diff --git a/relay-event-normalization/src/normalize/span/tag_extraction.rs b/relay-event-normalization/src/normalize/span/tag_extraction.rs
index 44fa68cf4d..e537c24e6a 100644
--- a/relay-event-normalization/src/normalize/span/tag_extraction.rs
+++ b/relay-event-normalization/src/normalize/span/tag_extraction.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,14 @@ pub fn extract_tags(
                 {
                     span_tags.insert(SpanTagKey::ReplayId, replay_id.into());
                 }
+                if let Some(environment) =
+                    span.data.value().and_then(|data| data.environment.as_str())
+                {
+                    span_tags.insert(SpanTagKey::Environment, environment.into());
+                }
+                if let Some(release) = span.data.value().and_then(|data| data.release.as_str()) {
+                    span_tags.insert(SpanTagKey::Release, release.into());
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/relay-event-schema/src/protocol/span.rs b/relay-event-schema/src/protocol/span.rs
index 508a693c03..22209250af 100644
--- a/relay-event-schema/src/protocol/span.rs
+++ b/relay-event-schema/src/protocol/span.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ pub struct SpanData {
     #[metastructure(field = "environment")]
     pub environment: Annotated<Value>,
 
+    /// The release version of the project.
+    #[metastructure(field = "release")]
+    pub release: Annotated<Value>,
+
     /// The decoded body size of the response (in bytes).
     #[metastructure(field = "http.decoded_response_content_length")]
     pub http_decoded_response_content_length: Annotated<Value>,
@@ -559,6 +563,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "mysql",
             ),
             environment: ~,
+            release: ~,
             http_decoded_response_content_length: ~,
             http_request_method: ~,
             http_response_content_length: ~,
diff --git a/relay-server/src/metrics_extraction/snapshots/relay_server__metrics_extraction__event__tests__extract_span_metrics_mobile.snap b/relay-server/src/metrics_extraction/snapshots/relay_server__metrics_extraction__event__tests__extract_span_metrics_mobile.snap
index 20df347a82..1383571370 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/metrics_extraction/snapshots/relay_server__metrics_extraction__event__tests__extract_span_metrics_mobile.snap
+++ b/relay-server/src/metrics_extraction/snapshots/relay_server__metrics_extraction__event__tests__extract_span_metrics_mobile.snap
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ expression: "(&event.value().unwrap().spans, metrics)"
                 db_operation: ~,
                 db_system: ~,
                 environment: ~,
+                release: ~,
                 http_decoded_response_content_length: ~,
                 http_request_method: ~,
                 http_response_content_length: ~,
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ expression: "(&event.value().unwrap().spans, metrics)"
                 db_operation: ~,
                 db_system: ~,
                 environment: ~,
+                release: ~,
                 http_decoded_response_content_length: ~,
                 http_request_method: ~,
                 http_response_content_length: ~,