diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
index 6409d2822d..a71e304cf5 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/consts.py
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ class SentrySpanAttribute:
     MEASUREMENT = "sentry.measurement"
     TAG = "sentry.tag"
     NAME = "sentry.name"
+    CONTEXT = "sentry.context"
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
index 63a9acb9db..0076743245 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/potel_span_processor.py
@@ -138,11 +138,14 @@ def _root_span_to_transaction_event(self, span):
             return None
 
         span_data = extract_span_data(span)
-        (_, description, _, _, _) = span_data
+        (_, description, _, http_status, _) = span_data
 
         trace_context = get_trace_context(span, span_data=span_data)
         contexts = {"trace": trace_context}
 
+        if http_status:
+            contexts["response"] = {"status_code": http_status}
+
         if span.resource.attributes:
             contexts[OTEL_SENTRY_CONTEXT] = {"resource": dict(span.resource.attributes)}
 
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
index fcfec97f5c..cf1e461c37 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ def extract_span_status(span):
                 if inferred_status:
                     return (inferred_status, http_status)
 
+            if http_status is not None:
+                return (inferred_status, http_status)
+
             if (
                 status.description is not None
                 and status.description in GRPC_ERROR_MAP.values()
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
index 1c3cb5b3f0..1ca79f6c14 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
@@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ def set_tag(self, key, value):
 
     def set_data(self, key, value):
         # type: (str, Any) -> None
+        # TODO-neel-potel we cannot add dicts here
         self.set_attribute(key, value)
 
     def set_attribute(self, key, value):
@@ -1582,11 +1583,12 @@ def get_profile_context(self):
         # type: () -> Optional[ProfileContext]
         pass
 
-    # transaction/root span methods
-
     def set_context(self, key, value):
         # type: (str, Any) -> None
-        pass
+        from sentry_sdk.integrations.opentelemetry.consts import SentrySpanAttribute
+        # TODO-neel-potel we cannot add dicts here
+
+        self.set_attribute(f"{SentrySpanAttribute.CONTEXT}.{key}", value)
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING: