diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandHandler.java
index b5999fa8fb..31f68d3443 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/protocol/CommandHandler.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class CommandHandler extends ChannelDuplexHandler implements HasQueuedCom
     private final boolean debugEnabled = logger.isDebugEnabled();
     private final boolean latencyMetricsEnabled;
     private final boolean tracingEnabled;
+    private final boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags;
     private final boolean boundedQueues;
     private final BackpressureSource backpressureSource = new BackpressureSource();
 
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public CommandHandler(ClientOptions clientOptions, ClientResources clientResourc
         Tracing tracing = clientResources.tracing();
 
         this.tracingEnabled = tracing.isEnabled();
+        this.includeCommandArgsInSpanTags = tracing.includeCommandArgsInSpanTags();
     }
 
     public Queue<RedisCommand<?, ?, ?>> getStack() {
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ private void writeSingleCommand(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, RedisCommand<?, ?, ?>
             Tracer.Span span = tracer.nextSpan(context);
             span.name(command.getType().name());
 
-            if (command.getArgs() != null) {
+            if (includeCommandArgsInSpanTags && command.getArgs() != null) {
                 span.tag("redis.args", command.getArgs().toCommandString());
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracing.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracing.java
index d479055c6e..266ec3971d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracing.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class BraveTracing implements Tracing {
 
     private final BraveTracer tracer;
     private final BraveTracingOptions tracingOptions;
+    private final boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags;
 
     /**
      * Create a new {@link BraveTracing} instance.
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ private BraveTracing(Builder builder) {
 
         this.tracingOptions = new BraveTracingOptions(builder.serviceName, builder.endpointCustomizer, builder.spanCustomizer);
         this.tracer = new BraveTracer(builder.tracing, this.tracingOptions);
+        this.includeCommandArgsInSpanTags = builder.includeCommandArgsInSpanTags;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ public static class Builder {
         };
         private Consumer<brave.Span> spanCustomizer = it -> {
         };
+        private boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags = true;
 
         private Builder() {
         }
@@ -135,6 +138,19 @@ public Builder serviceName(String serviceName) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Controls the inclusion of command arguments in {@link Span} tags.
+         * This is enabled by default.
+         *
+         * @param includeCommandArgsInSpanTags the flag to enable or disable the inclusion of command args in {@link Span} tags.
+         * @return {@code this} {@link Builder}.
+         */
+        public Builder includeCommandArgsInSpanTags(boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags) {
+
+            this.includeCommandArgsInSpanTags = includeCommandArgsInSpanTags;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Sets an {@link zipkin2.Endpoint} customizer to customize the {@link zipkin2.Endpoint} through its
          * {@link zipkin2.Endpoint.Builder}. The customizer is invoked before {@link zipkin2.Endpoint.Builder#build() building}
@@ -182,6 +198,11 @@ public boolean isEnabled() {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags() {
+        return includeCommandArgsInSpanTags;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public TracerProvider getTracerProvider() {
         return () -> tracer;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/NoOpTracing.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/NoOpTracing.java
index dc671b1bb2..b8bbc95d64 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/NoOpTracing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/NoOpTracing.java
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public boolean isEnabled() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Endpoint createEndpoint(SocketAddress socketAddress) {
         return NOOP_ENDPOINT;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/Tracing.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/Tracing.java
index 5ba662ea99..93e1cd8042 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/Tracing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/Tracing.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public interface Tracing {
      */
     boolean isEnabled();
 
+    /**
+     * @return {@literal true} if tags for {@link Tracer.Span}s should include the command arguments.
+     */
+    boolean includeCommandArgsInSpanTags();
+
     /**
      * Create an {@link Endpoint} given {@link SocketAddress}.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracingIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracingIntegrationTests.java
index ed2fc7ae98..69594a441b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracingIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/lettuce/core/tracing/BraveTracingIntegrationTests.java
@@ -173,7 +173,43 @@ void reactiveGetAndSetWithTrace() {
         List<Span> spans = new ArrayList<>(BraveTracingIntegrationTests.spans);
 
         assertThat(spans.get(0).name()).isEqualTo("set");
+        assertThat(spans.get(0).tags()).containsEntry("redis.args", "key<foo> value<bar>");
         assertThat(spans.get(1).name()).isEqualTo("get");
+        assertThat(spans.get(1).tags()).containsEntry("redis.args", "key<foo>");
+        assertThat(spans.get(2).name()).isEqualTo("foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void reactiveGetAndSetWithTraceWithCommandArgsExcludedFromTags() {
+
+        DefaultClientResources clientResources = DefaultClientResources.builder()
+                .tracing(BraveTracing.builder()
+                        .tracing(clientTracing)
+                        .includeCommandArgsInSpanTags(false)
+                        .build()
+                )
+                .build();
+        RedisClient client = RedisClient.create(clientResources, RedisURI.Builder.redis(host, port).build());
+
+        ScopedSpan trace = clientTracing.tracer().startScopedSpan("foo");
+
+        StatefulRedisConnection<String, String> connect = client.connect();
+        connect.reactive().set("foo", "bar") //
+                .then(connect.reactive().get("foo")) //
+                .subscriberContext(it -> it.put(TraceContext.class, trace.context())) //
+                .as(StepVerifier::create) //
+                .expectNext("bar").verifyComplete();
+
+        Wait.untilEquals(2, spans::size).waitOrTimeout();
+
+        trace.finish();
+
+        List<Span> spans = new ArrayList<>(BraveTracingIntegrationTests.spans);
+
+        assertThat(spans.get(0).name()).isEqualTo("set");
+        assertThat(spans.get(0).tags()).doesNotContainKey("redis.args");
+        assertThat(spans.get(1).name()).isEqualTo("get");
+        assertThat(spans.get(1).tags()).doesNotContainKey("redis.args");
         assertThat(spans.get(2).name()).isEqualTo("foo");
     }