diff --git a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span.go b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span.go
index 40b8f7064b..148285dbda 100644
--- a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span.go
+++ b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func toReservedAttributes(k string, v attribute.Value) (string, interface{}) {
 		}
 		return ext.EventSampleRate, rate
 	case "http.response.status_code":
-		return "http.status_code", v.AsString()
+		return "http.status_code", strconv.FormatInt(v.AsInt64(), 10)
 	default:
 		return k, v.AsInterface()
 	}
diff --git a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span_test.go b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span_test.go
index e9c85c26c3..5fe258d0d9 100644
--- a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/span_test.go
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ func TestRemapWithMultipleSetAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	sp.SetAttributes(attribute.String("service.name", "new.service.name"))
 	sp.SetAttributes(attribute.String("span.type", "new.span.type"))
 	sp.SetAttributes(attribute.String("analytics.event", "true"))
-	sp.SetAttributes(attribute.String("http.response.status_code", "200"))
+	sp.SetAttributes(attribute.Int("http.response.status_code", 200))
 	sp.End()
 
 	tracer.Flush()