diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/dofn/ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/dofn/ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn.java
index b37d1ab8b7da..2ee98849941a 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/dofn/ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/changestreams/dofn/ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.changestreams.dofn;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.changestreams.ChangeStreamMetrics;
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.splittabledofn.ManualWatermarkEstimator;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.splittabledofn.RestrictionTracker;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.splittabledofn.WatermarkEstimators.Manual;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.Preconditions;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Instant;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ public class ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn extends DoFn<PartitionMetadata, DataC
   private final ChangeStreamMetrics metrics;
   private final boolean isMutableChangeStream;
   private final boolean cancelQueryOnHeartbeat;
+  private transient @MonotonicNonNull Tracer tracer = null;
   /**
    * Needs to be set through the {@link
    * ReadChangeStreamPartitionDoFn#setThroughputEstimator(BytesThroughputEstimator)} call.
@@ -235,6 +241,8 @@ public void setup(PipelineOptions options) {
             metrics,
             isMutableChangeStream,
             realTimeCheckpointInterval);
+    this.tracer =
+        options.as(SdkHarnessOptions.class).getOpenTelemetry().getTracer("SpannerIO.changestreams");
   }
 
   /**
@@ -264,8 +272,16 @@ public ProcessContinuation processElement(
 
     LOG.debug("[{}] Processing element with restriction {}", token, tracker.currentRestriction());
 
-    return queryChangeStreamAction.run(
-        partition, tracker, receiver, watermarkEstimator, bundleFinalizer);
+    Span span =
+        Preconditions.checkStateNotNull(tracer)
+            .spanBuilder("DataChangeRecordAction.run")
+            .startSpan();
+    try (Scope ignored = span.makeCurrent()) {
+      return queryChangeStreamAction.run(
+          partition, tracker, receiver, watermarkEstimator, bundleFinalizer);
+    } finally {
+      span.end();
+    }
   }
 
   /**