diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilter.java
index 58b99aa129..c6852aecd3 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilter.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.observation.DefaultServerRequestObservationConvention;
 import org.springframework.http.observation.ServerHttpObservationDocumentation;
 import org.springframework.http.observation.ServerRequestObservationContext;
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ public class ServerHttpObservationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 			if (!request.isAsyncStarted()) {
 				Throwable error = fetchException(request);
 				if (error != null) {
-					response.setStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value());
 					observation.error(error);
 				}
 				observation.stop();
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilterTests.java
index a574faeac4..649f1a07af 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ServerHttpObservationFilterTests.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ServerHttpObservationFilterTests {
 		ServerRequestObservationContext context = (ServerRequestObservationContext) this.request
 				.getAttribute(ServerHttpObservationFilter.CURRENT_OBSERVATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE);
 		assertThat(context.getError()).isEqualTo(customError);
-		assertThatHttpObservation().hasLowCardinalityKeyValue("outcome", "SERVER_ERROR");
+		assertThatHttpObservation().hasLowCardinalityKeyValue("exception", "IllegalArgumentException");
 	}
 
 	@Test