diff --git a/changelogs/current.yaml b/changelogs/current.yaml
index c84a0083ec8c..ce3e02d9ee8e 100644
--- a/changelogs/current.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/current.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ bug_fixes:
     Reverted :ref:`custom header
     <envoy_v3_api_msg_extensions.http.original_ip_detection.custom_header.v3.CustomHeaderConfig>` extension to its
     original behavior by disabling automatic XFF header appending that was inadvertently introduced in PR #31831.
+- area: tracers
+  change: |
+    Avoid possible overflow when setting span attributes in Dynatrace sampler.
 
 removed_config_or_runtime:
 # *Normally occurs at the end of the* :ref:`deprecation period <deprecated>`
diff --git a/source/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller.cc b/source/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller.cc
index e14ad0fa3493..e4a7643730e0 100644
--- a/source/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SamplingState SamplingController::getSamplingState(const std::string& sampling_k
   }
   absl::ReaderMutexLock ss_lock{&stream_summary_mutex_};
   const uint32_t exp = stream_summary_->getN() / divisor;
-  return SamplingState{exp};
+  return SamplingState{std::min(exp, MAX_SAMPLING_EXPONENT)};
 }
 
 std::string SamplingController::getSamplingKey(const absl::string_view path_query,
diff --git a/test/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller_test.cc b/test/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller_test.cc
index f56f2c86d4a3..17da6ac7cb3b 100644
--- a/test/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller_test.cc
+++ b/test/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/samplers/dynatrace/sampling_controller_test.cc
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ TEST(SamplingControllerTest, TestWarmup) {
   EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_1").getExponent(), 8);
   EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_6").getExponent(), 8);
   EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_789").getExponent(), 8);
+
+  offerEntry(sc, "GET_7", 10000);
+  EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_1").getExponent(), SamplingController::MAX_SAMPLING_EXPONENT);
+  EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_6").getExponent(), SamplingController::MAX_SAMPLING_EXPONENT);
+  EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_789").getExponent(),
+            SamplingController::MAX_SAMPLING_EXPONENT);
+  EXPECT_EQ(sc.getSamplingState("GET_7").getExponent(), SamplingController::MAX_SAMPLING_EXPONENT);
 }
 
 // Test getting sampling state from an empty SamplingController