diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyClientTest.java b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyClientTest.java
index 8ac5d557a4cd..e07af83847ab 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyClientTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyClientTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public int sendRequest(
       response = proxy.put_success(param, isTestServer, requestId);
     } else if (proxyMethodName.equals("get_error")) {
       response = proxy.get_error(param, isTestServer, requestId);
+    } else if (proxyMethodName.equals("get_client_error")) {
+      response = proxy.get_client_error(param, isTestServer, requestId);
     } else {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown method: " + proxyMethodName);
     }
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyResource.java b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyResource.java
index e356796c88ea..71aec42ab442 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyResource.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0-testing/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/ResteasyProxyResource.java
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ Response get_error(
       @HeaderParam("is-test-server") String isTestServer,
       @HeaderParam("test-request-id") String requestId);
 
+  @GET
+  @Path("client-error")
+  Response get_client_error(
+      @QueryParam("with") String param,
+      @HeaderParam("is-test-server") String isTestServer,
+      @HeaderParam("test-request-id") String requestId);
+
   @GET
   @Path("success")
   Response get_success(
diff --git a/testing-common/src/main/groovy/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/test/base/HttpClientTest.groovy b/testing-common/src/main/groovy/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/test/base/HttpClientTest.groovy
index 6a076cfcab17..1096131e4ae8 100644
--- a/testing-common/src/main/groovy/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/test/base/HttpClientTest.groovy
+++ b/testing-common/src/main/groovy/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/test/base/HttpClientTest.groovy
@@ -256,9 +256,14 @@ abstract class HttpClientTest<REQUEST> extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     junitTest.redirectToSecuredCopiesAuthHeader()
   }
 
-  def "error span"() {
+  def "error span for #path"() {
     expect:
-    junitTest.errorSpan()
+    junitTest.errorSpan(path, statusCode)
+
+    where:
+    path            | statusCode
+    "/client-error" | 400
+    "/error"        | 500
   }
 
   def "reuse request"() {
diff --git a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
index b06c933bfd53..3ec09c9725c0 100644
--- a/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
+++ b/testing-common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/testing/junit/http/AbstractHttpClientTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIfSystemProperty;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 @TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
@@ -437,10 +438,11 @@ void redirectToSecuredCopiesAuthHeader() throws Exception {
 
   // TODO: add basic auth scenario
 
-  @Test
-  void errorSpan() {
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @CsvSource({"/error,500", "/client-error,400"})
+  void errorSpan(String path, int responseCode) {
     String method = "GET";
-    URI uri = resolveAddress("/error");
+    URI uri = resolveAddress(path);
 
     testing.runWithSpan(
         "parent",
@@ -456,7 +458,9 @@ void errorSpan() {
         trace -> {
           trace.hasSpansSatisfyingExactly(
               span -> span.hasName("parent").hasKind(SpanKind.INTERNAL).hasNoParent(),
-              span -> assertClientSpan(span, uri, method, 500, null).hasParent(trace.getSpan(0)),
+              span ->
+                  assertClientSpan(span, uri, method, responseCode, null)
+                      .hasParent(trace.getSpan(0)),
               span -> assertServerSpan(span).hasParent(trace.getSpan(1)));
         });
   }