diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-registry-area-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-registry-area-labels.yml
index 58f3b62b3a..a3b9f9ce6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-registry-area-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-registry-area-labels.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
-      - model/registry/**
+      - model/**
       - ./.github/workflows/generate-registry-area-labels.yml
-      - ./.github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
+      - ./internal/tools/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'open-telemetry' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Run update permissions
-        run: chmod +x ./.github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
-
       - name: Generate registry area labels
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          make generate-registry-area-labels
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc5b935464..18a5024897 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -221,6 +221,22 @@ generate-gh-issue-templates:
 		/home/weaver/target/
 	$(TOOLS_DIR)/scripts/update-issue-template-areas.sh $(PWD)/internal/tools/bin/areas.txt
 
+# Updates github labels for areas based on the root namespaces in the resolved registry
+.PHONY: generate-registry-area-labels
+update-registry-area-labels:
+	docker run --rm \
+	-u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER}) \
+	--mount 'type=bind,source=$(PWD)/internal/tools/scripts,target=/home/weaver/templates,readonly' \
+	--mount 'type=bind,source=$(PWD)/model,target=/home/weaver/source,readonly' \
+	--mount 'type=bind,source=$(PWD)/internal/tools/bin,target=/home/weaver/target' \
+	$(WEAVER_CONTAINER) registry generate \
+		--registry=/home/weaver/source \
+		--templates=/home/weaver/templates \
+		--config=/home/weaver/templates/registry/areas-weaver.yaml \
+		. \
+		/home/weaver/target/
+	$(TOOLS_DIR)/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh $(PWD)/internal/tools/bin/areas.txt
+
 # A previous iteration of calculating "LATEST_RELEASED_SEMCONV_VERSION"
 # relied on "git describe". However, that approach does not work with
 # light-weight developer forks/branches that haven't synced tags. Hence the
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh b/internal/tools/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 64%
rename from .github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
rename to internal/tools/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
index 3a2af777e6..63621a04dd
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
+++ b/internal/tools/scripts/generate-registry-area-labels.sh
@@ -12,21 +12,19 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 CUR_DIRECTORY=$(dirname "$0")
-AREAS=$(sh "${CUR_DIRECTORY}/get-registry-areas.sh")
+AREAS=$1
 
 echo -e "\nStarting to create area labels"
 echo -e "--------------------------------\n"
 
-for AREA in ${AREAS}; do
-    LABEL_NAME=$(basename "${AREA}" .yaml)
-
-    if (( "${#LABEL_NAME}" > 50 )); then
-        echo "'${LABEL_NAME}' exceeds GitHubs 50-character limit on labels, skipping"
+while IFS= read -r label; do
+    if (( "${#label}" > 50 )); then
+        echo -e "Label $label exceeds GitHubs 50-character limit on labels, skipping"
         continue
     fi
-    echo "area:${LABEL_NAME}"
-    gh label create "area:${LABEL_NAME}" -c "#425cc7" --force
-done
+    echo "$label"
+    gh label create "$label" -c "#425cc7" --force
+done < ${AREAS}
 
 echo -e "\nLabels created successfully"
 echo -e "--------------------------------\n"
diff --git a/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas-weaver.yaml b/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas-weaver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..074629a1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas-weaver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+templates:
+  - pattern: areas.md.j2
+    filter: >
+      semconv_grouped_attributes({"exclude_deprecated": true}) | .[].root_namespace
+    application_mode: single
+whitespace_control:
+  trim_blocks: true
+  lstrip_blocks: true
+  keep_trailing_newline: true
+text_maps:
+  areas:
+    az: azure
+    hw: hardware
diff --git a/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas.md.j2 b/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas.md.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f10bdea506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tools/scripts/registry/areas.md.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- template.set_file_name("areas.txt") -}}
+
+{% for item in ctx | map('map_text', 'areas') | sort  %}
+area:{{ item | kebab_case }}
+{% endfor %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tools/scripts/update-issue-template-areas.sh b/internal/tools/scripts/update-issue-template-areas.sh
index 80ce20aa3c..3b906dfc55 100755
--- a/internal/tools/scripts/update-issue-template-areas.sh
+++ b/internal/tools/scripts/update-issue-template-areas.sh
@@ -32,14 +32,9 @@ END_AREA_LIST="# End semconv area list"
 replacement="        ${START_AREA_LIST}"
 
 while IFS= read -r line; do
-   replacement="${replacement}\n$line"
+  replacement="${replacement}\n        - $line"
 done < ${AREAS}
 
-for AREA in ${AREAS}; do
-    LABEL_NAME=$(basename "${AREA}" .yaml)
-
-done
-
 echo -e "\nStarting to replace areas in ISSUE_TEMPLATES:"
 echo -e "---------------------------------------------\n"