/.profile
+
+# install rubies to build our gem against Gemfile
+RUN . ~/.profile \
+   && cd /root/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build && git pull && cd - \
+   && rbenv install 3.2.0 \
+   && rbenv install 3.3.0
+
+WORKDIR /build/layer
+
+RUN . ~/.profile && rbenv local 3.2.0 && bundle install
+RUN . ~/.profile && rbenv local 3.3.0 && bundle install
+
+WORKDIR /root/.rbenv/versions/3.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/
+RUN zip -r gems-3.2.0.zip 3.2.0/
+
+WORKDIR /root/.rbenv/versions/3.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/
+RUN zip -r gems-3.3.0.zip 3.3.0/
+
+RUN ls -al /root/.rbenv/versions/3.2.0/lib/ruby/gems && ls -al /root/.rbenv/versions/3.3.0/lib/ruby/gems
+
+# copy gems to /build/ruby/gems for zipping 
+RUN mkdir /build/ruby && mkdir /build/ruby/gems
+WORKDIR /build/ruby/gems
+RUN cp /root/.rbenv/versions/3.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/gems-3.2.0.zip . && unzip gems-3.2.0.zip && rm gems-3.2.0.zip
+RUN cp /root/.rbenv/versions/3.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/gems-3.3.0.zip . && unzip gems-3.3.0.zip && rm gems-3.3.0.zip
+RUN ls -al /build/ruby/gems
+
+# zip all the gems
+WORKDIR /build
+RUN cp layer/otel-handler . && cp layer/wrapper.rb .
+RUN zip -r opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip ruby/ otel-handler wrapper.rb
+
+CMD cp /build/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip /out/opentelemetry-ruby-layer.zip
diff --git a/ruby/src/layer/Gemfile b/ruby/src/otel/layer/Gemfile
similarity index 100%
rename from ruby/src/layer/Gemfile
rename to ruby/src/otel/layer/Gemfile
diff --git a/ruby/src/layer/Makefile b/ruby/src/otel/layer/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from ruby/src/layer/Makefile
rename to ruby/src/otel/layer/Makefile
diff --git a/ruby/src/layer/otel-handler b/ruby/src/otel/layer/otel-handler
similarity index 91%
rename from ruby/src/layer/otel-handler
rename to ruby/src/otel/layer/otel-handler
index 3586efd19c..a7994f48ed 100755
--- a/ruby/src/layer/otel-handler
+++ b/ruby/src/otel/layer/otel-handler
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -z "${OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_NET_HTTP_ENABLED}" ]; then
     export OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_NET_HTTP_ENABLED=false;
 fi
 
-export LAMBDA_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="cloud.region=$AWS_REGION,cloud.provider=aws,faas.name=$AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME,faas.version=$AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_VERSION";
+export LAMBDA_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="cloud.region=$AWS_REGION,cloud.provider=aws,faas.name=$AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME,faas.version=$AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_VERSION,faas.instance=$AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_STREAM_NAME";
 if [ -z "${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}" ]; then
     export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="$LAMBDA_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES";
 else
diff --git a/ruby/src/layer/wrapper.rb b/ruby/src/otel/layer/wrapper.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from ruby/src/layer/wrapper.rb
rename to ruby/src/otel/layer/wrapper.rb
diff --git a/ruby/src/template.yml b/ruby/src/template.yml
index 6951404d5d..adfb9535af 100644
--- a/ruby/src/template.yml
+++ b/ruby/src/template.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       LayerName: !Ref LayerName
       Description: Opentelemetry Ruby layer
-      ContentUri: ./layer
+      ContentUri: ./otel/layer
       CompatibleRuntimes:
         - ruby3.2
     Metadata: