diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
index c71a82625a..0cd67e6192 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   [spans](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.28.0/docs/database/database-spans.md).
   ([#2229](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2229),
    [#2277](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2277),
-   [#2262](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2262))
+   [#2262](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2262),
+   [#2279](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2279))
 * **Breaking change**: The `peer.service` and `server.socket.address` attributes
   are no longer emitted. Users should rely on the `server.address` attribute
   for the same information. Note that `server.address` is only included when
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
index 32c9b5c493..defc740632 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ public override void OnEventWritten(string name, object? payload)
 
                                         if (this.options.EmitNewAttributes)
                                         {
+                                            activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbOperationName, "EXECUTE");
+                                            activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbCollectionName, commandText);
                                             activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbQueryText, commandText);
                                         }
                                     }
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientTests.cs
index d978beed88..1eb6774267 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientTests.cs
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ internal static void VerifyActivityData(
 
                     if (emitNewAttributes)
                     {
+                        Assert.Equal("EXECUTE", activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbOperationName));
+                        Assert.Equal(commandText, activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbCollectionName));
                         Assert.Equal(commandText, activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbQueryText));
                     }
                 }