diff --git a/instrumentation/README.md b/instrumentation/README.md
index a269b09397..721b0926d2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 | Instrumentation | Supported Packages | Metrics support |
 | --------------- | ------------------ | --------------- |
-| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika) | aio_pika ~= 7.2.0 | No
+| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika) | aio_pika >= 7.2.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client) | aiohttp ~= 3.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg) | aiopg >= 0.13.0, < 2.0.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi) | asgiref ~= 3.0 | No
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm) | tortoise-orm >= 0.17.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib) | urllib | Yes
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3) | urllib3 >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0 | Yes
-| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi) | wsgi | Yes
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+| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi) | wsgi | Yes
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
index a61209e0ce..efcb65661a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aio_pika/span_builder.py
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ def set_destination(self, destination: str):
         self._attributes[SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION] = destination
 
     def set_channel(self, channel: AbstractChannel):
-        url = channel.connection.connection.url
+        connection = channel.connection
+        if getattr(connection, "connection"):
+            # aio_rmq 7
+            url = connection.connection.url
+        else:
+            # aio_rmq 8
+            url = connection.url
         self._attributes.update({
             SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME: url.host,
             SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT: url.port
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/consts.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/consts.py
index ada7080192..601d1a445f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/consts.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/consts.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 SERVER_URL = URL(
     f"amqp://{SERVER_USER}:{SERVER_PASS}@{SERVER_HOST}:{SERVER_PORT}/"
 )
-CONNECTION = Namespace(connection=Namespace(url=SERVER_URL))
+CONNECTION_7 = Namespace(connection=Namespace(url=SERVER_URL))
+CONNECTION_8 = Namespace(connection=Namespace(url=SERVER_URL))
 CHANNEL = Namespace(connection=CONNECTION, loop=None)
 MESSAGE = Namespace(
     properties=Namespace(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/test_publish_decorator.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/test_publish_decorator.py
index 80dfa3182b..35ddb6bf29 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/test_publish_decorator.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aio-pika/tests/test_publish_decorator.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 
 from .consts import (
     CHANNEL,
-    CONNECTION,
+    CONNECTION_7,
+    CONNECTION_8,
     CORRELATION_ID,
     EXCHANGE_NAME,
     MESSAGE,
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 )
 
 
-class TestInstrumentedExchange(TestCase):
+class TestInstrumentedExchangeAioRmq7(TestCase):
     EXPECTED_ATTRIBUTES = {
         SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM: MESSAGING_SYSTEM,
         SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION: f"{EXCHANGE_NAME},{ROUTING_KEY}",
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
 
     def test_get_publish_span(self):
-        exchange = Exchange(CONNECTION, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
+        exchange = Exchange(CONNECTION_7, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
         tracer = mock.MagicMock()
         PublishDecorator(tracer, exchange)._get_publish_span(
             MESSAGE, ROUTING_KEY
@@ -66,7 +67,59 @@ def test_get_publish_span(self):
         )
 
     def _test_publish(self, exchange_type: Type[Exchange]):
-        exchange = exchange_type(CONNECTION, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
+        exchange = exchange_type(CONNECTION_7, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
+        with mock.patch.object(
+            PublishDecorator, "_get_publish_span"
+        ) as mock_get_publish_span:
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                Exchange, "publish", return_value=asyncio.sleep(0)
+            ) as mock_publish:
+                decorated_publish = PublishDecorator(
+                    self.tracer, exchange
+                ).decorate(mock_publish)
+                self.loop.run_until_complete(
+                    decorated_publish(MESSAGE, ROUTING_KEY)
+                )
+        mock_publish.assert_called_once()
+        mock_get_publish_span.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_publish(self):
+        self._test_publish(Exchange)
+
+    def test_robust_publish(self):
+        self._test_publish(RobustExchange)
+
+
+class TestInstrumentedExchangeAioRmq8(TestCase):
+    EXPECTED_ATTRIBUTES = {
+        SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM: MESSAGING_SYSTEM,
+        SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION: f"{EXCHANGE_NAME},{ROUTING_KEY}",
+        SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME: SERVER_HOST,
+        SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT: SERVER_PORT,
+        SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID: MESSAGE_ID,
+        SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_CONVERSATION_ID: CORRELATION_ID,
+        SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_TEMP_DESTINATION: True,
+    }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tracer = get_tracer(__name__)
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
+
+    def test_get_publish_span(self):
+        exchange = Exchange(CONNECTION_8, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
+        tracer = mock.MagicMock()
+        PublishDecorator(tracer, exchange)._get_publish_span(
+            MESSAGE, ROUTING_KEY
+        )
+        tracer.start_span.assert_called_once_with(
+            f"{EXCHANGE_NAME},{ROUTING_KEY} send",
+            kind=SpanKind.PRODUCER,
+            attributes=self.EXPECTED_ATTRIBUTES,
+        )
+
+    def _test_publish(self, exchange_type: Type[Exchange]):
+        exchange = exchange_type(CONNECTION_8, CHANNEL, EXCHANGE_NAME)
         with mock.patch.object(
             PublishDecorator, "_get_publish_span"
         ) as mock_get_publish_span: