diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/redis.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/redis.py
index 3deae7483b..5c035e833d 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/redis.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/redis.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ def sentry_patched_execute_command(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
             description = description[: integration.max_data_size - len("...")] + "..."
 
         with hub.start_span(op=OP.DB_REDIS, description=description) as span:
+            span.set_data("db.system", "redis")
+
             span.set_tag("redis.is_cluster", is_cluster)
 
             if name:
diff --git a/tests/integrations/redis/test_redis.py b/tests/integrations/redis/test_redis.py
index 657ba1527f..0267d1f940 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/redis/test_redis.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/redis/test_redis.py
@@ -61,6 +61,23 @@ def test_redis_pipeline(sentry_init, capture_events, is_transaction):
     }
 
 
+def test_span_otel_data(sentry_init, capture_events):
+    sentry_init(
+        integrations=[RedisIntegration()],
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+    )
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    connection = FakeStrictRedis()
+    with start_transaction():
+        connection.set("somekey", 123)
+
+    (event,) = events
+    (span,) = event["spans"]
+    assert "db.system" in span["data"]
+    assert span["data"]["db.system"] == "redis"
+
+
 def test_sensitive_data(sentry_init, capture_events):
     # fakeredis does not support the AUTH command, so we need to mock it
     with mock.patch(