diff --git a/.chloggen/k8scluster_add-resource-attributes.yaml b/.chloggen/k8scluster_add-resource-attributes.yaml
index d1a11ee71bee..c20ba559824e 100755
--- a/.chloggen/k8scluster_add-resource-attributes.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/k8scluster_add-resource-attributes.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ change_type: enhancement
 component: k8sclusterreceiver
 
 # A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: "add new disabled os.version, os.description, k8s.container_runtime.version resource attributes" 
+note: "add new disabled os.description, k8s.container_runtime.version resource attributes" 
 
 # Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
 issues: [30342]
diff --git a/.chloggen/k8scluster_fix-resource-attributes.yaml b/.chloggen/k8scluster_fix-resource-attributes.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0b832eb00ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8scluster_fix-resource-attributes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: k8sclusterreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "add os.type resource attribute"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [30342]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
index 3f9f0a3974d5..78d0339742a1 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -458,4 +458,4 @@ Current status reason of the pod (1 - Evicted, 2 - NodeAffinity, 3 - NodeLost, 4
 | openshift.clusterquota.name | The k8s ClusterResourceQuota name. | Any Str | true |
 | openshift.clusterquota.uid | The k8s ClusterResourceQuota uid. | Any Str | true |
 | os.description | The os description used by Kubernetes Node. | Any Str | false |
-| os.version | The version of operating system used by Kubernetes Node. | Any Str | false |
+| os.type | The os type used by Kubernetes Node. | Any Str | false |
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index 130bb0f3beca..0ce3c13724b4 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
 	OpenshiftClusterquotaName    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.name"`
 	OpenshiftClusterquotaUID     ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.uid"`
 	OsDescription                ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.description"`
-	OsVersion                    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.version"`
+	OsType                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.type"`
 }
 
 func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
 		OsDescription: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: false,
 		},
-		OsVersion: ResourceAttributeConfig{
+		OsType: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: false,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
index 0e635af76047..15e165e2ce75 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OsVersion:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OsVersion:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OsVersion:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OsVersion:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index 24bb01c94962..18b67c686dbd 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName("openshift.clusterquota.name-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaUID("openshift.clusterquota.uid-val")
 			rb.SetOsDescription("os.description-val")
-			rb.SetOsVersion("os.version-val")
+			rb.SetOsType("os.type-val")
 			res := rb.Emit()
 			metrics := mb.Emit(WithResource(res))
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
index 526006978c51..6002f6e6e053 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetOsDescription(val string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// SetOsVersion sets provided value as "os.version" attribute.
-func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetOsVersion(val string) {
-	if rb.config.OsVersion.Enabled {
-		rb.res.Attributes().PutStr("os.version", val)
+// SetOsType sets provided value as "os.type" attribute.
+func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetOsType(val string) {
+	if rb.config.OsType.Enabled {
+		rb.res.Attributes().PutStr("os.type", val)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
index 76845a5d6d78..ead39ea2bc2b 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName("openshift.clusterquota.name-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaUID("openshift.clusterquota.uid-val")
 			rb.SetOsDescription("os.description-val")
-			rb.SetOsVersion("os.version-val")
+			rb.SetOsType("os.type-val")
 
 			res := rb.Emit()
 			assert.Equal(t, 0, rb.Emit().Attributes().Len()) // Second call should return empty Resource
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			if ok {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "os.description-val", val.Str())
 			}
-			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("os.version")
+			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("os.type")
 			assert.Equal(t, test == "all_set", ok)
 			if ok {
-				assert.EqualValues(t, "os.version-val", val.Str())
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "os.type-val", val.Str())
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
index c3e20af936e7..bd8704d966e3 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ all_set:
       enabled: true
     os.description:
       enabled: true
-    os.version:
+    os.type:
       enabled: true
 none_set:
   metrics:
@@ -327,5 +327,5 @@ none_set:
       enabled: false
     os.description:
       enabled: false
-    os.version:
+    os.type:
       enabled: false
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
index 842442a75468..8c63d3b965a0 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ func Transform(node *corev1.Node) *corev1.Node {
 			NodeInfo: corev1.NodeSystemInfo{
 				KubeletVersion:          node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeletVersion,
 				KubeProxyVersion:        node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeProxyVersion,
-				KernelVersion:           node.Status.NodeInfo.KernelVersion,
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: node.Status.NodeInfo.ContainerRuntimeVersion,
 				OSImage:                 node.Status.NodeInfo.OSImage,
+				OperatingSystem:         node.Status.NodeInfo.OperatingSystem,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func CustomMetrics(set receiver.CreateSettings, rb *metadata.ResourceBuilder, no
 	rb.SetK8sNodeName(node.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sKubeletVersion(node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeletVersion)
 	rb.SetK8sKubeproxyVersion(node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeProxyVersion)
-	rb.SetOsVersion(node.Status.NodeInfo.KernelVersion)
+	rb.SetOsType(node.Status.NodeInfo.OperatingSystem)
 
 	runtime, version := getContainerRuntimeInfo(node.Status.NodeInfo.ContainerRuntimeVersion)
 	if runtime != "" {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes_test.go
index a2d242429a1c..5bb613b4abf2 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNodeOptionalMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	rac.K8sKubeproxyVersion.Enabled = true
 	rac.ContainerRuntime.Enabled = true
 	rac.ContainerRuntimeVersion.Enabled = true
-	rac.OsVersion.Enabled = true
+	rac.OsType.Enabled = true
 	rac.OsDescription.Enabled = true
 
 	rb := metadata.NewResourceBuilder(rac)
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ func TestTransform(t *testing.T) {
 			NodeInfo: corev1.NodeSystemInfo{
 				KubeletVersion:          "v1.25.3",
 				KubeProxyVersion:        "v1.25.3",
-				KernelVersion:           "6.4.12-arch1-1",
 				OSImage:                 "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS",
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: "containerd://1.6.9",
+				OperatingSystem:         "linux",
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/testdata/expected_optional.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/testdata/expected_optional.yaml
index e07408bd45de..9c95a3edf621 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/testdata/expected_optional.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/testdata/expected_optional.yaml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ resourceMetrics:
         - key: os.description
           value:
             stringValue: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
-        - key: os.version
+        - key: os.type
           value:
-            stringValue: "6.4.12-arch1-1"
+            stringValue: "linux"
 
     schemaUrl: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.18.0
     scopeMetrics:
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
index 508ab1f9c52d..84bd3983bd24 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ func NewNode(id string) *corev1.Node {
 			NodeInfo: corev1.NodeSystemInfo{
 				KubeletVersion:          "v1.25.3",
 				KubeProxyVersion:        "v1.25.3",
-				KernelVersion:           "6.4.12-arch1-1",
 				OSImage:                 "Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS",
 				ContainerRuntimeVersion: "containerd://1.6.9",
+				OperatingSystem:         "linux",
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 7682608665f6..70fe006ff7c6 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ resource_attributes:
     type: string
     enabled: false
 
-  os.version:
-    description: The version of operating system used by Kubernetes Node.
+  os.description:
+    description: The os description used by Kubernetes Node.
     type: string
     enabled: false
 
-  os.description:
-    description: The os description used by Kubernetes Node.
+  os.type:
+    description: The os type used by Kubernetes Node.
     type: string
     enabled: false