diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index 0cdd70d97c..77a0ca9618 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     psutil = None
 
 LabelValue = AttributeValue
-Attributes = typing.Dict[str, LabelValue]
+Attributes = typing.Mapping[str, LabelValue]
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CLOUD_PROVIDER = ResourceAttributes.CLOUD_PROVIDER