diff --git a/instrumentation/java-streams/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/java/inputstream/InputStreamUtils.java b/instrumentation/java-streams/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/java/inputstream/InputStreamUtils.java
index 0b05f1df..7581bab6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/java-streams/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/java/inputstream/InputStreamUtils.java
+++ b/instrumentation/java-streams/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/java/inputstream/InputStreamUtils.java
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ private InputStreamUtils() {}
   private static final Tracer TRACER =
       GlobalOpenTelemetry.get().getTracer("org.hypertrace.java.inputstream");
 
+  private static Method getAttribute = null;
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      getAttribute = Class.forName("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan").getDeclaredMethod("getAttribute", AttributeKey.class);
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      log.error("getAttribute method not found in SdkSpan class", e);
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      log.error("SdkSpan class not found", e);
+    }
+    if (getAttribute != null) {
+      getAttribute.setAccessible(true);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Adds an attribute to span. If the span is ended it adds the attributed to a newly created
    * child.
@@ -60,24 +75,22 @@ public static void addAttribute(Span span, AttributeKey<String> attributeKey, St
               .setAttribute(attributeKey, value);
 
       // Also add content type if present
-      if (span.getClass().getName().equals("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan")) {
+      if (getAttribute != null && span.getClass().getName().equals("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan")) {
         try {
-          Method getAttribute =
-              span.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getAttribute", AttributeKey.class);
-          getAttribute.setAccessible(true);
           Object reqContentType =
-              getAttribute.invoke(span, AttributeKey.stringKey("http.request.header.content-type"));
+              getAttribute.invoke(span, HypertraceSemanticAttributes.HTTP_REQUEST_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
           if (reqContentType != null) {
             spanBuilder.setAttribute("http.request.header.content-type", (String) reqContentType);
           }
           Object resContentType =
               getAttribute.invoke(
-                  span, AttributeKey.stringKey("http.response.header.content-type"));
+                  span, HypertraceSemanticAttributes.HTTP_RESPONSE_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
           if (resContentType != null) {
             spanBuilder.setAttribute("http.response.header.content-type", (String) resContentType);
           }
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
           // ignore and continue
+          log.debug("Could not invoke getAttribute on SdkSpan", e);
         }
       }
       spanBuilder.startSpan().end();
diff --git a/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/vertx/ResponseBodyWrappingHandler.java b/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/vertx/ResponseBodyWrappingHandler.java
index 1cdd1758..c00a4565 100644
--- a/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/vertx/ResponseBodyWrappingHandler.java
+++ b/instrumentation/vertx/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hypertrace/vertx/ResponseBodyWrappingHandler.java
@@ -27,12 +27,31 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import org.hypertrace.agent.core.instrumentation.HypertraceSemanticAttributes;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class ResponseBodyWrappingHandler implements Handler<Buffer> {
 
   private static final Tracer tracer =
       GlobalOpenTelemetry.getTracer("io.opentelemetry.javaagent.vertx-core-3.0");
 
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ResponseBodyWrappingHandler.class);
+
+  private static Method getAttribute = null;
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      getAttribute = Class.forName("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan").getDeclaredMethod("getAttribute", AttributeKey.class);
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      log.error("getAttribute method not found in SdkSpan class", e);
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      log.error("SdkSpan class not found", e);
+    }
+    if (getAttribute != null) {
+      getAttribute.setAccessible(true);
+    }
+  }
+
   private final Handler<Buffer> wrapped;
   private final Span span;
 
@@ -54,19 +73,17 @@ public void handle(Buffer event) {
               .setAttribute(HypertraceSemanticAttributes.HTTP_RESPONSE_BODY, responseBody);
 
       // Also add content type if present
-      if (span.getClass().getName().equals("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan")) {
+      if (getAttribute != null && span.getClass().getName().equals("io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkSpan")) {
         try {
-          Method getAttribute =
-              span.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getAttribute", AttributeKey.class);
-          getAttribute.setAccessible(true);
           Object resContentType =
               getAttribute.invoke(
-                  span, AttributeKey.stringKey("http.response.header.content-type"));
+                  span, HypertraceSemanticAttributes.HTTP_RESPONSE_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
           if (resContentType != null) {
             spanBuilder.setAttribute("http.response.header.content-type", (String) resContentType);
           }
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
           // ignore and continue
+          log.debug("Could not invoke getAttribute on SdkSpan", e);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/javaagent-core/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/core/instrumentation/HypertraceSemanticAttributes.java b/javaagent-core/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/core/instrumentation/HypertraceSemanticAttributes.java
index 5e94c8cd..20b5fd17 100644
--- a/javaagent-core/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/core/instrumentation/HypertraceSemanticAttributes.java
+++ b/javaagent-core/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/core/instrumentation/HypertraceSemanticAttributes.java
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ public static AttributeKey<String> httpResponseHeader(String header) {
   public static final AttributeKey<String> HTTP_REQUEST_SESSION_ID =
       AttributeKey.stringKey("http.request.session_id");
 
+  public static final AttributeKey<String> HTTP_REQUEST_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE =
+      AttributeKey.stringKey("http.request.header.content-type");
+
+  public static final AttributeKey<String> HTTP_RESPONSE_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE =
+      AttributeKey.stringKey("http.response.header.content-type");
+
   public static final AttributeKey<String> RPC_REQUEST_BODY =
       AttributeKey.stringKey("rpc.request.body");
   public static final AttributeKey<String> RPC_RESPONSE_BODY =