diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
index 92cccc4921..d690e1e15c 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/src/es_log_recordable.cc
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetAttribute(
     nostd::string_view key,
     const opentelemetry::common::AttributeValue &value) noexcept
 {
-  WriteKeyValue(key, value, "attributes");
+  WriteValue(value, key.data());
 }
 
 void ElasticSearchRecordable::SetResource(