diff --git a/pkg/observability/key.go b/pkg/observability/key.go
index 793c29a7415..7b7a75de1c0 100644
--- a/pkg/observability/key.go
+++ b/pkg/observability/key.go
@@ -58,5 +58,7 @@ var (
 	CloudEventSpecVersion     = attributekey.String(ceo11y.SpecversionAttr)
 
 	// attributes relating to the request
-	RequestScheme = attributekey.String("url.scheme")
+	RequestScheme      = attributekey.String("url.scheme")
+	ResponseStatusCode = attributekey.Int("response.statuscode")
+	ResponseStatusText = attributekey.String("response.statustext")
 )
diff --git a/pkg/observability/newcontext.go b/pkg/observability/newcontext.go
index 97729fcc0e0..58148149200 100644
--- a/pkg/observability/newcontext.go
+++ b/pkg/observability/newcontext.go
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ func WithLowCardinalityMessagingLabels(ctx context.Context, destinationTemplate,
 	return ctx
 }
 
+func WithResponseLabels(ctx context.Context, statusCode int) context.Context {
+	labeler, ok := otelhttp.LabelerFromContext(ctx)
+	if !ok {
+		ctx = otelhttp.ContextWithLabeler(ctx, labeler)
+	}
+
+	labeler.Add(ResponseStatusCode.With(statusCode))
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
 func WithRequestLabels(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) context.Context {
 	labeler, ok := otelhttp.LabelerFromContext(ctx)
 	if !ok {