diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a1228a212408..b8292a4fb910 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ SEMCONVPKG ?= "semconv/"
 semconv-generate: $(SEMCONVGEN) $(SEMCONVKIT)
 	[ "$(TAG)" ] || ( echo "TAG unset: missing opentelemetry semantic-conventions tag"; exit 1 )
 	[ "$(OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO)" ] || ( echo "OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO unset: missing path to opentelemetry semantic-conventions repo"; exit 1 )
-	$(SEMCONVGEN) -i "$(OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO)/model/." --only=attribute_group -p conventionType=trace -f attribute_group.go -t "$(SEMCONVPKG)/template.j2" -s "$(TAG)"
+	$(SEMCONVGEN) -i "$(OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO)/model/." --only=attribute_group -p conventionType=trace -f attribute_group.go -z "$(SEMCONVPKG)/capitalizations.txt" -t "$(SEMCONVPKG)/template.j2" -s "$(TAG)"
 	$(SEMCONVGEN) -i "$(OTEL_SEMCONV_REPO)/model/." --only=metric  -f metric.go -t "$(SEMCONVPKG)/metric_template.j2" -s "$(TAG)"
 	$(SEMCONVKIT) -output "$(SEMCONVPKG)/$(TAG)" -tag "$(TAG)"
 
diff --git a/semconv/capitalizations.txt b/semconv/capitalizations.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71fa647d42eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semconv/capitalizations.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+JVM
+VCS
+GC
+CICD
+AI
+V8JS