diff --git a/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus.go b/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus.go
index 70f43342f..2d4614869 100644
--- a/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus.go
+++ b/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus.go
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ func MapOtelStatus(s trace.ReadOnlySpan) sentry.SpanStatus {
 
 	for _, attribute := range s.Attributes() {
 		if attribute.Key == semconv.HTTPStatusCodeKey {
-			if status, ok := canonicalCodesHTTPMap[attribute.Value.AsString()]; ok {
+			if status, ok := canonicalCodesHTTPMap[attribute.Value.Emit()]; ok {
 				return status
 			}
 		}
 
 		if attribute.Key == semconv.RPCGRPCStatusCodeKey {
-			if status, ok := canonicalCodesGrpcMap[attribute.Value.AsString()]; ok {
+			if status, ok := canonicalCodesGrpcMap[attribute.Value.Emit()]; ok {
 				return status
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus_test.go b/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7629403e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otel/internal/utils/mapotelstatus_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
+	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/otel/internal/utils"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.12.0"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type mockReadOnlySpan struct {
+	trace.ReadOnlySpan
+	status     trace.Status
+	attributes []attribute.KeyValue
+}
+
+var _ trace.ReadOnlySpan = new(mockReadOnlySpan)
+
+func (m *mockReadOnlySpan) Attributes() []attribute.KeyValue {
+	return m.attributes
+}
+
+func (m *mockReadOnlySpan) Status() trace.Status {
+	return m.status
+}
+
+func TestMapOtelStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Given no meaningful attributes to derive the status", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []struct {
+			name string
+			span trace.ReadOnlySpan
+			want sentry.SpanStatus
+		}{
+			{
+				name: "Should return SpanStatusOk if given a Ok status",
+				span: &mockReadOnlySpan{
+					status: trace.Status{
+						Code: codes.Ok,
+					},
+				},
+				want: sentry.SpanStatusOK,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "Should return SpanStatusOk if given a Unset status",
+				span: &mockReadOnlySpan{
+					status: trace.Status{
+						Code: codes.Unset,
+					},
+				},
+				want: sentry.SpanStatusOK,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "Should return SpanStatusError if given a Error status",
+				span: &mockReadOnlySpan{
+					status: trace.Status{
+						Code: codes.Error,
+					},
+				},
+				want: sentry.SpanStatusInternalError,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "Should return SpanStatusUnknown if given an unknown status",
+				span: &mockReadOnlySpan{
+					status: trace.Status{
+						Code: 1337,
+					},
+				},
+				want: sentry.SpanStatusUnknown,
+			},
+		}
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got := utils.MapOtelStatus(tt.span); got != tt.want {
+					t.Errorf("MapOtelStatus() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	asInt := func(key attribute.Key, i int) (attribute.KeyValue, string) {
+		return key.Int(i), "as an int attribute"
+	}
+
+	asString := func(key attribute.Key, i int) (attribute.KeyValue, string) {
+		return key.String(strconv.Itoa(i)), "as a string attribute"
+	}
+
+	t.Run("Given a HTTP Status code", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tts := []struct {
+			code    int
+			factory func(key attribute.Key, i int) (attribute.KeyValue, string)
+			want    sentry.SpanStatus
+		}{
+			{400, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusFailedPrecondition},
+			{401, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnauthenticated},
+			{403, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusPermissionDenied},
+			{404, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusNotFound},
+			{409, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusAborted},
+			{429, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusResourceExhausted},
+			{499, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusCanceled},
+			{500, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusInternalError},
+			{501, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnimplemented},
+			{503, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnavailable},
+			{504, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusDeadlineExceeded},
+			{400, asString, sentry.SpanStatusFailedPrecondition},
+			{401, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnauthenticated},
+			{403, asString, sentry.SpanStatusPermissionDenied},
+			{404, asString, sentry.SpanStatusNotFound},
+			{409, asString, sentry.SpanStatusAborted},
+			{429, asString, sentry.SpanStatusResourceExhausted},
+			{499, asString, sentry.SpanStatusCanceled},
+			{500, asString, sentry.SpanStatusInternalError},
+			{501, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnimplemented},
+			{503, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnavailable},
+			{504, asString, sentry.SpanStatusDeadlineExceeded},
+		}
+
+		for _, tt := range tts {
+			attr, how := tt.factory(semconv.HTTPStatusCodeKey, tt.code)
+			span := &mockReadOnlySpan{
+				attributes: []attribute.KeyValue{
+					attr,
+				},
+			}
+
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("Should return %s given the code %d %s", tt.want, tt.code, how)
+
+			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got := utils.MapOtelStatus(span); got != tt.want {
+					t.Errorf("MapOtelStatus() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Given a GRPC Status code", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tts := []struct {
+			code    int
+			factory func(key attribute.Key, i int) (attribute.KeyValue, string)
+			want    sentry.SpanStatus
+		}{
+			{1, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusCanceled},
+			{2, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnknown},
+			{3, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusInvalidArgument},
+			{4, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusDeadlineExceeded},
+			{5, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusNotFound},
+			{6, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusAlreadyExists},
+			{7, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusPermissionDenied},
+			{8, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusResourceExhausted},
+			{9, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusFailedPrecondition},
+			{10, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusAborted},
+			{11, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusOutOfRange},
+			{12, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnimplemented},
+			{13, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusInternalError},
+			{14, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnavailable},
+			{15, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusDataLoss},
+			{16, asInt, sentry.SpanStatusUnauthenticated},
+			{1, asString, sentry.SpanStatusCanceled},
+			{2, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnknown},
+			{3, asString, sentry.SpanStatusInvalidArgument},
+			{4, asString, sentry.SpanStatusDeadlineExceeded},
+			{5, asString, sentry.SpanStatusNotFound},
+			{6, asString, sentry.SpanStatusAlreadyExists},
+			{7, asString, sentry.SpanStatusPermissionDenied},
+			{8, asString, sentry.SpanStatusResourceExhausted},
+			{9, asString, sentry.SpanStatusFailedPrecondition},
+			{10, asString, sentry.SpanStatusAborted},
+			{11, asString, sentry.SpanStatusOutOfRange},
+			{12, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnimplemented},
+			{13, asString, sentry.SpanStatusInternalError},
+			{14, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnavailable},
+			{15, asString, sentry.SpanStatusDataLoss},
+			{16, asString, sentry.SpanStatusUnauthenticated},
+		}
+
+		for _, tt := range tts {
+			attr, how := tt.factory(semconv.RPCGRPCStatusCodeKey, tt.code)
+			span := &mockReadOnlySpan{
+				attributes: []attribute.KeyValue{
+					attr,
+				},
+			}
+
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("Should return %s given the code %d %s", tt.want, tt.code, how)
+			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got := utils.MapOtelStatus(span); got != tt.want {
+					t.Errorf("MapOtelStatus() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/otel/span_processor.go b/otel/span_processor.go
index 1e7fc6406..8b64d9dd0 100644
--- a/otel/span_processor.go
+++ b/otel/span_processor.go
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ func updateTransactionWithOtelData(transaction *sentry.Span, s otelSdkTrace.Read
 	resource := map[attribute.Key]string{}
 
 	for _, kv := range s.Attributes() {
-		attributes[kv.Key] = kv.Value.AsString()
+		attributes[kv.Key] = kv.Value.Emit()
 	}
 	for _, kv := range s.Resource().Attributes() {
-		resource[kv.Key] = kv.Value.AsString()
+		resource[kv.Key] = kv.Value.Emit()
 	}
 
 	transaction.SetContext("otel", map[string]interface{}{
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ func updateSpanWithOtelData(span *sentry.Span, s otelSdkTrace.ReadOnlySpan) {
 	span.Description = spanAttributes.Description
 	span.SetData("otel.kind", s.SpanKind().String())
 	for _, kv := range s.Attributes() {
-		span.SetData(string(kv.Key), kv.Value.AsString())
+		span.SetData(string(kv.Key), kv.Value.Emit())
 	}
 }