diff --git a/.chloggen/servicegraphconnector-virtualnodes.yaml b/.chloggen/servicegraphconnector-virtualnodes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d213656cfef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/servicegraphconnector-virtualnodes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# 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: connector/servicegraphconnector
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Change `connector.servicegraph.virtualNode` feature gate from Alpha to Beta (now enabled by default) and change `virtual_node_peer_attributes` default values.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [31734]
+
+# 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/connector/servicegraphconnector/README.md b/connector/servicegraphconnector/README.md
index 3c163a88977b..3d089cd18394 100644
--- a/connector/servicegraphconnector/README.md
+++ b/connector/servicegraphconnector/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ datasources:
 
 The following settings are required:
 
-- `metrics_exporter`: the name of the exporter that this processor will write metrics to. This exporter **must** be present in a pipeline.
+- `metrics_exporter`: the name of the exporter that this connector will write metrics to. This exporter **must** be present in a pipeline.
 - `latency_histogram_buckets`: the list of durations defining the latency histogram buckets.
     - Default: `[2ms, 4ms, 6ms, 8ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 200ms, 400ms, 800ms, 1s, 1400ms, 2s, 5s, 10s, 15s]`
 - `dimensions`: the list of dimensions to add together with the default dimensions defined above.
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ The following settings can be optionally configured:
   - Default: `1m`
 - `store_expiration_loop`: the time to expire old entries from the store periodically.
   - Default: `2s`
-- `virtual_node_peer_attributes`: the list of attributes need to match for building virtual server node, the higher the front, the higher the priority.
-  - Default: `[db.name, net.sock.peer.addr, net.peer.name, rpc.service, net.sock.peer.name, net.peer.name, http.url, http.target]`
+- `virtual_node_peer_attributes`: the list of attributes, ordered by priority, whose presence in a client span will result in the creation of a virtual server node. An empty list disables virtual node creation.
+  - Default: `[peer.service, db.name, db.system]`
 - `metrics_flush_interval`: the interval at which metrics are flushed to the exporter.
   - Default: Metrics are flushed on every received batch of traces.
 - `database_name_attribute`: the attribute name used to identify the database name from span attributes.
diff --git a/connector/servicegraphconnector/connector.go b/connector/servicegraphconnector/connector.go
index bd8a22a431be..fe275acbac0f 100644
--- a/connector/servicegraphconnector/connector.go
+++ b/connector/servicegraphconnector/connector.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	defaultPeerAttributes = []string{
-		semconv.AttributeDBName, semconv.AttributeNetSockPeerAddr, semconv.AttributeNetPeerName, semconv.AttributeRPCService, semconv.AttributeNetSockPeerName, semconv.AttributeNetPeerName, semconv.AttributeHTTPURL, semconv.AttributeHTTPTarget,
+		semconv.AttributePeerService, semconv.AttributeDBName, semconv.AttributeDBSystem,
 	}
 
 	defaultDatabaseNameAttribute = semconv.AttributeDBName
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func (p *serviceGraphConnector) onExpire(e *store.Edge) {
 
 	p.statExpiredEdges.Add(context.Background(), 1)
 
-	if virtualNodeFeatureGate.IsEnabled() {
+	if virtualNodeFeatureGate.IsEnabled() && len(p.config.VirtualNodePeerAttributes) > 0 {
 		e.ConnectionType = store.VirtualNode
 		if len(e.ClientService) == 0 && e.Key.SpanIDIsEmpty() {
 			e.ClientService = "user"
diff --git a/connector/servicegraphconnector/factory.go b/connector/servicegraphconnector/factory.go
index daec2316c71c..4d533a00d79f 100644
--- a/connector/servicegraphconnector/factory.go
+++ b/connector/servicegraphconnector/factory.go
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ var virtualNodeFeatureGate, legacyMetricNamesFeatureGate, legacyLatencyUnitMsFea
 func init() {
 	virtualNodeFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(
 		virtualNodeFeatureGateID,
-		featuregate.StageAlpha,
-		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, when the edge expires, processor checks if it has peer attributes(`db.name, net.sock.peer.addr, net.peer.name, rpc.service, http.url, http.target`), and then aggregate the metrics with virtual node."),
+		featuregate.StageBeta,
+		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled and setting `virtual_node_peer_attributes` is not empty, the connector looks for the presence of these attributes in span to create virtual server nodes."),
 		featuregate.WithRegisterReferenceURL("https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/17196"),
 	)
 	// TODO: Remove this feature gate when the legacy metric names are removed.
 	legacyMetricNamesFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(
 		legacyLatencyMetricNamesFeatureGateID,
 		featuregate.StageAlpha, // Alpha because we want it disabled by default.
-		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, processor uses legacy latency metric names."),
+		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, connector uses legacy latency metric names."),
 		featuregate.WithRegisterReferenceURL("https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/18743,https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/16578"),
 	)
 	legacyLatencyUnitMsFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(
 		legacyLatencyUnitMs,
 		featuregate.StageAlpha, // Alpha because we want it disabled by default.
-		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, processor reports latency in milliseconds, instead of seconds."),
+		featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("When enabled, connector reports latency in milliseconds, instead of seconds."),
 		featuregate.WithRegisterReferenceURL("https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/27488"),
 	)
 }