diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/opentelemetry/instrumentation/cohere/streaming.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/opentelemetry/instrumentation/cohere/streaming.py
index f0ad2d8d24..e0c85ec5bd 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/opentelemetry/instrumentation/cohere/streaming.py
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/opentelemetry/instrumentation/cohere/streaming.py
@@ -122,25 +122,32 @@ async def aprocess_chat_v2_streaming_response(span, event_logger, llm_request_ty
         "type": "function",
         "function": {"name": "", "arguments": "", "description": ""},
     }
-    async for item in response:
-        span.add_event(name=f"{SpanAttributes.LLM_CONTENT_COMPLETION_CHUNK}")
-        item_to_yield = item
-        try:
-            _accumulate_stream_item(item, current_content_item, current_tool_call_item, final_response)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        yield item_to_yield
-
-    set_span_response_attributes(span, final_response)
-    if should_emit_events():
-        emit_response_events(event_logger, llm_request_type, final_response)
-    elif should_send_prompts():
-        _set_span_chat_response(span, final_response)
-    if final_response.get("error"):
-        span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, final_response.get("error")))
-        span.record_exception(final_response.get("error"))
-    else:
-        span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.OK))
+    try:
+        async for item in response:
+            span.add_event(name=f"{SpanAttributes.LLM_CONTENT_COMPLETION_CHUNK}")
+            item_to_yield = item
+            try:
+                _accumulate_stream_item(item, current_content_item, current_tool_call_item, final_response)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            yield item_to_yield
+
+        set_span_response_attributes(span, final_response)
+        if should_emit_events():
+            emit_response_events(event_logger, llm_request_type, final_response)
+        elif should_send_prompts():
+            _set_span_chat_response(span, final_response)
+        if final_response.get("error"):
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, final_response.get("error")))
+            span.record_exception(final_response.get("error"))
+        else:
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.OK))
+    except Exception as e:
+        if span.is_recording():
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(e)))
+            span.record_exception(e)
+        raise
+    finally:
         span.end()
 
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/tests/test_streaming_error_handling.py b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/tests/test_streaming_error_handling.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f1a79d5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohere/tests/test_streaming_error_handling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import pytest
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.cohere.streaming import aprocess_chat_v2_streaming_response
+from opentelemetry.semconv_ai import LLMRequestTypeValues
+from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_v2_streaming_exception_ends_span(span_exporter, tracer_provider):
+    tracer = tracer_provider.get_tracer(__name__)
+    span = tracer.start_span("cohere.chat")
+
+    async def failing_stream():
+        yield {"type": "message-start", "delta": {"message": {"role": "assistant"}}, "id": "response-id"}
+        raise RuntimeError("cohere stream failure")
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="cohere stream failure"):
+        async for _ in aprocess_chat_v2_streaming_response(
+            span, None, LLMRequestTypeValues.CHAT, failing_stream()
+        ):
+            pass
+
+    spans = span_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+    assert len(spans) == 1
+    assert spans[0].status.status_code == StatusCode.ERROR
+    assert "cohere stream failure" in spans[0].status.description
+    assert any(
+        event.name == "exception"
+        and "cohere stream failure" in event.attributes.get("exception.message", "")
+        for event in spans[0].events
+    )