diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/instrumentation.ts
index efc336d0f1..352cb64ae5 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   SEMRESATTRS_CLOUD_ACCOUNT_ID,
   SEMRESATTRS_FAAS_ID,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
-import { ATTR_FAAS_COLDSTART } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions/incubating';
+import { ATTR_FAAS_COLDSTART } from './semconv';
 
 import {
   APIGatewayProxyEventHeaders,
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/semconv.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/semconv.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bff224acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/semconv.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This file contains a copy of unstable semantic convention definitions
+ * used by this package.
+ * @see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/semantic-conventions#unstable-semconv
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A boolean that is true if the serverless function is executed for the first time (aka cold-start).
+ *
+ * @experimental This attribute is experimental and is subject to breaking changes in minor releases of `@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions`.
+ */
+export const ATTR_FAAS_COLDSTART = 'faas.coldstart';