diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04e14aef8..33cde1a82 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/mikehelmick/go-chaff v0.3.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencensus-integrations/redigo v2.0.1+incompatible
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ory/dockertest v3.3.5+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.3.1
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter v0.4.0
-	github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.0
+	github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.1-opencensus
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.1.0
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-signalcontext v0.1.0
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31ad7e6ba..bb0d10e96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0/go.mod h1:Ho0h+IUsWyvy1OpqCwxlQ/21gkhVunqlU8fDGcoT
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1 h1:o0+MgICZLuZ7xjH7Vx6zS/zcu93/BEp1VwkIW1mEXCE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7/go.mod h1:HzydrMdWErDVzsI23lYNej1Htcns9BCg93Dk0bBINWk=
+github.com/opencensus-integrations/redigo v2.0.1+incompatible h1:1EbXlxudNBcuUYZk5EMvSswbu8jwZbxLO241AThg8xk=
+github.com/opencensus-integrations/redigo v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:iH5qq3BZppLeyPZP0Hy2qffpbcppAl58otmaERGeJaQ=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1 h1:WzifXhOVOEOuFYOJAW6aQqW0TooG2iki3E3Ii+WN7gQ=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1/go.mod h1:cMLVZDEM3+U2I4VmLI6N8jQYUd2OVphdqWwCJHrFt2s=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
@@ -1214,11 +1216,10 @@ github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.3.1 h1:OUnL02SWTz+t8XtxTO6YQuLMi3StljJHzmtP
 github.com/sethvargo/go-envconfig v0.3.1/go.mod h1:XZ2JRR7vhlBEO5zMmOpLgUhgYltqYqq4d4tKagtPUv0=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-gcpkms v0.1.0 h1:pyjDLqLwpk9pMjDSTilPpaUjgP1AfSjX9WGzitZwGUY=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-gcpkms v0.1.0/go.mod h1:33BuvqUjsYk0bpMgn+WCclCYtMLOyaqtn5j0fCo4vvk=
-github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter v0.3.2-0.20200818185929-f9ab9053588b/go.mod h1:C0kbSFbiriE5k2FFOe18M1YZbAR2Fiwf72uGu0CXCcU=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter v0.4.0 h1:YrMxUpjFx3osTFT+8Yg7L7IVQJbUzHUorbEDkUO+JHE=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter v0.4.0/go.mod h1:C0kbSFbiriE5k2FFOe18M1YZbAR2Fiwf72uGu0CXCcU=
-github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.0 h1:N5771Hwi6H2sPvxT/aBqF7wa3U32T0mRY985zCz+IUo=
-github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.0/go.mod h1:PQJ9OHIjpYQ/atam4JS0rFdd/8CjdBbW6F+mVhiLxXg=
+github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.1-opencensus h1:MlYmIQpUIxcAD9SmOfrG0AwT4cZSZBXG1mXgwas4bUE=
+github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore v0.1.1-opencensus/go.mod h1:jHUXCIJOsmsGy4/xRg8DnZ5+0437NZ3X9bhYP8B/jGM=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.1.0 h1:8sPqlWannzcReEcYjHSNw9becsiYudcwTD7CasGjQaI=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.1.0/go.mod h1:JzIOdZqQDNpPkQDmcqgtteAcxFLtYpNF/zJCM1ysDg8=
 github.com/sethvargo/go-signalcontext v0.1.0 h1:3IU7HOlmRXF0PSDf85C4nJ/zjYDjF+DS+LufcKfLvyk=
diff --git a/pkg/ratelimit/config.go b/pkg/ratelimit/config.go
index ea1435313..771a012c6 100644
--- a/pkg/ratelimit/config.go
+++ b/pkg/ratelimit/config.go
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/gomodule/redigo/redis"
+	"github.com/opencensus-integrations/redigo/redis"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter/memorystore"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter/noopstore"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-redisstore"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 )
 
 // RateLimitType represents a type of rate limiter.
@@ -71,10 +72,14 @@ func RateLimiterFor(ctx context.Context, c *Config) (limiter.Store, error) {
 		}
 
 		return redisstore.NewWithPool(config, &redis.Pool{
-			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context) (redis.Conn, error) {
-				return redis.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", addr,
-					redis.DialUsername(c.RedisUsername),
+			Dial: func() (redis.Conn, error) {
+				options := redis.TraceOptions{}
+				// set default attributes
+				redis.WithDefaultAttributes(trace.StringAttribute("span.type", "DB"))(&options)
+
+				return redis.DialWithContext(ctx, "tcp", addr,
 					redis.DialPassword(c.RedisPassword),
+					redis.DialTraceOptions(options),
 				)
 			},
 			TestOnBorrow: func(conn redis.Conn, _ time.Time) error {
diff --git a/pkg/ratelimit/limitware/middleware.go b/pkg/ratelimit/limitware/middleware.go
index a275a0baa..6c2d6205f 100644
--- a/pkg/ratelimit/limitware/middleware.go
+++ b/pkg/ratelimit/limitware/middleware.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/exposure-notifications-server/pkg/logging"
 
+	"github.com/opencensus-integrations/redigo/redis"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter"
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter/httplimit"
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ func NewMiddleware(ctx context.Context, s limiter.Store, f httplimit.KeyFunc, op
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat view registration failure: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := view.Register(redis.ObservabilityMetricViews...); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("redis view registration failure: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	m := &Middleware{
 		store:       s,
 		keyFunc:     f,