diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
index f2ebd317493..b49e4d8e598 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.id_generator import IdGenerator
 
 _EXPORTER_OTLP = "otlp"
-_EXPORTER_OTLP_SPAN = "otlp_proto_grpc_span"
+_EXPORTER_OTLP_SPAN = "otlp_proto_grpc"
 
 _RANDOM_ID_GENERATOR = "random"
 _DEFAULT_ID_GENERATOR = _RANDOM_ID_GENERATOR