diff --git a/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go b/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
index 7e70f13b52b2e6..5095e55d27b65a 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/api/otlp.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func (o *OTLPReceiver) convertSpan(rattr map[string]string, lib pcommon.Instrume
 		}
 	}
 	if span.Type == "" {
-		span.Type = spanKind2Type(in.Kind(), span)
+		span.Type = traceutil.SpanKind2Type(in, rattr)
 	}
 	return span
 }
@@ -696,30 +696,6 @@ func resourceFromTags(meta map[string]string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-// spanKind2Type returns a span's type based on the given kind and other present properties.
-func spanKind2Type(kind ptrace.SpanKind, span *pb.Span) string {
-	var typ string
-	switch kind {
-	case ptrace.SpanKindServer:
-		typ = "web"
-	case ptrace.SpanKindClient:
-		typ = "http"
-		db, ok := span.Meta[string(semconv.AttributeDBSystem)]
-		if !ok {
-			break
-		}
-		switch db {
-		case "redis", "memcached":
-			typ = "cache"
-		default:
-			typ = "db"
-		}
-	default:
-		typ = "custom"
-	}
-	return typ
-}
-
 // computeTopLevelAndMeasured updates the span's top-level and measured attributes.
 //
 // An OTLP span is considered top-level if it is a root span or has a span kind of server or consumer.
diff --git a/pkg/trace/api/otlp_test.go b/pkg/trace/api/otlp_test.go
index 0966ee75ff1e91..60cbe3092ead9d 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/api/otlp_test.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/api/otlp_test.go
@@ -1590,55 +1590,7 @@ func TestOTLPHelpers(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("spanKind2Type", func(t *testing.T) {
-		for _, tt := range []struct {
-			kind ptrace.SpanKind
-			meta map[string]string
-			out  string
-		}{
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindServer,
-				out:  "web",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
-				out:  "http",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
-				meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "redis"},
-				out:  "cache",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
-				meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "memcached"},
-				out:  "cache",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
-				meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "other"},
-				out:  "db",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindProducer,
-				out:  "custom",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindConsumer,
-				out:  "custom",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindInternal,
-				out:  "custom",
-			},
-			{
-				kind: ptrace.SpanKindUnspecified,
-				out:  "custom",
-			},
-		} {
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.out, spanKind2Type(tt.kind, &pb.Span{Meta: tt.meta}))
-		}
-	})
+	// test spanKind2Type moved to pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util_test.go
 
 	t.Run("tagsFromHeaders", func(t *testing.T) {
 		out := tagsFromHeaders(http.Header(map[string][]string{
diff --git a/pkg/trace/stats/otel_util_test.go b/pkg/trace/stats/otel_util_test.go
index 939c27f8c9f77a..ea37f44c05d795 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/stats/otel_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/stats/otel_util_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	pb "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/proto/pbgo/trace"
-	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/config"
 	"github.com/DataDog/opentelemetry-mapping-go/pkg/otlp/attributes"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -20,6 +18,9 @@ import (
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.17.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
+
+	pb "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/proto/pbgo/trace"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/config"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util.go b/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util.go
index 25c03f1c1132d6..56a6ad385fad5c 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util.go
@@ -219,7 +219,37 @@ func GetOTelAttrValInResAndSpanAttrs(span ptrace.Span, res pcommon.Resource, nor
 	return GetOTelAttrVal(span.Attributes(), normalize, keys...)
 }
 
+// SpanKind2Type returns a span's type based on the given kind and other present properties.
+// This function is used in Resource V1 logic only. See GetOtelSpanType for Resource V2 logic.
+func SpanKind2Type(span ptrace.Span, rattr map[string]string) string {
+	var typ string
+	switch span.Kind() {
+	case ptrace.SpanKindServer:
+		typ = "web"
+	case ptrace.SpanKindClient:
+		typ = "http"
+		res := pcommon.NewResource()
+		for k, v := range rattr {
+			res.Attributes().PutStr(k, v)
+		}
+		db := GetOTelAttrValInResAndSpanAttrs(span, res, true, semconv.AttributeDBSystem)
+		if db == "" {
+			break
+		}
+		switch db {
+		case "redis", "memcached":
+			typ = "cache"
+		default:
+			typ = "db"
+		}
+	default:
+		typ = "custom"
+	}
+	return typ
+}
+
 // GetOTelSpanType returns the DD span type based on OTel span kind and attributes.
+// This uses Resource and operation V2 logic
 func GetOTelSpanType(span ptrace.Span, res pcommon.Resource) string {
 	typ := GetOTelAttrValInResAndSpanAttrs(span, res, false, "span.type")
 	if typ != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util_test.go b/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util_test.go
index fc9a9c777e7f56..25246e0dd9c013 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/traceutil/otel_util_test.go
@@ -239,6 +239,61 @@ func TestGetOTelSpanType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSpanKind2Type(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		kind ptrace.SpanKind
+		meta map[string]string
+		out  string
+	}{
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindServer,
+			out:  "web",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
+			out:  "http",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
+			meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "redis"},
+			out:  "cache",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
+			meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "memcached"},
+			out:  "cache",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindClient,
+			meta: map[string]string{"db.system": "other"},
+			out:  "db",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindProducer,
+			out:  "custom",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindConsumer,
+			out:  "custom",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindInternal,
+			out:  "custom",
+		},
+		{
+			kind: ptrace.SpanKindUnspecified,
+			out:  "custom",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.out, func(t *testing.T) {
+			span := ptrace.NewSpan()
+			span.SetKind(tt.kind)
+			actual := SpanKind2Type(span, tt.meta)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.out, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetOTelService(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		name      string
diff --git a/pkg/trace/transform/transform.go b/pkg/trace/transform/transform.go
index c1d5ff03b1a66d..0f45ccd14300e0 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/transform/transform.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/transform/transform.go
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
+
 	pb "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/proto/pbgo/trace"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/config"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/sampler"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/traceutil"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
 )
 
 // OperationAndResourceNameV2Enabled checks if the new operation and resource name logic should be used
@@ -41,12 +42,24 @@ func OtelSpanToDDSpanMinimal(
 ) *pb.Span {
 	var operationName string
 	var resourceName string
+	var spanType string
 	if OperationAndResourceNameV2Enabled(conf) {
 		operationName = traceutil.GetOTelOperationNameV2(otelspan)
 		resourceName = traceutil.GetOTelResourceV2(otelspan, otelres)
+		spanType = traceutil.GetOTelSpanType(otelspan, otelres)
 	} else {
 		operationName = traceutil.GetOTelOperationNameV1(otelspan, otelres, lib, conf.OTLPReceiver.SpanNameAsResourceName, conf.OTLPReceiver.SpanNameRemappings, true)
 		resourceName = traceutil.GetOTelResourceV1(otelspan, otelres)
+		attr := otelres.Attributes()
+		rattr := make(map[string]string, attr.Len())
+		attr.Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
+			rattr[k] = v.AsString()
+			return true
+		})
+		spanType = traceutil.GetOTelAttrVal(otelspan.Attributes(), true, "span.type")
+		if spanType == "" {
+			spanType = traceutil.SpanKind2Type(otelspan, rattr)
+		}
 	}
 
 	ddspan := &pb.Span{
@@ -58,7 +71,7 @@ func OtelSpanToDDSpanMinimal(
 		ParentID: traceutil.OTelSpanIDToUint64(otelspan.ParentSpanID()),
 		Start:    int64(otelspan.StartTimestamp()),
 		Duration: int64(otelspan.EndTimestamp()) - int64(otelspan.StartTimestamp()),
-		Type:     traceutil.GetOTelSpanType(otelspan, otelres),
+		Type:     spanType,
 		Meta:     make(map[string]string, otelres.Attributes().Len()+otelspan.Attributes().Len()),
 		Metrics:  map[string]float64{},
 	}