diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/aws-sdk.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/aws-sdk.ts
index cca362e293..1427ae0386 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/aws-sdk.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/aws-sdk.ts
@@ -538,6 +538,15 @@ export class AwsInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
                   if (requestId) {
                     span.setAttribute(AttributeNames.AWS_REQUEST_ID, requestId);
                   }
+
+                  const httpStatusCode = err?.$metadata?.httpStatusCode;
+                  if (httpStatusCode) {
+                    span.setAttribute(
+                      SEMATTRS_HTTP_STATUS_CODE,
+                      httpStatusCode
+                    );
+                  }
+
                   const extendedRequestId = err?.extendedRequestId;
                   if (extendedRequestId) {
                     span.setAttribute(
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
index 8dee305175..0e3a752c1b 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ describe('instrumentation-aws-sdk-v3', () => {
         expect(span.attributes[SEMATTRS_RPC_SYSTEM]).toEqual('aws-api');
         expect(span.attributes[SEMATTRS_RPC_METHOD]).toEqual('PutObject');
         expect(span.attributes[SEMATTRS_RPC_SERVICE]).toEqual('S3');
+        expect(span.attributes[SEMATTRS_HTTP_STATUS_CODE]).toEqual(403);
         expect(span.attributes[AttributeNames.AWS_REGION]).toEqual(region);
         expect(span.attributes[AttributeNames.AWS_REQUEST_ID]).toEqual(
           'MS95GTS7KXQ34X2S'