diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/anthropic.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/anthropic.py
index a41005ed20..87e69a3113 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/anthropic.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/anthropic.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable, Integration
 from sentry_sdk.scope import should_send_default_pii
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
-    _serialize_span_attribute,
     capture_internal_exceptions,
     event_from_exception,
     package_version,
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ def _add_ai_data_to_span(
             complete_message = "".join(content_blocks)
             span.set_data(
                 SPANDATA.AI_RESPONSES,
-                _serialize_span_attribute([{"type": "text", "text": complete_message}]),
+                [{"type": "text", "text": complete_message}],
             )
         total_tokens = input_tokens + output_tokens
         record_token_usage(span, input_tokens, output_tokens, total_tokens)
@@ -166,16 +165,11 @@ def _sentry_patched_create_common(f, *args, **kwargs):
         span.set_data(SPANDATA.AI_STREAMING, False)
 
         if should_send_default_pii() and integration.include_prompts:
-            span.set_data(
-                SPANDATA.AI_INPUT_MESSAGES, _serialize_span_attribute(messages)
-            )
+            span.set_data(SPANDATA.AI_INPUT_MESSAGES, messages)
 
         if hasattr(result, "content"):
             if should_send_default_pii() and integration.include_prompts:
-                span.set_data(
-                    SPANDATA.AI_RESPONSES,
-                    _serialize_span_attribute(_get_responses(result.content)),
-                )
+                span.set_data(SPANDATA.AI_RESPONSES, _get_responses(result.content))
             _calculate_token_usage(result, span)
             span.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
index fd76c50b50..31312c9ad3 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from sentry_sdk.consts import SPANSTATUS, SPANDATA
 from sentry_sdk.profiler.continuous_profiler import get_profiler_id
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
+    _serialize_span_attribute,
     get_current_thread_meta,
     is_valid_sample_rate,
     logger,
@@ -1519,7 +1520,7 @@ def get_attribute(self, name):
 
     def set_attribute(self, key, value):
         # type: (str, Any) -> None
-        self._otel_span.set_attribute(key, value)
+        self._otel_span.set_attribute(key, _serialize_span_attribute(value))
 
     def set_status(self, status):
         # type: (str) -> None
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
index b9d4fb9335..fc701e27b7 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing_utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     _is_external_source,
     _is_in_project_root,
     _module_in_list,
-    _serialize_span_attribute,
 )
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -134,13 +133,13 @@ def record_sql_queries(
 
     data = {}
     if params_list is not None:
-        data["db.params"] = _serialize_span_attribute(params_list)
+        data["db.params"] = params_list
     if paramstyle is not None:
-        data["db.paramstyle"] = _serialize_span_attribute(paramstyle)
+        data["db.paramstyle"] = paramstyle
     if executemany:
         data["db.executemany"] = True
     if record_cursor_repr and cursor is not None:
-        data["db.cursor"] = _serialize_span_attribute(cursor)
+        data["db.cursor"] = cursor
 
     with capture_internal_exceptions():
         sentry_sdk.add_breadcrumb(message=query, category="query", data=data)