diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/src/MessengerInstrumentation.php b/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/src/MessengerInstrumentation.php
index 6fbdcc2c..9b0b8e60 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/src/MessengerInstrumentation.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/src/MessengerInstrumentation.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static function register(): void
                 $builder = $instrumentation
                     ->tracer()
                     ->spanBuilder(\sprintf('DISPATCH %s', $messageClass))
-                    ->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_INTERNAL)
+                    ->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_PRODUCER)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FUNCTION, $function)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_NAMESPACE, $class)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FILEPATH, $filename)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public static function register(): void
                 $builder = $instrumentation
                     ->tracer()
                     ->spanBuilder(\sprintf('SEND %s', $messageClass))
-                    ->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_INTERNAL)
+                    ->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_PRODUCER)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FUNCTION, $function)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_NAMESPACE, $class)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FILEPATH, $filename)
diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/tests/Integration/MessengerInstrumentationTest.php b/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/tests/Integration/MessengerInstrumentationTest.php
index 8f0cff15..63d38849 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/tests/Integration/MessengerInstrumentationTest.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Symfony/tests/Integration/MessengerInstrumentationTest.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function sendDataProvider(): array
             [
                 new SendEmailMessage('Hello Again'),
                 'SEND OpenTelemetry\Tests\Instrumentation\Symfony\tests\Integration\SendEmailMessage',
-                SpanKind::KIND_INTERNAL,
+                SpanKind::KIND_PRODUCER,
                 [
                     MessengerInstrumentation::ATTRIBUTE_MESSENGER_TRANSPORT => class_exists('Symfony\Component\Messenger\Transport\InMemory\InMemoryTransport') ? 'Symfony\Component\Messenger\Transport\InMemory\InMemoryTransport' : 'Symfony\Component\Messenger\Transport\InMemoryTransport',
                     MessengerInstrumentation::ATTRIBUTE_MESSENGER_MESSAGE => 'OpenTelemetry\Tests\Instrumentation\Symfony\tests\Integration\SendEmailMessage',
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public function dispatchDataProvider(): array
             [
                 new SendEmailMessage('Hello Again'),
                 'DISPATCH OpenTelemetry\Tests\Instrumentation\Symfony\tests\Integration\SendEmailMessage',
-                SpanKind::KIND_INTERNAL,
+                SpanKind::KIND_PRODUCER,
                 [
                     MessengerInstrumentation::ATTRIBUTE_MESSENGER_BUS => 'Symfony\Component\Messenger\MessageBus',
                     MessengerInstrumentation::ATTRIBUTE_MESSENGER_MESSAGE => 'OpenTelemetry\Tests\Instrumentation\Symfony\tests\Integration\SendEmailMessage',