diff --git a/detectors/gcp/detector.go b/detectors/gcp/detector.go
index 50b2f2736a1..a0b903012fc 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/detector.go
+++ b/detectors/gcp/detector.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.17.0"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.21.0"
 )
 
 // NewDetector returns a resource detector which detects resource attributes on:
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ func (d *detector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (*resource.Resource, error) {
 		b.add(semconv.HostTypeKey, d.detector.GCEHostType)
 		b.add(semconv.HostIDKey, d.detector.GCEHostID)
 		b.add(semconv.HostNameKey, d.detector.GCEHostName)
+		b.add(semconv.GCPGceInstanceNameKey, d.detector.GCEInstanceHostname)
+		b.add(semconv.GCPGceInstanceHostnameKey, d.detector.GCEInstanceName)
 	default:
 		// We don't support this platform yet, so just return with what we have
 	}
diff --git a/detectors/gcp/detector_test.go b/detectors/gcp/detector_test.go
index 9085d2322af..c0bffe54df9 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/detector_test.go
+++ b/detectors/gcp/detector_test.go
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ type fakeGCPDetector struct {
 	gceHostType               string
 	gceHostID                 string
 	gceHostName               string
+	gcpGceInstanceName        string
+	gcpGceInstanceHostname    string
 }
 
 func (f *fakeGCPDetector) ProjectID() (string, error) {
@@ -379,3 +381,17 @@ func (f *fakeGCPDetector) GCEHostName() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return f.gceHostName, nil
 }
+
+func (f *fakeGCPDetector) GCEInstanceName() (string, error) {
+	if f.err != nil {
+		return "", f.err
+	}
+	return f.gcpGceInstanceName, nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeGCPDetector) GCEInstanceHostname() (string, error) {
+	if f.err != nil {
+		return "", f.err
+	}
+	return f.gcpGceInstanceHostname, nil
+}
diff --git a/detectors/gcp/go.mod b/detectors/gcp/go.mod
index 40a2c10bb5f..695e37f9981 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/gcp/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.18.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
 )
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/detectors/gcp/go.sum b/detectors/gcp/go.sum
index 06c4e1e2e18..6fa14443fe6 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/gcp/go.sum
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 h1:Z7GVAX/UkAXPKsy94IU+i6thsQS4nb7LviLpnaNeW8s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0/go.mod h1:vl0h9NUa1D5s1nv3A5vZOYWn8av4K8Ml6JDeHrT/bx4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 h1:RbrpwVG1Hfv85LgnZ7+txXioPDoh6EdbZHo26Q3hqOo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0/go.mod h1:QE47cpOmkwipPiefDwo2wDzwJrlfxxNYodqc4xnGCo4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.17.0 h1:MW+phZ6WZ5/uk2nd93ANk/6yJ+dVrvNWUjGhnnFU5jM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.17.0/go.mod h1:I2vmBGtFaODIVMBSTPVDlJSzBDNf93k60E6Ft0nyjo0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0 h1:iG6LGVz5Gh+IuO0jmgvpTB6YVrCGngi8QGm+pMd8Pdc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0/go.mod h1:h4skoxdZI17AxwITdmdZjjYJQH5nzijUUjm+wtPph5o=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 h1:Z1Ok1YsijYL0CSJpHt4cS3wDDh7p572grzNrBMiMWgE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0/go.mod h1:tMsIuKXuuIWPBAOrH+eHtvhTL+SntFtXF9QD68aP6p4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 h1:8JRpaObFoW0pxuVPapkgH8UhHQj+bJW8jJsCZEu5MQs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0/go.mod h1:Yt9vYq1SdNz3xdjZZK7wcXv1qv2pwLkqr2QVwea0ef0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.17.0 h1:/SWhSRHmDPOImIAetP1QAeMnZYiQXrTy4fMMYOdSKWQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.17.0/go.mod h1:I/4vKTgFclIsXRVucpH25X0mpFSczM7aHeaz0ZBLWjY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/detectors/gcp/types.go b/detectors/gcp/types.go
index 0b0b8ccd2fb..f2ab4b6f250 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/types.go
+++ b/detectors/gcp/types.go
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ type gcpDetector interface {
 	GCEHostType() (string, error)
 	GCEHostID() (string, error)
 	GCEHostName() (string, error)
+	GCEInstanceHostname() (string, error)
+	GCEInstanceName() (string, error)
 }