diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sqs.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sqs.ts
index 633cfd49cb..6d3ca17f76 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sqs.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/src/services/sqs.ts
@@ -121,45 +121,61 @@ export class SqsServiceExtension implements ServiceExtension {
     tracer: Tracer,
     config: AwsSdkInstrumentationConfig
   ) => {
-    const messages: SQS.Message[] = response?.data?.Messages;
-    if (messages) {
-      const queueUrl = this.extractQueueUrl(response.request.commandInput);
-      const queueName = this.extractQueueNameFromUrl(queueUrl);
-
-      pubsubPropagation.patchMessagesArrayToStartProcessSpans<SQS.Message>({
-        messages,
-        parentContext: trace.setSpan(context.active(), span),
-        tracer,
-        messageToSpanDetails: (message: SQS.Message) => ({
-          name: queueName ?? 'unknown',
-          parentContext: propagation.extract(
-            ROOT_CONTEXT,
-            extractPropagationContext(
-              message,
-              config.sqsExtractContextPropagationFromPayload
-            ),
-            contextGetter
-          ),
-          attributes: {
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM]: 'aws.sqs',
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]: queueName,
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KIND]:
-              MessagingDestinationKindValues.QUEUE,
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID]: message.MessageId,
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_URL]: queueUrl,
-            [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION]:
-              MessagingOperationValues.PROCESS,
-          },
-        }),
-        processHook: (span: Span, message: SQS.Message) =>
-          config.sqsProcessHook?.(span, { message }),
-      });
-
-      pubsubPropagation.patchArrayForProcessSpans(
-        messages,
-        tracer,
-        context.active()
-      );
+    switch (response.request.commandName) {
+      case 'SendMessage':
+        span.setAttribute(
+          SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID,
+          response?.data?.MessageId
+        );
+        break;
+
+      case 'SendMessageBatch':
+        // TODO: How should this be handled?
+        break;
+
+      case 'ReceiveMessage': {
+        const messages: SQS.Message[] = response?.data?.Messages;
+        if (messages) {
+          const queueUrl = this.extractQueueUrl(response.request.commandInput);
+          const queueName = this.extractQueueNameFromUrl(queueUrl);
+
+          pubsubPropagation.patchMessagesArrayToStartProcessSpans<SQS.Message>({
+            messages,
+            parentContext: trace.setSpan(context.active(), span),
+            tracer,
+            messageToSpanDetails: (message: SQS.Message) => ({
+              name: queueName ?? 'unknown',
+              parentContext: propagation.extract(
+                ROOT_CONTEXT,
+                extractPropagationContext(
+                  message,
+                  config.sqsExtractContextPropagationFromPayload
+                ),
+                contextGetter
+              ),
+              attributes: {
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM]: 'aws.sqs',
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]: queueName,
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KIND]:
+                  MessagingDestinationKindValues.QUEUE,
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID]: message.MessageId,
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_URL]: queueUrl,
+                [SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION]:
+                  MessagingOperationValues.PROCESS,
+              },
+            }),
+            processHook: (span: Span, message: SQS.Message) =>
+              config.sqsProcessHook?.(span, { message }),
+          });
+
+          pubsubPropagation.patchArrayForProcessSpans(
+            messages,
+            tracer,
+            context.active()
+          );
+        }
+        break;
+      }
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
index 84a14c6c78..cefd73984f 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('instrumentation-aws-sdk-v3', () => {
             'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/731241200085/otel-demo-aws-sdk',
           MessageBody: 'payload example from v3 without batch',
         };
-        await sqsClient.sendMessage(params);
+        const response = await sqsClient.sendMessage(params);
         expect(getTestSpans().length).toBe(1);
         const [span] = getTestSpans();
 
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ describe('instrumentation-aws-sdk-v3', () => {
         expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_URL]).toEqual(
           params.QueueUrl
         );
+        expect(
+          span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID]
+        ).toEqual(response.MessageId);
         expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE]).toEqual(
           200
         );
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
index a23f3514b3..901b4fca1d 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
 import { AWSError } from 'aws-sdk';
 
 import {
+  MessagingDestinationKindValues,
   MessagingOperationValues,
   SemanticAttributes,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@ import { Message } from 'aws-sdk/clients/sqs';
 import * as expect from 'expect';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import * as messageAttributes from '../src/services/MessageAttributes';
+import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 
 const responseMockSuccess = {
   requestId: '0000000000000',
   error: null,
-};
+  httpResponse: { statusCode: 200 },
+} as AWS.Response<any, any>;
 
 const extractContextSpy = sinon.spy(
   messageAttributes,
@@ -361,6 +364,49 @@ describe('SQS', () => {
   });
 
   describe('hooks', () => {
+    it('sqsResponseHook for sendMessage should add messaging attributes', async () => {
+      const region = 'us-east-1';
+      const sqs = new AWS.SQS();
+      sqs.config.update({ region });
+
+      const QueueName = 'unittest';
+      const params = {
+        QueueUrl: `queue/url/for/${QueueName}`,
+        MessageBody: 'payload example from v2 without batch',
+      };
+
+      const response = await sqs.sendMessage(params).promise();
+
+      expect(getTestSpans().length).toBe(1);
+      const [span] = getTestSpans();
+
+      // make sure we have the general aws attributes:
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.RPC_SYSTEM]).toEqual('aws-api');
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.RPC_METHOD]).toEqual(
+        'SendMessage'
+      );
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.RPC_SERVICE]).toEqual('SQS');
+      expect(span.attributes[AttributeNames.AWS_REGION]).toEqual(region);
+
+      // custom messaging attributes
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM]).toEqual(
+        'aws.sqs'
+      );
+      expect(
+        span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KIND]
+      ).toEqual(MessagingDestinationKindValues.QUEUE);
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]).toEqual(
+        QueueName
+      );
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_URL]).toEqual(
+        params.QueueUrl
+      );
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID]).toEqual(
+        response.MessageId
+      );
+      expect(span.attributes[SemanticAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE]).toEqual(200);
+    });
+
     it('sqsProcessHook called and add message attribute to span', async () => {
       const config = {
         sqsProcessHook: (