diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapter.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapter.java
index 0f3230a5bf..85d8cb25da 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ClientObservationConventionAdapter implements ClientRequestObservationConv
 	public KeyValues getLowCardinalityKeyValues(ClientRequestObservationContext context) {
 		ClientRequest request = context.getRequest();
 		if (request == null) {
-			request = context.getCarrier().attribute(URI_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTE, context.getUriTemplate()).build();
+			request = context.getCarrier().build();
 		}
 		Iterable<Tag> tags = this.tagsProvider.tags(request, context.getResponse(), context.getError());
 		return KeyValues.of(tags, Tag::getKey, Tag::getValue);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapterTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapterTests.java
index cd73e29efb..d4560ed104 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/client/ClientObservationConventionAdapterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class ClientObservationConventionAdapterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void doesNotFailWithEmptyRequest() {
+		this.context.setUriTemplate(null);
 		assertThat(this.convention.getLowCardinalityKeyValues(this.context)).contains(KeyValue.of("status", "200"),
 				KeyValue.of("outcome", "SUCCESS"), KeyValue.of("uri", "/resource/{name}"),
 				KeyValue.of("method", "GET"));