diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b1cb2b2e7b..f345d8c2114 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3973](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3966))
 - Update semantic conventions to version 1.26.0.
   ([#3964](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3964))
+  - Use semconv exception attributes for record exceptions in spans
+  ([#3979](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3979))
 
 ## Version 1.25.0/0.46b0 (2024-05-30)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 99c0825f9e5..4c34b8e9d5a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
     InstrumentationInfo,
     InstrumentationScope,
 )
+from opentelemetry.semconv.attributes.exception_attributes import (
+    EXCEPTION_ESCAPED,
+    EXCEPTION_MESSAGE,
+    EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE,
+    EXCEPTION_TYPE,
+)
 from opentelemetry.trace import NoOpTracer, SpanContext
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.util import types
@@ -1016,10 +1022,10 @@ def record_exception(
             else qualname
         )
         _attributes: MutableMapping[str, types.AttributeValue] = {
-            "exception.type": exception_type,
-            "exception.message": str(exception),
-            "exception.stacktrace": stacktrace,
-            "exception.escaped": str(escaped),
+            EXCEPTION_TYPE: exception_type,
+            EXCEPTION_MESSAGE: str(exception),
+            EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE: stacktrace,
+            EXCEPTION_ESCAPED: str(escaped),
         }
         if attributes:
             _attributes.update(attributes)