diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e27d9b938e..b552df8db1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ release.
   ([#536](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/536))
 - BREAKING: Change `event.name` definition to include `namespace` and remove `event.domain` from log event attributes.
   ([#473](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/473))
+- BREAKING: Change `system.disk.io.direction` and `system.network.io.direction`
+  to global attributes `disk.io.direction` and `network.io.direction`
+  ([#530](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/530))
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/schema-next.yaml b/schema-next.yaml
index ae84e381af..834bff8780 100644
--- a/schema-next.yaml
+++ b/schema-next.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ versions:
     - rename_metrics:
         jvm.memory.usage: jvm.memory.used
         jvm.memory.usage_after_last_gc: jvm.memory.used_after_last_gc
+    # https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/530
+    - rename_attributes:
+        attribute_map:
+          system.network.io.direction: network.io.direction
+          system.disk.io.direction: disk.io.direction
   1.23.0:
     metrics:
       changes: