diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
index ea217cf6a6..0d9ddd719d 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
                 op=OP.QUEUE_TASK_CELERY, description=task.name
             ) as span:
                 _set_messaging_destination_name(task, span)
+                span.set_data("messaging.message.retry.count", task.request.retries)
                 return f(*args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()