diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/.python-version b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f7569d064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+otel
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
index c5f19fc736..12afb7e98a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/redis/__init__.py
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ def _traced_execute_pipeline(func, instance, args, kwargs):
             span_name,
         ) = _build_span_meta_data_for_pipeline(instance)
 
+        reraisable = None
+
         with tracer.start_as_current_span(
             span_name, kind=trace.SpanKind.CLIENT
         ) as span:
@@ -216,13 +218,17 @@ def _traced_execute_pipeline(func, instance, args, kwargs):
             response = None
             try:
                 response = func(*args, **kwargs)
-            except redis.WatchError:
+            except redis.WatchError as e:
                 span.set_status(StatusCode.UNSET)
+                reraisable = e
 
             if callable(response_hook):
                 response_hook(span, instance, response)
 
-            return response
+        if reraisable:
+            raise reraisable
+
+        return response
 
     pipeline_class = (
         "BasePipeline" if redis.VERSION < (3, 0, 0) else "Pipeline"
@@ -279,6 +285,8 @@ async def _async_traced_execute_pipeline(func, instance, args, kwargs):
             span_name,
         ) = _build_span_meta_data_for_pipeline(instance)
 
+        reraisable = None
+
         with tracer.start_as_current_span(
             span_name, kind=trace.SpanKind.CLIENT
         ) as span:
@@ -292,12 +300,17 @@ async def _async_traced_execute_pipeline(func, instance, args, kwargs):
             response = None
             try:
                 response = await func(*args, **kwargs)
-            except redis.WatchError:
+            except redis.WatchError as e:
                 span.set_status(StatusCode.UNSET)
+                reraisable = e
 
             if callable(response_hook):
                 response_hook(span, instance, response)
-            return response
+
+        if reraisable:
+            raise reraisable
+
+        return response
 
     if redis.VERSION >= _REDIS_ASYNCIO_VERSION:
         wrap_function_wrapper(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/tests/test_redis.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/tests/test_redis.py
index 23d21b6e5a..c436589adb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/tests/test_redis.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis/tests/test_redis.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def test_response_error(self):
 
     def test_watch_error_sync(self):
         def redis_operations():
-            try:
+            with pytest.raises(WatchError):
                 redis_client = fakeredis.FakeStrictRedis()
                 pipe = redis_client.pipeline(transaction=True)
                 pipe.watch("a")
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ def redis_operations():
                 pipe.multi()
                 pipe.set("a", "1")
                 pipe.execute()
-            except WatchError:
-                pass
 
         redis_operations()
 
@@ -400,7 +398,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_watch_error_async(self):
         async def redis_operations():
-            try:
+            with pytest.raises(WatchError):
                 redis_client = FakeRedis()
                 async with redis_client.pipeline(transaction=False) as pipe:
                     await pipe.watch("a")
@@ -408,8 +406,6 @@ async def redis_operations():
                     pipe.multi()
                     await pipe.set("a", "1")
                     await pipe.execute()
-            except WatchError:
-                pass
 
         await redis_operations()