diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ff90e611b..0c361881fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Rename `type` attribute to `asgi.event.type` in `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi`
+  ([#2300](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2300))
+
 ## Version 1.24.0/0.45b0 (2024-03-28)
 
+### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg` Async Instrumentation for psycopg 3.x
   ([#2146](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2146))
 
@@ -30,9 +37,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - AwsLambdaInstrumentor sets `cloud.account.id` span attribute
   ([#2367](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2367))
 
+
 ## Version 1.23.0/0.44b0 (2024-02-23)
 
-- Drop uspport for 3.7
+- Drop support for 3.7
   ([#2151](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2151))
 - `opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure` Added 10s timeout to VM Resource Detector
   ([#2119](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/2119))
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index d28d85f975..8e4d699cbb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -672,7 +672,9 @@ async def otel_receive():
                 if receive_span.is_recording():
                     if message["type"] == "websocket.receive":
                         set_status_code(receive_span, 200)
-                    receive_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
+                    receive_span.set_attribute(
+                        "asgi.event.type", message["type"]
+                    )
             return message
 
         return otel_receive
@@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ async def otel_send(message: dict[str, Any]):
                     elif message["type"] == "websocket.send":
                         set_status_code(server_span, 200)
                         set_status_code(send_span, 200)
-                    send_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
+                    send_span.set_attribute("asgi.event.type", message["type"])
                     if (
                         server_span.is_recording()
                         and server_span.kind == trace.SpanKind.SERVER
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
index 0b2a844d96..2a8fd1c1f0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
@@ -268,20 +268,20 @@ def validate_outputs(self, outputs, error=None, modifiers=None):
             {
                 "name": "GET / http receive",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "http.request"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "http.request"},
             },
             {
                 "name": "GET / http send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
                 "attributes": {
                     SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
-                    "type": "http.response.start",
+                    "asgi.event.type": "http.response.start",
                 },
             },
             {
                 "name": "GET / http send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "http.response.body"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "http.response.body"},
             },
             {
                 "name": "GET /",
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def add_more_body_spans(expected: list):
             more_body_span = {
                 "name": "GET / http send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "http.response.body"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "http.response.body"},
             }
             extra_spans = [more_body_span] * 3
             expected[2:2] = extra_spans
@@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ def add_body_and_trailer_span(expected: list):
             body_span = {
                 "name": "GET / http send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "http.response.body"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "http.response.body"},
             }
             trailer_span = {
                 "name": "GET / http send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "http.response.trailers"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "http.response.trailers"},
             }
             expected[2:2] = [body_span]
             expected[4:4] = [trailer_span] * 2
@@ -582,18 +582,18 @@ def test_websocket(self):
             {
                 "name": "/ websocket receive",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.connect"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "websocket.connect"},
             },
             {
                 "name": "/ websocket send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.accept"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "websocket.accept"},
             },
             {
                 "name": "/ websocket receive",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
                 "attributes": {
-                    "type": "websocket.receive",
+                    "asgi.event.type": "websocket.receive",
                     SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
                 },
             },
@@ -601,14 +601,14 @@ def test_websocket(self):
                 "name": "/ websocket send",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
                 "attributes": {
-                    "type": "websocket.send",
+                    "asgi.event.type": "websocket.send",
                     SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
                 },
             },
             {
                 "name": "/ websocket receive",
                 "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
-                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.disconnect"},
+                "attributes": {"asgi.event.type": "websocket.disconnect"},
             },
             {
                 "name": "/",