diff --git a/.chloggen/resourcedetectionprocessor_openshift_bump_semconv.yaml b/.chloggen/resourcedetectionprocessor_openshift_bump_semconv.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..efe26bee138f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/resourcedetectionprocessor_openshift_bump_semconv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: resourcedetectionprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Bump OpenShift semconv version from 1.16.0 to 1.18.0.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [19168]
+
+# (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: Rename google openshift platform attribute from google_cloud_openshift to gcp_openshift.
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift.go
index e47e93c794ea..20968b016caf 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor"
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.16.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.18.0"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	ocp "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/metadataproviders/openshift"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (d *detector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (resource pcommon.Resource, schem
 		region = strings.ToLower(infra.Status.PlatformStatus.Azure.CloudName)
 	case "gcp":
 		provider = conventions.AttributeCloudProviderGCP
-		platform = conventions.AttributeCloudPlatformGoogleCloudOpenshift
+		platform = conventions.AttributeCloudPlatformGCPOpenshift
 		region = strings.ToLower(infra.Status.PlatformStatus.GCP.Region)
 	case "ibmcloud":
 		provider = conventions.AttributeCloudProviderIbmCloud
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift_test.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift_test.go
index 67ce9c4c7520..db3885618702 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift_test.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/openshift/openshift_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
-	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.16.0"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.18.0"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
 
 	ocp "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/metadataproviders/openshift"