diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
index 770eacf5e..b4738647d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/requests/__init__.py
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ from opentelemetry.instrumentation.metric import (
     MetricMixin,
 )
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests.version import __version__
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import http_status_to_canonical_code
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import http_status_to_status_code
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind, get_tracer
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import (
     EXCEPTION_STATUS_FIELD,
     Status,
-    StatusCanonicalCode,
+    StatusCode,
 )
 
 # A key to a context variable to avoid creating duplicate spans when instrumenting
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ def _instrument(tracer_provider=None, span_callback=None):
                 except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=W0703
                     exception = exc
                     setattr(
-                        exception,
-                        EXCEPTION_STATUS_FIELD,
-                        _exception_to_canonical_code(exception),
+                        exception, EXCEPTION_STATUS_FIELD, StatusCode.ERROR,
                     )
                     result = getattr(exc, "response", None)
                 finally:
@@ -171,9 +169,7 @@ def _instrument(tracer_provider=None, span_callback=None):
                         span.set_attribute("http.status_text", result.reason)
                         span.set_status(
                             Status(
-                                http_status_to_canonical_code(
-                                    result.status_code
-                                )
+                                http_status_to_status_code(result.status_code)
                             )
                         )
                     labels["http.status_code"] = str(result.status_code)
@@ -221,17 +217,6 @@ def _uninstrument_from(instr_root, restore_as_bound_func=False):
         setattr(instr_root, instr_func_name, original)
 
 
-def _exception_to_canonical_code(exc: Exception) -> StatusCanonicalCode:
-    if isinstance(
-        exc,
-        (InvalidURL, InvalidSchema, MissingSchema, URLRequired, ValueError),
-    ):
-        return StatusCanonicalCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT
-    if isinstance(exc, Timeout):
-        return StatusCanonicalCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
-    return StatusCanonicalCode.UNKNOWN
-
-
 class RequestsInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor, MetricMixin):
     """An instrumentor for requests
     See `BaseInstrumentor`
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
index f41e597b2..f5209108e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests/tests/test_requests_integration.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from opentelemetry.sdk import resources
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util import get_dict_as_key
 from opentelemetry.test.mock_textmap import MockTextMapPropagator
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
-from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCanonicalCode
+from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCode
 
 
 class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
             },
         )
 
-        self.assertIs(
-            span.status.canonical_code, trace.status.StatusCanonicalCode.OK
-        )
+        self.assertIs(span.status.status_code, trace.status.StatusCode.UNSET)
 
         self.check_span_instrumentation_info(
             span, opentelemetry.instrumentation.requests
@@ -123,8 +121,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
         self.assertEqual(span.attributes.get("http.status_text"), "Not Found")
 
         self.assertIs(
-            span.status.canonical_code,
-            trace.status.StatusCanonicalCode.NOT_FOUND,
+            span.status.status_code, trace.status.StatusCode.ERROR,
         )
 
     def test_uninstrument(self):
@@ -263,9 +260,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
             span.attributes,
             {"component": "http", "http.method": "GET", "http.url": self.URL},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            span.status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.UNKNOWN
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(span.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(RequestsInstrumentor().meter)
         self.assertEqual(len(RequestsInstrumentor().meter.metrics), 1)
@@ -307,9 +302,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
                 "http.status_text": "Internal Server Error",
             },
         )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            span.status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.INTERNAL
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(span.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
         self.assertIsNotNone(RequestsInstrumentor().meter)
         self.assertEqual(len(RequestsInstrumentor().meter.metrics), 1)
         recorder = RequestsInstrumentor().meter.metrics.pop()
@@ -334,9 +327,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
             self.perform_request(self.URL)
 
         span = self.assert_span()
-        self.assertEqual(
-            span.status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.UNKNOWN
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(span.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
 
     @mock.patch(
         "requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send", side_effect=requests.Timeout
@@ -346,9 +337,7 @@ class RequestsIntegrationTestBase(abc.ABC):
             self.perform_request(self.URL)
 
         span = self.assert_span()
-        self.assertEqual(
-            span.status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(span.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
 
 
 class TestRequestsIntegration(RequestsIntegrationTestBase, TestBase):
@@ -371,9 +360,7 @@ class TestRequestsIntegration(RequestsIntegrationTestBase, TestBase):
             span.attributes,
             {"component": "http", "http.method": "POST", "http.url": url},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            span.status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(span.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
 
     def test_if_headers_equals_none(self):
         result = requests.get(self.URL, headers=None)