diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/InstrumenterBuilder.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/InstrumenterBuilder.java
index 422d357349a3..4edc0f616db4 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/InstrumenterBuilder.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/instrumenter/InstrumenterBuilder.java
@@ -49,10 +49,27 @@ public final class InstrumenterBuilder<REQUEST, RESPONSE> {
 
   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(InstrumenterBuilder.class.getName());
 
-  private static final SpanSuppressionStrategy spanSuppressionStrategy =
-      SpanSuppressionStrategy.fromConfig(
+  private static final SpanSuppressionStrategy spanSuppressionStrategy;
+
+  static {
+    String value =
+        ConfigPropertiesUtil.getString(
+            "otel.instrumentation.common.experimental.span-suppression-strategy");
+
+    if (value == null) {
+      value =
           ConfigPropertiesUtil.getString(
-              "otel.instrumentation.experimental.span-suppression-strategy"));
+              "otel.instrumentation.experimental.span-suppression-strategy");
+
+      if (value != null) {
+        logger.warning(
+            "Using deprecated config: otel.instrumentation.experimental.span-suppression-strategy. "
+                + "Use otel.instrumentation.common.experimental.span-suppression-strategy instead.");
+      }
+    }
+
+    spanSuppressionStrategy = SpanSuppressionStrategy.fromConfig(value);
+  }
 
   final OpenTelemetry openTelemetry;
   final String instrumentationName;
diff --git a/instrumentation/camel-2.20/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/camel-2.20/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index b1166690fa58..9880343bb340 100644
--- a/instrumentation/camel-2.20/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/camel-2.20/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ tasks {
     jvmArgs("-Dotel.instrumentation.aws-sdk.experimental-span-attributes=true")
 
     // TODO: fix camel instrumentation so that it uses semantic attributes extractors
-    jvmArgs("-Dotel.instrumentation.experimental.span-suppression-strategy=span-kind")
+    jvmArgs("-Dotel.instrumentation.common.experimental.span-suppression-strategy=span-kind")
 
     // required on jdk17
     jvmArgs("--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED")
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
index 769908d7f2a8..cadb7026e863 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ private static void installEarlyInstrumentation(
   }
 
   private static void copyNecessaryConfigToSystemProperties(ConfigProperties config) {
-    for (String property : asList("otel.instrumentation.experimental.span-suppression-strategy")) {
+    for (String property :
+        asList("otel.instrumentation.common.experimental.span-suppression-strategy")) {
       String value = config.getString(property);
       if (value != null) {
         System.setProperty(property, value);