diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fabb8453e..af1294f97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ spec:
         value: "none"
       - name: OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER
         value: "none"
-      - name: OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED
+      - name: OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED
         value: "true"
       - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL
         value: "http/protobuf"
-      - name: OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT
+      - name: OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT
         value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"
 EOF
 ```
diff --git a/integration-tests/java/default_instrumentation_java_env_variables.json b/integration-tests/java/default_instrumentation_java_env_variables.json
index 911cf0d41..feb1a3f55 100644
--- a/integration-tests/java/default_instrumentation_java_env_variables.json
+++ b/integration-tests/java/default_instrumentation_java_env_variables.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "OTEL_SMP_ENABLED": "true",
   "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED": "true",
+  "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED": "true",
   "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG": "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000",
   "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER": "xray",
   "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL": "http/protobuf",
   "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces",
-  "OTEL_AWS_SMP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics",
   "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics",
+  "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics",
   "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER": "none",
   "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER": "none",
   "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS": "-javaagent:/otel-auto-instrumentation-java/javaagent.jar"
diff --git a/integration-tests/manifests/cloudwatch-agent-daemonset.yaml b/integration-tests/manifests/cloudwatch-agent-daemonset.yaml
index dd5655877..aaa35ebbc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/manifests/cloudwatch-agent-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/manifests/cloudwatch-agent-daemonset.yaml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ spec:
       },
       "traces": {
         "traces_collected": {
-          "app_signals": {}
+          "application_signals": {}
         }
       },
       "logs": {
         "metrics_collected": {
-          "app_signals": {}
+          "application_signals": {}
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/python/default_instrumentation_python_env_variables.json b/integration-tests/python/default_instrumentation_python_env_variables.json
index d1334ff71..43fc44622 100644
--- a/integration-tests/python/default_instrumentation_python_env_variables.json
+++ b/integration-tests/python/default_instrumentation_python_env_variables.json
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 {
   "PYTHONPATH": "/otel-auto-instrumentation-python/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation:/otel-auto-instrumentation-python",
   "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED": "true",
+  "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED": "true",
   "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG": "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000",
   "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER": "xray",
   "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL": "http/protobuf",
   "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces",
   "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics",
+  "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT": "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics",
   "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER": "none",
   "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER": "none",
   "OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO": "aws_distro",
diff --git a/internal/manifests/collector/configmap_test.go b/internal/manifests/collector/configmap_test.go
index 84fa1e94c..a711e0a41 100644
--- a/internal/manifests/collector/configmap_test.go
+++ b/internal/manifests/collector/configmap_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestDesiredConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedLables["app.kubernetes.io/version"] = "0.0.0"
 
 		expectedData := map[string]string{
-			"cwagentconfig.json": `{"logs":{"metrics_collected":{"app_signals":{},"kubernetes":{"enhanced_container_insights":true}}},"traces":{"traces_collected":{"app_signals":{}}}}`,
+			"cwagentconfig.json": `{"logs":{"metrics_collected":{"application_signals":{},"kubernetes":{"enhanced_container_insights":true}}},"traces":{"traces_collected":{"application_signals":{}}}}`,
 		}
 
 		param := deploymentParams()
diff --git a/internal/manifests/collector/testdata/test.json b/internal/manifests/collector/testdata/test.json
index 465b23e99..8f3b4974d 100644
--- a/internal/manifests/collector/testdata/test.json
+++ b/internal/manifests/collector/testdata/test.json
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
       "kubernetes": {
         "enhanced_container_insights": true
       },
-      "app_signals": { }
+      "application_signals": { }
     }
   },
   "traces": {
     "traces_collected": {
-      "app_signals": { }
+      "application_signals": { }
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation.go b/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation.go
index fbdae8390..ccd73ff6b 100644
--- a/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation.go
+++ b/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation.go
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ func getDefaultInstrumentation(agentConfig *adapters.CwaConfig) (*v1alpha1.Instr
 			Java: v1alpha1.Java{
 				Image: javaInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_SMP_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_SMP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 				},
@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ func getDefaultInstrumentation(agentConfig *adapters.CwaConfig) (*v1alpha1.Instr
 			Python: v1alpha1.Python{
 				Image: pythonInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: exporterPrefix + "cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO", Value: "aws_distro"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR", Value: "aws_configurator"},
diff --git a/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation_test.go b/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation_test.go
index b91affa9f..a3fe0b807 100644
--- a/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/instrumentation/defaultinstrumentation_test.go
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ func Test_getDefaultInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 			Java: v1alpha1.Java{
 				Image: defaultJavaInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_SMP_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_SMP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 				},
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ func Test_getDefaultInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 			Python: v1alpha1.Python{
 				Image: defaultPythonInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO", Value: "aws_distro"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR", Value: "aws_configurator"},
@@ -88,14 +90,14 @@ func Test_getDefaultInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 			Java: v1alpha1.Java{
 				Image: defaultJavaInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_SMP_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_SMP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 				},
@@ -103,12 +105,14 @@ func Test_getDefaultInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 			Python: v1alpha1.Python{
 				Image: defaultPythonInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "https://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO", Value: "aws_distro"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR", Value: "aws_configurator"},
diff --git a/pkg/instrumentation/podmutator_test.go b/pkg/instrumentation/podmutator_test.go
index 617482461..d2070f62c 100644
--- a/pkg/instrumentation/podmutator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/instrumentation/podmutator_test.go
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ func TestGetInstrumentationInstanceFromNameSpaceDefault(t *testing.T) {
 			Java: v1alpha1.Java{
 				Image: defaultJavaInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_SMP_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_SMP_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 				},
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ func TestGetInstrumentationInstanceFromNameSpaceDefault(t *testing.T) {
 			Python: v1alpha1.Python{
 				Image: defaultPythonInstrumentationImage,
 				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_ENABLED", Value: "true"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG", Value: "endpoint=http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:2000"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", Value: "xray"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL", Value: "http/protobuf"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/traces"},
-					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APP_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"}, //TODO: remove in favor of new name once safe
+					{Name: "OTEL_AWS_APPLICATION_SIGNALS_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT", Value: "http://cloudwatch-agent.amazon-cloudwatch:4316/v1/metrics"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER", Value: "none"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_DISTRO", Value: "aws_distro"},
 					{Name: "OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR", Value: "aws_configurator"},