diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 139c2be07..1fd6e5f5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- HTTP client spans now include status based on `http.request.method` ([#2650](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2650))
+
 ## 5.25.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
index c8e100003..174b29da2 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/http_tracing.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def set_span_info(sentry_span, request_info, response_status)
         sentry_span.set_data(Span::DataConventions::URL, request_info[:url])
         sentry_span.set_data(Span::DataConventions::HTTP_METHOD, request_info[:method])
         sentry_span.set_data(Span::DataConventions::HTTP_QUERY, request_info[:query]) if request_info[:query]
-        sentry_span.set_data(Span::DataConventions::HTTP_STATUS_CODE, response_status)
+        sentry_span.set_http_status(response_status)
       end
 
       def set_propagation_headers(req)
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/net/http_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/net/http_spec.rb
index 91402fc79..6e021cddb 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/net/http_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/net/http_spec.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         expect(request_span.data).to eq(
           { "url" => "http://[::1]/path", "http.request.method" => "GET", "http.response.status_code" => 200 }
         )
+        expect(request_span.status).to eq("ok")
       end
     end
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
           "http.request.method" => "GET",
           "http.query" => "foo=bar"
         })
+        expect(request_span.status).to eq("ok")
       end
     end
 
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@
           "url" => "http://example.com/path",
           "http.request.method" => "GET"
         })
+        expect(request_span.status).to eq("ok")
       end
     end
 
@@ -342,6 +345,7 @@ def verify_spans(transaction)
           "url" => "http://example.com/path",
           "http.request.method" => "GET"
         })
+        expect(request_span.status).to eq("ok")
 
         request_span = transaction.span_recorder.spans[2]
         expect(request_span.op).to eq("http.client")
@@ -355,6 +359,7 @@ def verify_spans(transaction)
           "url" => "http://example.com/path",
           "http.request.method" => "GET"
         })
+        expect(request_span.status).to eq("not_found")
       end
 
       it "doesn't mess different requests' data together" do