diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 8705d0e2219..8047f9493a0 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ these terms.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dependency : github.com/elastic/apm-data
-Version: v0.1.1-0.20231120111210-bd8f3ecad5bb
+Version: v0.1.1-0.20231212041654-b2a4dabeb6e3
 Licence type (autodetected): Apache-2.0
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/apm-data@v0.1.1-0.20231120111210-bd8f3ecad5bb/LICENSE:
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/apm-data@v0.1.1-0.20231212041654-b2a4dabeb6e3/LICENSE:
 
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
diff --git a/changelogs/head.asciidoc b/changelogs/head.asciidoc
index 55aa3eb326f..4d12089d629 100644
--- a/changelogs/head.asciidoc
+++ b/changelogs/head.asciidoc
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/compare/8.12\...main[View commits]
 
 [float]
 ==== Added
+- map OTel's `span.Status: Unset` to `event.outcome: success` instead of `event.outcome: unknown`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3d90177c161..d1c2f19ad9c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.2007.3-0.20201012072640-f5a7e0a1c83b
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6
-	github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231120111210-bd8f3ecad5bb
+	github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231212041654-b2a4dabeb6e3
 	github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231227085400-8c4a40fdbfda
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7 v7.6.0
 	github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs v0.7.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 962eca479a1..37203303f91 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6eCeP0CKFpHLu8blIFXhExK/dRa7WDZfr6jVFP
 github.com/eknkc/amber v0.0.0-20171010120322-cdade1c07385/go.mod h1:0vRUJqYpeSZifjYj7uP3BG/gKcuzL9xWVV/Y+cK33KM=
 github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6 h1:Js+C3HEE0a5BDFmhEmJV/Uo4uzj/paHjd7yl6+KYguw=
 github.com/elastic/apm-aggregation v0.0.0-20230815024520-e75a37d9ddd6/go.mod h1:ba3gaJCuhxXN/O5AuiI56xxd6DukQdVOK0NfpzBntNo=
-github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231120111210-bd8f3ecad5bb h1:mpfOadQBl6amJQzbXa0d9oy9GTvrlx0kqAb4R1soNoU=
-github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231120111210-bd8f3ecad5bb/go.mod h1:z4iJVl8vyQa5v5o7UapWGHTsycBKsKfJfILuf2TZpYo=
+github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231212041654-b2a4dabeb6e3 h1:pavWRIAjsPregjeLBOFlm6UBDbsVYXGuQh+ancXJNiw=
+github.com/elastic/apm-data v0.1.1-0.20231212041654-b2a4dabeb6e3/go.mod h1:z4iJVl8vyQa5v5o7UapWGHTsycBKsKfJfILuf2TZpYo=
 github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231227085400-8c4a40fdbfda h1:JGfPRuxBRxVONx42TogqxZuJGCEjXOLDyQrIqiB6ALo=
 github.com/elastic/beats/v7 v7.0.0-alpha2.0.20231227085400-8c4a40fdbfda/go.mod h1:9tCrNLNmwxLSsacBw7hOc4tpQ4MD9+0+abJuQDwoZjw=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover v0.6.6 h1:P1y0dDpbhJc7Uw/xe85irPEad4Vljygc+y4iSxtqW7A=
diff --git a/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_0.approved.json b/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_0.approved.json
index 6d2e8adb656..3484db6e060 100644
--- a/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_0.approved.json
+++ b/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_0.approved.json
@@ -502,7 +502,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -573,6 +576,9 @@
         "transaction.name.text": [
             "Driver::findNearest"
         ],
+        "transaction.result": [
+            "Success"
+        ],
         "transaction.sampled": [
             true
         ],
diff --git a/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_1.approved.json b/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_1.approved.json
index d765ad08e9d..71f7aef4764 100644
--- a/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_1.approved.json
+++ b/systemtest/approvals/TestJaeger/batch_1.approved.json
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -496,7 +499,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -579,7 +585,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -748,7 +757,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -917,7 +929,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1000,7 +1015,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1083,7 +1101,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1166,7 +1187,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1249,7 +1273,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1332,7 +1359,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
@@ -1415,7 +1445,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "host.hostname": [
             "host01"
diff --git a/systemtest/approvals/TestOTLPGRPCTraces.approved.json b/systemtest/approvals/TestOTLPGRPCTraces.approved.json
index dee4990f459..dbcfe453a16 100644
--- a/systemtest/approvals/TestOTLPGRPCTraces.approved.json
+++ b/systemtest/approvals/TestOTLPGRPCTraces.approved.json
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@
             "traces"
         ],
         "event.outcome": [
-            "unknown"
+            "success"
+        ],
+        "event.success_count": [
+            1
         ],
         "labels.resource_attribute_array": [
             "a",
@@ -276,6 +279,9 @@
         "transaction.representative_count": [
             1
         ],
+        "transaction.result": [
+            "Success"
+        ],
         "transaction.sampled": [
             true
         ],