diff --git a/src/database/tracing_spans.rs b/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
index bb6641c9d..78579c85a 100644
--- a/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
+++ b/src/database/tracing_spans.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ macro_rules! db_span {
         let op = $crate::database::tracing_spans::DbOperation::from_sql(sql);
         ::tracing::info_span!(
             $name,
+            otel.kind = "client",
             db.system = $crate::database::tracing_spans::db_system_name($backend),
             db.operation = %op,
             db.statement = ::tracing::field::Empty,