diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
index c70aa21650..5ffc05009c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/client/WebClientExchangeTags.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class WebClientExchangeTags {
 	 * @return the status tag
 	 */
 	public static Tag status(ClientResponse response) {
-		return Tag.of("status", response.statusCode().toString());
+		return Tag.of("status", String.valueOf(response.statusCode().value()));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
index 5d1fdcd069..17b610c269 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/reactive/server/WebFluxTags.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public final class WebFluxTags {
 		if (status == null) {
 			status = HttpStatus.OK;
 		}
-		return Tag.of("status", status.toString());
+		return Tag.of("status", String.valueOf(status.value()));
 	}
 
 	/**