diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a3b4168e7..0cd67e6192 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   [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),
    [#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
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
index b8b20b72ac..defc740632 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlClientDiagnosticListener.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #if !NETFRAMEWORK
 using System.Data;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 #if NET
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 #endif
+using System.Globalization;
+using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Implementation;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ internal sealed class SqlClientDiagnosticListener : ListenerHandler
     private readonly PropertyFetcher<CommandType> commandTypeFetcher = new("CommandType");
     private readonly PropertyFetcher<object> commandTextFetcher = new("CommandText");
     private readonly PropertyFetcher<Exception> exceptionFetcher = new("Exception");
+    private readonly PropertyFetcher<int> exceptionNumberFetcher = new("Number");
     private readonly SqlClientTraceInstrumentationOptions options;
 
     public SqlClientDiagnosticListener(string sourceName, SqlClientTraceInstrumentationOptions? options)
@@ -189,6 +191,13 @@ public override void OnEventWritten(string name, object? payload)
                         {
                             if (this.exceptionFetcher.TryFetch(payload, out Exception? exception) && exception != null)
                             {
+                                activity.AddTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeErrorType, exception.GetType().FullName);
+
+                                if (this.exceptionNumberFetcher.TryFetch(exception, out var exceptionNumber))
+                                {
+                                    activity.AddTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbResponseStatusCode, exceptionNumber.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                                }
+
                                 activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, exception.Message);
 
                                 if (this.options.RecordException)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlEventSourceListener.netfx.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlEventSourceListener.netfx.cs
index 19a6f7526d..371cae85a3 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlEventSourceListener.netfx.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient/Implementation/SqlEventSourceListener.netfx.cs
@@ -175,8 +175,14 @@ private void OnEndExecute(EventWrittenEventArgs eventData)
                 {
                     if ((compositeState & 0b010) == 0b010)
                     {
-                        var errorText = $"SqlExceptionNumber {eventData.Payload[2]} thrown.";
-                        activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, errorText);
+                        var errorNumber = $"{eventData.Payload[2]}";
+                        activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, errorNumber);
+                        activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbResponseStatusCode, errorNumber);
+
+                        var exceptionType = eventData.EventSource.Name == MdsEventSourceName
+                            ? "Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException"
+                            : "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException";
+                        activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeErrorType, exceptionType);
                     }
                     else
                     {
diff --git a/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs b/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
index cd3847cc2a..fe87612551 100644
--- a/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ internal static class SemanticConventions
     public const string AttributeDbCollectionName = "db.collection.name";
     public const string AttributeDbNamespace = "db.namespace";
     public const string AttributeDbOperationName = "db.operation.name";
-    public const string AttributeResponseStatusCode = "db.response.status_code";
+    public const string AttributeDbResponseStatusCode = "db.response.status_code";
     public const string AttributeDbOperationBatchSize = "db.operation.batch.size";
     public const string AttributeDbQuerySummary = "db.query.summary";
     public const string AttributeDbQueryText = "db.query.text";
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
index 9086c31490..a22e70cac9 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.SqlClient.Tests/SqlClientIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ public void SuccessfulCommandTest(
 
         SqlClientTests.VerifyActivityData(commandType, commandText, captureStoredProcedureCommandName, captureTextCommandContent, isFailure, recordException, shouldEnrich, activity);
         SqlClientTests.VerifySamplingParameters(sampler.LatestSamplingParameters);
+
+        if (isFailure)
+        {
+#if NET
+            var status = activity.GetStatus();
+            Assert.Equal(ActivityStatusCode.Error, activity.Status);
+            Assert.Equal("Divide by zero error encountered.", activity.StatusDescription);
+            Assert.EndsWith("SqlException", activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeErrorType) as string);
+            Assert.Equal("8134", activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbResponseStatusCode));
+#else
+            var status = activity.GetStatus();
+            Assert.Equal(ActivityStatusCode.Error, activity.Status);
+            Assert.Equal("8134", activity.StatusDescription);
+            Assert.EndsWith("SqlException", activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeErrorType) as string);
+            Assert.Equal("8134", activity.GetTagValue(SemanticConventions.AttributeDbResponseStatusCode));
+#endif
+        }
     }
 
     private string GetConnectionString()