diff --git a/pkg/storage/secret/metadata/secure_value_store.go b/pkg/storage/secret/metadata/secure_value_store.go
index 448d8ce2698..2f5582b2765 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/secret/metadata/secure_value_store.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/secret/metadata/secure_value_store.go
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (s *secureValueMetadataStorage) List(ctx context.Context, namespace xkube.N
 }
 
 func (s *secureValueMetadataStorage) SetVersionToActive(ctx context.Context, namespace xkube.Namespace, name string, version int64) error {
-	ctx, span := s.tracer.Start(ctx, "SecureValueMetadataStorage.SetExternalID", trace.WithAttributes(
+	ctx, span := s.tracer.Start(ctx, "SecureValueMetadataStorage.SetVersionToActive", trace.WithAttributes(
 		attribute.String("name", name),
 		attribute.String("namespace", namespace.String()),
 		attribute.Int64("version", version),
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (s *secureValueMetadataStorage) SetVersionToActive(ctx context.Context, nam
 }
 
 func (s *secureValueMetadataStorage) SetVersionToInactive(ctx context.Context, namespace xkube.Namespace, name string, version int64) error {
-	ctx, span := s.tracer.Start(ctx, "SecureValueMetadataStorage.SetExternalID", trace.WithAttributes(
+	ctx, span := s.tracer.Start(ctx, "SecureValueMetadataStorage.SetVersionToInactive", trace.WithAttributes(
 		attribute.String("name", name),
 		attribute.String("namespace", namespace.String()),
 		attribute.Int64("version", version),