diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-xray/test/xray.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-xray/test/xray.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6f4df4fc6f0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-xray/test/xray.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Match, Template } from '../../assertions';
+import * as iam from '../../aws-iam';
+import * as kms from '../../aws-kms';
+import { CfnParameter, Duration, Stack, App, Token, Tags } from '../../core';
+import * as xray from '../lib';
+
+/* eslint-disable quote-props */
+
+test('able to add tags to XRay CfnGroup', () => {
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  new xray.CfnGroup(stack, 'Group', {
+    groupName: 'GroupName',
+    tags: [{
+      key: 'Key',
+      value: 'Value',
+    }],
+  });
+
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::XRay::Group', {
+    Tags: [{
+      Key: 'Key',
+      Value: 'Value',
+    }],
+  });
+});
+
+test('able to add tags through Tags.of()... to XRay CfnGroup', () => {
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  new xray.CfnGroup(stack, 'Group', {
+    groupName: 'GroupName',
+  });
+
+  Tags.of(stack).add('Key', 'Value');
+
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::XRay::Group', {
+    Tags: [{
+      Key: 'Key',
+      Value: 'Value',
+    }],
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/resource-decider.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/resource-decider.ts
index 2db62bb3d0b4a..7b981cacb8fd7 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/resource-decider.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/resource-decider.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class ResourceDecider {
 
   private handleTagPropertyModern(cfnName: string, prop: Property, variant: TagVariant) {
     const originalName = propertyNameFromCloudFormation(cfnName);
-    const originalType = this.converter.typeFromProperty(prop);
+    const originalType = this.converter.typeFromPropertyForModernTags(prop);
 
     this.propsProperties.push({
       propertySpec: {
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/type-converter.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/type-converter.ts
index df3a215e503e5..5accddfe15da2 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/type-converter.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/spec2cdk/lib/cdk/type-converter.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ export class TypeConverter {
     return this.typeFromSpecType(this.typeHistoryFromProperty(property)[0]);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the appropriate typewriter type for a servicespec type for modern tags
+   * Unlike typeFromProperty, we want to default to use the newest type instead.
+   */
+  public typeFromPropertyForModernTags(property: Property): Type {
+    // For backwards compatibility reasons we always have to use the original type
+    const types = this.typeHistoryFromProperty(property);
+    return this.typeFromSpecType(types[types.length - 1]);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the full type history for a servicespec property
    */