diff --git a/packages/core/src/integrations/http/server-subscription.ts b/packages/core/src/integrations/http/server-subscription.ts
index e5b37d3d04b2..86d7359aa119 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/integrations/http/server-subscription.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/integrations/http/server-subscription.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_SOURCE,
 } from '../../semanticAttributes';
 import { safeMathRandom } from '../../utils/randomSafeContext';
+import { SPAN_KIND } from '../../spanKind';
 import type { SpanAttributes } from '../../types/span';
 import type { SpanStatus } from '../../types/spanStatus';
 
@@ -277,10 +278,9 @@ function buildServerSpanWrap(
       return startSpanManual(
         {
           name,
-          // SpanKind.SERVER = 1; pass this so the OTel sampler infers
-          // op='http.server' rather than 'http', which it does for
-          // SpanKind.INTERNAL = 0, the default
-          kind: 1,
+          // Pass SERVER so the OTel sampler infers op='http.server' rather than
+          // 'http', which it does for the INTERNAL default.
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.SERVER,
           attributes: {
             // Sentry-specific attributes
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: 'http.server',
diff --git a/packages/core/src/shared-exports.ts b/packages/core/src/shared-exports.ts
index e2160c9e14d9..824f8c0873d3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/shared-exports.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/shared-exports.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ export {
 } from './utils/request';
 export type { MaxRequestBodySize } from './utils/request';
 export { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT, DEV_ENVIRONMENT } from './constants';
+export { SPAN_KIND } from './spanKind';
+export type { SpanKindValue } from './spanKind';
 export { addBreadcrumb } from './breadcrumbs';
 export { functionToStringIntegration } from './integrations/functiontostring';
 // eslint-disable-next-line typescript/no-deprecated
diff --git a/packages/core/src/spanKind.ts b/packages/core/src/spanKind.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3127d9205a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/spanKind.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * The kind of a span, mirroring OpenTelemetry's `SpanKind` enum values.
+ *
+ * Exported as a plain const object so SDK code can set a span's kind without
+ * importing `@opentelemetry/api` just for the enum. The numeric values must
+ * stay in sync with OpenTelemetry's `SpanKind` since they are passed through to
+ * the underlying OTel span and sampler.
+ */
+export const SPAN_KIND = {
+  INTERNAL: 0,
+  SERVER: 1,
+  CLIENT: 2,
+  PRODUCER: 3,
+  CONSUMER: 4,
+} as const;
+
+export type SpanKindValue = (typeof SPAN_KIND)[keyof typeof SPAN_KIND];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types/startSpanOptions.ts b/packages/core/src/types/startSpanOptions.ts
index ba184152e486..391a4354722d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types/startSpanOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types/startSpanOptions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Scope } from '../scope';
+import type { SpanKindValue } from '../spanKind';
 import type { SpanLink } from './link';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes, SpanTimeInput } from './span';
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export interface StartSpanOptions {
    * span kind on the underlying OTel span, which affects how the span is
    * displayed and sampled.
    */
-  kind?: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4;
+  kind?: SpanKindValue;
 
   /**
    * If provided, make the new span a child of this span.
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/node-fetch/vendored/undici.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/node-fetch/vendored/undici.ts
index 10d6c568cb71..814613921a20 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/node-fetch/vendored/undici.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/node-fetch/vendored/undici.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   getTraceData,
   LRUMap,
   shouldPropagateTraceForUrl,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
   withActiveSpan,
@@ -53,9 +54,6 @@ import type {
 } from './internal-types';
 import type { UndiciInstrumentationConfig, UndiciRequest } from './types';
 
-// `SpanKind.CLIENT`, inlined to avoid importing from `@opentelemetry/api`.
-const SPAN_KIND_CLIENT = 2;
-
 /** Replaces OTel's `safeExecuteInTheMiddle`: run `fn`, route any error to `onError`, and swallow it. */
 function safeExecute<T>(fn: () => T, onError: (error: unknown) => void): T | undefined {
   try {
@@ -246,7 +244,7 @@ export class UndiciInstrumentation {
 
     const span = startInactiveSpan({
       name: requestMethod === '_OTHER' ? 'HTTP' : requestMethod,
-      kind: SPAN_KIND_CLIENT,
+      kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
       attributes,
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/dataloader/vendored/instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/dataloader/vendored/instrumentation.ts
index 8fee30f4d41f..4412510a1906 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/dataloader/vendored/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/dataloader/vendored/instrumentation.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
  */
 
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { BatchLoadFn, DataLoader, DataLoaderConstructor } from './types';
-import { SDK_VERSION, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN, startSpan } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  SDK_VERSION,
+  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP,
+  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
+  startSpan,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 
 const MODULE_NAME = 'dataloader';
 const PACKAGE_NAME = '@sentry/instrumentation-dataloader';
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ export class DataloaderInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: getSpanName(this, 'load'),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: {
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: getSpanOp('load'),
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ export class DataloaderInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: getSpanName(this, 'loadMany'),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: {
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: getSpanOp('loadMany'),
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ export class DataloaderInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: getSpanName(this, 'prime'),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: {
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: getSpanOp('prime'),
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ export class DataloaderInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: getSpanName(this, 'clear'),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: {
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: getSpanOp('clear'),
@@ -268,7 +273,7 @@ export class DataloaderInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
       return startSpan(
         {
           name: getSpanName(this, 'clearAll'),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: {
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
             [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: getSpanOp('clearAll'),
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/kafka/vendored/utils.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/kafka/vendored/utils.ts
index 9514856decb6..2e785bd3fc66 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/kafka/vendored/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/kafka/vendored/utils.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
  * - Span creation extracted here and migrated to the @sentry/core API; origin folded into span creation
  */
 
-import { SpanKind, TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { TraceFlags } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes, SpanLink } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   getTraceData,
   propagationContextFromHeaders,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ export function startConsumerSpan({ topic, message, operationType, links, attrib
 
   return startInactiveSpan({
     name: `${operationName} ${topic}`,
-    kind: operationType === MESSAGING_OPERATION_TYPE_VALUE_RECEIVE ? SpanKind.CLIENT : SpanKind.CONSUMER,
+    kind: operationType === MESSAGING_OPERATION_TYPE_VALUE_RECEIVE ? SPAN_KIND.CLIENT : SPAN_KIND.CONSUMER,
     links,
     attributes: {
       ...attributes,
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export function startConsumerSpan({ topic, message, operationType, links, attrib
 export function startProducerSpan(topic: string, message: Message): Span {
   const span = startInactiveSpan({
     name: `send ${topic}`,
-    kind: SpanKind.PRODUCER,
+    kind: SPAN_KIND.PRODUCER,
     attributes: {
       [ATTR_MESSAGING_SYSTEM]: MESSAGING_SYSTEM_VALUE_KAFKA,
       [ATTR_MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME]: topic,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/knex/vendored/instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/knex/vendored/instrumentation.ts
index ae737a49fc50..2acd863b7838 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/knex/vendored/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/knex/vendored/instrumentation.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 /* oxlint-disable typescript/no-deprecated */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   getActiveSpan,
   SDK_VERSION,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class KnexInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<InstrumentationConf
         return startSpan(
           {
             name: utils.getName(name, operation, table),
-            kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+            kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
             attributes,
             parentSpan,
             onlyIfParent: true,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongo/vendored/utils.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongo/vendored/utils.ts
index 890e5f20009b..45c80f2617dc 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongo/vendored/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongo/vendored/utils.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   getActiveSpan,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
   withActiveSpan,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function startMongoSpan(attributes: SpanAttributes): Span {
   return startInactiveSpan({
     // eslint-disable-next-line typescript/no-deprecated
     name: `mongodb.${attributes[ATTR_DB_OPERATION] || 'command'}`,
-    kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+    kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
     attributes,
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongoose/vendored/mongoose.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongoose/vendored/mongoose.ts
index d6c7602c8ba9..cb4de45e9978 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongoose/vendored/mongoose.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mongoose/vendored/mongoose.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   type InstrumentationConfig,
   InstrumentationBase,
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   getActiveSpan,
   SDK_VERSION,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   startInactiveSpan,
   withActiveSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class MongooseInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Instrumentation
 
     return startInactiveSpan({
       name: `mongoose.${modelName}.${operation}`,
-      kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+      kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
       attributes,
       parentSpan,
     });
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mysql2/vendored/instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mysql2/vendored/instrumentation.ts
index d987146e65d0..e3072ee37890 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mysql2/vendored/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/mysql2/vendored/instrumentation.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type { SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
-import { SDK_VERSION, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN, SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  SDK_VERSION,
+  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
+  SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
+  startInactiveSpan,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import { InstrumentationNodeModuleFile } from '../../InstrumentationNodeModuleFile';
 import type { Connection, FormatFunction, Query, QueryError, QueryOptions } from './mysql2-types';
 import { ATTR_DB_STATEMENT, ATTR_DB_SYSTEM, DB_SYSTEM_VALUE_MYSQL } from './semconv';
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ export class MySQL2Instrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<InstrumentationCo
 
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: getSpanName(query),
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes,
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/instrumentation.ts
index f8a14f69dd46..20c5b64f0354 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/instrumentation.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@
  *   enhancedDatabaseReporting, addSqlCommenterCommentToQueries)
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
-import { getActiveSpan, SDK_VERSION, SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, startInactiveSpan, withActiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  getActiveSpan,
+  SDK_VERSION,
+  SPAN_KIND,
+  SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
+  startInactiveSpan,
+  withActiveSpan,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import { InstrumentationNodeModuleFile } from '../../InstrumentationNodeModuleFile';
 import { SpanNames } from './enums/SpanNames';
 import type {
@@ -157,7 +163,7 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<PgInstrumentationConf
 
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: SpanNames.CONNECT,
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: utils.getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(this),
         });
 
@@ -277,7 +283,7 @@ export class PgInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<PgInstrumentationConf
 
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: SpanNames.POOL_CONNECT,
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes: utils.getSemanticAttributesFromPoolConnection(this.options),
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/utils.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/utils.ts
index cc8e519a3f8f..861ba84d3ff8 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/postgres/vendored/utils.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
-import { getActiveSpan, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN, SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  getActiveSpan,
+  SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
+  SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
+  startInactiveSpan,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import { AttributeNames } from './enums/AttributeNames';
 import { SpanNames } from './enums/SpanNames';
 import type {
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ export function handleConfigQuery(
   const spanName = getQuerySpanName(dbName, queryConfig);
   const span = startInactiveSpan({
     name: spanName,
-    kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+    kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
     attributes: {
       ...getSemanticAttributesFromConnection(connectionParameters),
       [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/ioredis-instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/ioredis-instrumentation.ts
index df48efad9919..d47167a5fa0a 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/ioredis-instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/ioredis-instrumentation.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   getActiveSpan,
   SDK_VERSION,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
 } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class IORedisInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<IORedisInstrumen
           [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
         };
 
-        const span = startInactiveSpan({ name: cmd.name, kind: SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes });
+        const span = startInactiveSpan({ name: cmd.name, kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT, attributes });
 
         try {
           const result = original.apply(this, args);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class IORedisInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<IORedisInstrumen
           [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: ORIGIN,
         };
 
-        const span = startInactiveSpan({ name: 'connect', kind: SpanKind.CLIENT, attributes });
+        const span = startInactiveSpan({ name: 'connect', kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT, attributes });
 
         try {
           const result = original.apply(this, args) as Promise<unknown> | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/redis-instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/redis-instrumentation.ts
index af284cee107c..50ced61861fc 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/redis-instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/redis/vendored/redis-instrumentation.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  * - Refactored to use Sentry's span APIs instead of OpenTelemetry tracing APIs
  */
 
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { TracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type { Span, SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   getActiveSpan,
   SDK_VERSION,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
   withActiveSpan,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class RedisInstrumentationV2_V3 extends InstrumentationBase<RedisInstrumentation
         }
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: `${RedisInstrumentationV2_V3.COMPONENT}-${cmd.command}`,
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes,
         });
         const originalCallback = arguments[0].callback;
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class RedisInstrumentationV4_V5 extends InstrumentationBase<RedisInstrumentation
         const attributes = getClientAttributes(this.options);
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: `${RedisInstrumentationV4_V5.COMPONENT}-connect`,
-          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes,
         });
         const res = withActiveSpan(span, () => original.apply(this));
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class RedisInstrumentationV4_V5 extends InstrumentationBase<RedisInstrumentation
     }
     const span = startInactiveSpan({
       name: `${RedisInstrumentationV4_V5.COMPONENT}-${commandName}`,
-      kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+      kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
       attributes,
     });
     const res = withActiveSpan(span, () => origFunction.apply(origThis, origArguments));
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/tedious/vendored/instrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/tedious/vendored/instrumentation.ts
index dc226ab5bbf7..e201a430bec2 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/tedious/vendored/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/tedious/vendored/instrumentation.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  * - Span creation migrated to the @sentry/core API; origin folded into span creation
  */
 
-import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import type { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import { InstrumentationBase, InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition, isWrapped } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
@@ -25,9 +24,11 @@ import {
 } from './semconv';
 import type * as tedious from './tedious-types';
 import { getSpanName, once } from './utils';
+import type { SpanAttributes } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   SDK_VERSION,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN,
+  SPAN_KIND,
   SPAN_STATUS_ERROR,
   startInactiveSpan,
   withActiveSpan,
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ export class TediousInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<InstrumentationC
           return request.sqlTextOrProcedure;
         })(request);
 
-        const attributes: api.Attributes = {
+        const attributes: SpanAttributes = {
           [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.db.otel.tedious',
           // eslint-disable-next-line typescript/no-deprecated
           [ATTR_DB_SYSTEM]: DB_SYSTEM_VALUE_MSSQL,
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ export class TediousInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<InstrumentationC
         };
         const span = startInactiveSpan({
           name: getSpanName(operation, databaseName, sql, request.table),
-          kind: api.SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          kind: SPAN_KIND.CLIENT,
           attributes,
         });