diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/TagsField/TagsField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/TagsField/TagsField.tsx
index 8737c4e811c..1c8f80ada5e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/TagsField/TagsField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/TagsField/TagsField.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ function useAutocomplete(datasource: TempoDatasource) {
         const tags = datasource.languageProvider.getTags();
 
         if (tags) {
+          // This is needed because the /api/search/tag/${tag}/values API expects "status.code" and the v2 API expects "status"
+          // so Tempo doesn't send anything and we inject it here for the autocomplete
+          if (!tags.find((t) => t === 'status.code')) {
+            tags.push('status.code');
+          }
           providerRef.current.setTags(tags);
         }
       } catch (error) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TraceQLEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TraceQLEditor.tsx
index 4d705462c1a..1b398141b94 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TraceQLEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/traceql/TraceQLEditor.tsx
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ function useAutocomplete(datasource: TempoDatasource) {
         const tags = datasource.languageProvider.getTags();
 
         if (tags) {
+          // This is needed because the /api/v2/search/tag/${tag}/values API expects "status" and the v1 API expects "status.code"
+          // so Tempo doesn't send anything and we inject it here for the autocomplete
+          if (!tags.find((t) => t === 'status')) {
+            tags.push('status');
+          }
           providerRef.current.setTags(tags);
         }
       } catch (error) {