diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
index ee2ab49fee..ec2ced25f5 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {
   METRIC_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_PENDING_REQUESTS,
   METRIC_DB_CLIENT_OPERATION_DURATION,
   ATTR_DB_NAMESPACE,
+  ATTR_DB_OPERATION_NAME,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/incubating';
 
 export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<PgInstrumentationConfig> {
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<PgInstrumentationConf
       ATTR_ERROR_TYPE,
       ATTR_SERVER_PORT,
       ATTR_SERVER_ADDRESS,
+      ATTR_DB_OPERATION_NAME,
     ];
 
     keysToCopy.forEach(key => {
@@ -282,6 +284,11 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<PgInstrumentationConf
           [ATTR_SERVER_ADDRESS]: this.connectionParameters.host,
         };
 
+        if (queryConfig?.text) {
+          attributes[ATTR_DB_OPERATION_NAME] =
+            utils.parseNormalizedOperationName(queryConfig?.text);
+        }
+
         const recordDuration = () => {
           plugin.recordOperationDuration(attributes, startTime);
         };
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
index f3d65f5b82..f34fb174e0 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export function getQuerySpanName(
   return `${SpanNames.QUERY_PREFIX}:${command}${dbName ? ` ${dbName}` : ''}`;
 }
 
-function parseNormalizedOperationName(queryText: string) {
+export function parseNormalizedOperationName(queryText: string) {
   const indexOfFirstSpace = queryText.indexOf(' ');
   let sqlCommand =
     indexOfFirstSpace === -1
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg-pool.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg-pool.test.ts
index aa89830104..7f2c0db6fc 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg-pool.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg-pool.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ import {
   SEMATTRS_DB_USER,
   SEMATTRS_DB_STATEMENT,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
-import { ATTR_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_STATE } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/incubating';
+import {
+  METRIC_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_COUNT,
+  METRIC_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_PENDING_REQUESTS,
+  ATTR_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_STATE,
+} from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/incubating';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
 
@@ -522,7 +526,7 @@ describe('pg-pool', () => {
           const metrics = resourceMetrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics;
           assert.strictEqual(
             metrics[1].descriptor.name,
-            'db.client.connection.count'
+            METRIC_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_COUNT
           );
           assert.strictEqual(
             metrics[1].descriptor.description,
@@ -553,7 +557,7 @@ describe('pg-pool', () => {
 
           assert.strictEqual(
             metrics[2].descriptor.name,
-            'db.client.connection.pending_requests'
+            METRIC_DB_CLIENT_CONNECTION_PENDING_REQUESTS
           );
           assert.strictEqual(
             metrics[2].descriptor.description,
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg.test.ts
index b394893399..cff686eae1 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pg/test/pg.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ import {
   DBSYSTEMVALUES_POSTGRESQL,
   ATTR_ERROR_TYPE,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+import {
+  METRIC_DB_CLIENT_OPERATION_DURATION,
+  ATTR_DB_OPERATION_NAME,
+} from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/incubating';
 import { addSqlCommenterComment } from '@opentelemetry/sql-common';
 
 const memoryExporter = new InMemorySpanExporter();
@@ -984,7 +988,7 @@ describe('pg', () => {
         const metrics = resourceMetrics.scopeMetrics[0].metrics;
         assert.strictEqual(
           metrics[0].descriptor.name,
-          'db.client.operation.duration'
+          METRIC_DB_CLIENT_OPERATION_DURATION
         );
         assert.strictEqual(
           metrics[0].descriptor.description,
@@ -995,6 +999,10 @@ describe('pg', () => {
           dataPoint.attributes[SEMATTRS_DB_SYSTEM],
           DBSYSTEMVALUES_POSTGRESQL
         );
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          dataPoint.attributes[ATTR_DB_OPERATION_NAME],
+          'SELECT'
+        );
         assert.strictEqual(dataPoint.attributes[ATTR_ERROR_TYPE], undefined);
 
         const v = (dataPoint as DataPoint<Histogram>).value;