diff --git a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/trace/SpanBuilder.java b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/trace/SpanBuilder.java
index 3b1726933a8..9f9e5c0ce5e 100644
--- a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/trace/SpanBuilder.java
+++ b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/trace/SpanBuilder.java
@@ -238,6 +238,18 @@ public interface SpanBuilder {
    */
   <T> SpanBuilder setAttribute(AttributeKey<T> key, T value);
 
+  /**
+   * Sets an attribute to the newly created {@code Span}. If {@code SpanBuilder} previously
+   * contained a mapping for the key, the old value is replaced by the specified value.
+   *
+   * @param key the key for this attribute.
+   * @param value the value for this attribute.
+   * @return this.
+   */
+  default SpanBuilder setAttribute(AttributeKey<Long> key, int value) {
+    return setAttribute(key, (long) value);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sets attributes to the {@link SpanBuilder}. If the {@link SpanBuilder} previously contained a
    * mapping for any of the keys, the old values are replaced by the specified values.
diff --git a/api/testing-internal/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/testing/internal/AbstractDefaultTracerTest.java b/api/testing-internal/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/testing/internal/AbstractDefaultTracerTest.java
index c90b7da21d9..c03f877f8a6 100644
--- a/api/testing-internal/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/testing/internal/AbstractDefaultTracerTest.java
+++ b/api/testing-internal/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/testing/internal/AbstractDefaultTracerTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.api.testing.internal;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.longKey;
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ void doNotCrash_NoopImplementation() {
               spanBuilder.setStartTimestamp(12345L, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
               spanBuilder.setStartTimestamp(Instant.EPOCH);
               spanBuilder.setStartTimestamp(null);
+              spanBuilder.setAttribute(longKey("MyLongAttributeKey"), 123);
               assertThat(spanBuilder.startSpan().getSpanContext().isValid()).isFalse();
             })
         .doesNotThrowAnyException();
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
index 351726df140..4bc9a878f22 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-api-1.45.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-api-1.44.1.jar
-No changes.
\ No newline at end of file
+***  MODIFIED INTERFACE: PUBLIC ABSTRACT io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanBuilder  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanBuilder setAttribute(io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey<java.lang.Long>, int)
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilderTest.java b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilderTest.java
index 461ed774cca..9c9ecdc7e9c 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilderTest.java
@@ -246,19 +246,21 @@ void setAttribute() {
             .setAttribute("long", 12345L)
             .setAttribute("double", .12345)
             .setAttribute("boolean", true)
-            .setAttribute(stringKey("stringAttribute"), "attrvalue");
+            .setAttribute(stringKey("stringAttribute"), "attrvalue")
+            .setAttribute(longKey("longAttribute"), 123);
 
     SdkSpan span = (SdkSpan) spanBuilder.startSpan();
     try {
       SpanData spanData = span.toSpanData();
       Attributes attrs = spanData.getAttributes();
-      assertThat(attrs.size()).isEqualTo(5);
+      assertThat(attrs.size()).isEqualTo(6);
       assertThat(attrs.get(stringKey("string"))).isEqualTo("value");
       assertThat(attrs.get(longKey("long"))).isEqualTo(12345L);
       assertThat(attrs.get(doubleKey("double"))).isEqualTo(0.12345);
       assertThat(attrs.get(booleanKey("boolean"))).isEqualTo(true);
       assertThat(attrs.get(stringKey("stringAttribute"))).isEqualTo("attrvalue");
-      assertThat(spanData.getTotalAttributeCount()).isEqualTo(5);
+      assertThat(attrs.get(longKey("longAttribute"))).isEqualTo(123);
+      assertThat(spanData.getTotalAttributeCount()).isEqualTo(6);
     } finally {
       span.end();
     }