diff --git a/packages/node-experimental/src/transports/http.ts b/packages/node-experimental/src/transports/http.ts
index 1fb84d9e8570..4cbe7ece1f60 100644
--- a/packages/node-experimental/src/transports/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node-experimental/src/transports/http.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import * as http from 'node:http';
 import * as https from 'node:https';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { createGzip } from 'zlib';
+import { context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { suppressTracing } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { createTransport } from '@sentry/core';
 import type {
   BaseTransportOptions,
@@ -12,7 +14,6 @@ import type {
 } from '@sentry/types';
 import { consoleSandbox } from '@sentry/utils';
 import { HttpsProxyAgent } from '../proxy';
-
 import type { HTTPModule } from './http-module';
 
 export interface NodeTransportOptions extends BaseTransportOptions {
@@ -80,8 +81,11 @@ export function makeNodeTransport(options: NodeTransportOptions): Transport {
     ? (new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy) as http.Agent)
     : new nativeHttpModule.Agent({ keepAlive, maxSockets: 30, timeout: 2000 });
 
-  const requestExecutor = createRequestExecutor(options, options.httpModule ?? nativeHttpModule, agent);
-  return createTransport(options, requestExecutor);
+  // This ensures we do not generate any spans in OpenTelemetry for the transport
+  return context.with(suppressTracing(context.active()), () => {
+    const requestExecutor = createRequestExecutor(options, options.httpModule ?? nativeHttpModule, agent);
+    return createTransport(options, requestExecutor);
+  });
 }
 
 /**