diff --git a/extra/redisotel/go.sum b/extra/redisotel/go.sum
index 9f163a11..82aa0b0d 100644
--- a/extra/redisotel/go.sum
+++ b/extra/redisotel/go.sum
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+W
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4 h1:29JGrr5oVBm5ulCWet69zQkzWipVXIol6ygQUe/EzNc=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4/go.mod h1:dX+/inL/fNMqNlz0e9LfyB9TswhZpCVdJM/Z6Vvnwo0=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.16.0 h1:6gjqkI8iiRHMvdccRJM8rVKjCWk6ZIm6FTm3ddIe4/c=
diff --git a/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go b/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
index 89fa9722..dff869ae 100644
--- a/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
+++ b/extra/redisotel/redisotel.go
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ func (TracingHook) BeforeProcess(ctx context.Context, cmd redis.Cmder) (context.
 		return ctx, nil
 	}
 
-	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, cmd.FullName())
-	span.SetAttributes(
+	attrs := []attribute.KeyValue{
 		attribute.String("db.system", "redis"),
 		attribute.String("db.statement", rediscmd.CmdString(cmd)),
-	)
+	}
+	opts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
+		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient),
+		trace.WithAttributes(attrs...),
+	}
+
+	ctx, _ = tracer.Start(ctx, cmd.FullName(), opts...)
 
 	return ctx, nil
 }
@@ -52,12 +57,17 @@ func (TracingHook) BeforeProcessPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []redis.Cmder
 
 	summary, cmdsString := rediscmd.CmdsString(cmds)
 
-	ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "pipeline "+summary)
-	span.SetAttributes(
+	attrs := []attribute.KeyValue{
 		attribute.String("db.system", "redis"),
 		attribute.Int("db.redis.num_cmd", len(cmds)),
 		attribute.String("db.statement", cmdsString),
-	)
+	}
+	opts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
+		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindClient),
+		trace.WithAttributes(attrs...),
+	}
+
+	ctx, _ = tracer.Start(ctx, "pipeline "+summary, opts...)
 
 	return ctx, nil
 }