diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
index 267db69..f105e8b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto do
     s =
       OpenTelemetry.Tracer.start_span(span_name, %{
         start_time: start_time,
-        attributes: attributes ++ base_attributes
+        attributes: attributes ++ base_attributes,
+        kind: :client
       })
 
     OpenTelemetry.Span.end_span(s)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
index f4fb37c..8898ca1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEctoTest do
     assert_receive {:span,
                     span(
                       name: "opentelemetry_ecto.test_repo.query:users",
-                      attributes: list
+                      attributes: list,
+                      kind: :client
                     )}
 
     assert [