diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentation.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentation.java
index 0098f7188f0..80262f1f0fe 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentation.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentation.java
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.internal.SemConvConstants;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.internal.Signal;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.internal.StandardComponentId;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -55,10 +57,22 @@ public ExporterInstrumentation(
   static Attributes extractServerAttributes(URI httpEndpoint) {
     AttributesBuilder builder = Attributes.builder();
     String host = httpEndpoint.getHost();
+    int port = httpEndpoint.getPort();
+    if (host == null) {
+      // URI.getHost() returns null for some valid DNS names (JDK-8188305); URL accepts them.
+      try {
+        URL url = httpEndpoint.toURL();
+        if (!url.getHost().isEmpty()) {
+          host = url.getHost();
+        }
+        port = url.getPort();
+      } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+        // Not a URL either, leave host unset.
+      }
+    }
     if (host != null) {
       builder.put(SemConvConstants.SERVER_ADDRESS, host);
     }
-    int port = httpEndpoint.getPort();
     if (port == -1) {
       String scheme = httpEndpoint.getScheme();
       if ("https".equals(scheme)) {
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentationTest.java b/exporters/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentationTest.java
index 678e6b0b81e..c9d0a8024e7 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentationTest.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/metrics/ExporterInstrumentationTest.java
@@ -153,4 +153,24 @@ void serverAttributesUnknownScheme() {
         .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_ADDRESS, "foo")
         .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_PORT, 1234);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void serverAttributesHostNotParsedByUri() {
+    // A label starting with a digit is a valid DNS name, but URI.getHost() returns null for it.
+    assertThat(URI.create("http://otlp.1234-ns:4318/v1/traces").getHost()).isNull();
+
+    assertThat(
+            ExporterInstrumentation.extractServerAttributes(
+                URI.create("http://otlp.1234-ns:4318/v1/traces")))
+        .hasSize(2)
+        .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_ADDRESS, "otlp.1234-ns")
+        .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_PORT, 4318);
+
+    assertThat(
+            ExporterInstrumentation.extractServerAttributes(
+                URI.create("https://otlp.1234-ns/v1/traces")))
+        .hasSize(2)
+        .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_ADDRESS, "otlp.1234-ns")
+        .containsEntry(SemConvConstants.SERVER_PORT, 443);
+  }
 }