diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj
index 9256c85ddc..71d20fd056 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>OpenTelemetry extensions for AWS.</Description>
-    <MinVerTagPrefix>Extensions.AWS-</MinVerTagPrefix>
+    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AWS-</MinVerTagPrefix>
     <SystemTextJsonMinimumRequiredPkgVer>$(SystemTextJsonMinimumOutOfBandPkgVer)</SystemTextJsonMinimumRequiredPkgVer>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
index 1b9b5cc120..c5b345c636 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWS.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>AWS client instrumentation for OpenTelemetry .NET.</Description>
-	  <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AWS-</MinVerTagPrefix>
+    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AWS-</MinVerTagPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Do not run Package Baseline Validation as this package has never released a stable version.
@@ -14,17 +14,20 @@
     <DisablePackageBaselineValidation>true</DisablePackageBaselineValidation>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS\OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.Core" Version="3.7.400" />
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.SimpleNotificationService" Version="3.7.400" />
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.SQS" Version="3.7.400" />
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS" Version="1.3.0-beta.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\AssemblyVersionExtensions.cs" Link="Includes\AssemblyVersionExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\SemanticConventions.cs"/>
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\Shared\SemanticConventions.cs" Link="Includes\SemanticConventions.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
index ada5abb5e3..6b5b3987c5 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 * Drop support for .NET 6 as this target is no longer supported
   and add .NET 8/.NET Standard 2.0 targets.
   ([#2140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2140))
+* Add a direct reference to `System.Text.Json` at `6.0.10` for the
+  `netstandard2.0` target and at `8.0.5` for the `net8.0` target.
+  ([#2203](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2203))
 
 ## 1.3.0-beta.1
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda.csproj
index 1fd2a97946..e53917cea3 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>AWS Lambda tracing wrapper for OpenTelemetry .NET.</Description>
     <PackageTags>$(PackageTags);AWS Lambda</PackageTags>
-    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AWSLambda-</MinVerTagPrefix>
+    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AWS-</MinVerTagPrefix>
+    <SystemTextJsonMinimumRequiredPkgVer>$(SystemTextJsonLatestNet6OutOfBandPkgVer)</SystemTextJsonMinimumRequiredPkgVer>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Do not run Package Baseline Validation as this package has never released a stable version.
@@ -13,13 +14,16 @@
     <DisablePackageBaselineValidation>true</DisablePackageBaselineValidation>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS\OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.APIGatewayEvents" Version="2.7.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.ApplicationLoadBalancerEvents" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.Core" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.SNSEvents" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Amazon.Lambda.SQSEvents" Version="2.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.AWS" Version="1.3.0-beta.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>