diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
index d5b77e9c29..c10e322f9b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/httpx/__init__.py
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ async def _handle_async_request_wrapper(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
                     span.set_attribute(
                         ERROR_TYPE, type(exception).__qualname__
                     )
-                raise exception
+                raise exception.with_traceback(exception.__traceback__)
 
         return response