diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 251720d60e..e68e8d736b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#392](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/39))
 - Publish `opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace` package as a part of the release process
   ([#387](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/387))
+- Update redis instrumentation to follow semantic conventions
+  ([#403](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/403))
 
 ### Added
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3` Add urllib3 instrumentation
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
index 5bf83242ce..c5b8b70edf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ def _traced_execute_command(func, instance, args, kwargs):
         name, kind=trace.SpanKind.CLIENT
     ) as span:
         if span.is_recording():
-            span.set_attribute("service", tracer.instrumentation_info.name)
             span.set_attribute(_RAWCMD, query)
             _set_connection_attributes(span, instance)
-            span.set_attribute("redis.args_length", len(args))
+            span.set_attribute("db.redis.args_length", len(args))
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
@@ -98,11 +97,10 @@ def _traced_execute_pipeline(func, instance, args, kwargs):
         span_name, kind=trace.SpanKind.CLIENT
     ) as span:
         if span.is_recording():
-            span.set_attribute("service", tracer.instrumentation_info.name)
             span.set_attribute(_RAWCMD, resource)
             _set_connection_attributes(span, instance)
             span.set_attribute(
-                "redis.pipeline_length", len(instance.command_stack)
+                "db.redis.pipeline_length", len(instance.command_stack)
             )
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/redis/test_redis_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/redis/test_redis_functional.py
index eca14d6317..8cdbb8c4af 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/redis/test_redis_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/redis/test_redis_functional.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 
 
 class TestRedisInstrument(TestBase):
-
-    test_service = "redis"
-
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         self.redis_client = redis.Redis(port=6379)
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ def tearDown(self):
         RedisInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
     def _check_span(self, span, name):
-        self.assertEqual(span.attributes["service"], self.test_service)
         self.assertEqual(span.name, name)
         self.assertIs(span.status.status_code, trace.StatusCode.UNSET)
         self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("db.name"), 0)
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ def test_basics(self):
         span = spans[0]
         self._check_span(span, "GET")
         self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("db.statement"), "GET cheese")
-        self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("redis.args_length"), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("db.redis.args_length"), 2)
 
     def test_pipeline_traced(self):
         with self.redis_client.pipeline(transaction=False) as pipeline:
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ def test_pipeline_traced(self):
             span.attributes.get("db.statement"),
             "SET blah 32\nRPUSH foo éé\nHGETALL xxx",
         )
-        self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("redis.pipeline_length"), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("db.redis.pipeline_length"), 3)
 
     def test_pipeline_immediate(self):
         with self.redis_client.pipeline() as pipeline:
@@ -111,9 +107,6 @@ def test_parent(self):
         self.assertEqual(parent_span.name, "redis_get")
         self.assertEqual(parent_span.instrumentation_info.name, "redis_svc")
 
-        self.assertEqual(
-            child_span.attributes.get("service"), self.test_service
-        )
         self.assertEqual(child_span.name, "GET")