diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/tsconfig.json b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/tsconfig.json
index e4b3b29e6a..4f50329e88 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.base",
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.es5",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": ".",
     "outDir": "build"