diff --git a/spec/ddtrace/contrib/grape/tracer_spec.rb b/spec/ddtrace/contrib/grape/tracer_spec.rb
index a121a8b6edd..3ba0a49dda6 100644
--- a/spec/ddtrace/contrib/grape/tracer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ddtrace/contrib/grape/tracer_spec.rb
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
           end
         end
 
-        context 'defaults when provided invalid config' do
+        context 'defaults to >=500 when provided invalid config' do
           subject(:response) { post '/base/hard_failure' }
           let(:configuration_options) { { error_statuses: 'xxx-499' } }
 
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@
             expect(response.body).to eq('405 Not Allowed')
             expect(spans.length).to eq(1)
             expect(spans[0].name).to eq('grape.endpoint_run')
-            expect(spans[0].status).to eq(1)
-            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.stack')).to_not be_nil
-            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.type')).to_not be_nil
-            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.msg')).to_not be_nil
+            expect(spans[0].status).to eq(0)
+            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.stack')).to be_nil
+            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.type')).to be_nil
+            expect(spans[0].get_tag('error.msg')).to be_nil
           end
         end
       end