diff --git a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/moleculer/client.js b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/moleculer/client.js
index 11c5a921f95..eb0c0d72fc8 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/moleculer/client.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/moleculer/client.js
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@ function wrapCall (call) {
       ctx.promiseCtx = promise.ctx
       ctx.broker = broker
 
-      return promise
+      promise
         .then(
           result => {
             finishChannel.publish(ctx)
-            return result
           },
           error => {
             ctx.error = error
             errorChannel.publish(ctx)
             finishChannel.publish(ctx)
-            throw error
           }
         )
+      return promise
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-moleculer/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-moleculer/test/index.spec.js
index 67e267d4952..197f2c17df2 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-moleculer/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-moleculer/test/index.spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { expect } = require('chai')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
 const getPort = require('get-port')
 const os = require('node:os')
 const { withNamingSchema, withPeerService, withVersions } = require('../../dd-trace/test/setup/mocha')
 const agent = require('../../dd-trace/test/plugins/agent')
 const { expectedSchema, rawExpectedSchema } = require('./naming')
+const { assertObjectContains } = require('../../../integration-tests/helpers')
 
 const sort = trace => trace.sort((a, b) => Number(a.start - b.start))
 
@@ -30,10 +32,10 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
         broker.createService({
           name: 'math',
           actions: {
-            add (ctx) {
+            async add (ctx) {
               const numerify = this.actions.numerify
 
-              return numerify(ctx.params.a) + numerify(ctx.params.b)
+              return await numerify(ctx.params.a) + await numerify(ctx.params.b)
             },
 
             numerify (ctx) {
@@ -42,6 +44,15 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
           }
         })
 
+        broker.createService({
+          name: 'error',
+          actions: {
+            async error (ctx) {
+              throw new Error('Invalid number')
+            }
+          }
+        })
+
         return broker.start()
       }
 
@@ -159,25 +170,61 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
             'out.host'
           )
 
-          it('should do automatic instrumentation', done => {
+          it('should do automatic instrumentation', async () => {
+            const result = await broker.call('math.add', { a: 5, b: 3 })
+            assert.strictEqual(result, 8)
+
             agent.assertSomeTraces(traces => {
-              const spans = sort(traces[0])
+              const span = traces[0][0]
+
+              assertObjectContains(span, {
+                name: expectedSchema.client.opName,
+                service: expectedSchema.client.serviceName,
+                resource: 'math.add',
+                meta: {
+                  'span.kind': 'client',
+                  'out.host': hostname,
+                  'moleculer.context.action': 'math.add',
+                  'moleculer.context.node_id': `server-${process.pid}`,
+                  'moleculer.context.service': 'math',
+                  'moleculer.namespace': 'multi',
+                  'moleculer.node_id': `server-${process.pid}`,
+                },
+                metrics: {
+                  'network.destination.port': port
+                }
+              })
+
+              assert.strictEqual(typeof span.meta['moleculer.context.request_id'], 'string')
+            })
+          })
 
-              expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('name', expectedSchema.client.opName)
-              expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('service', expectedSchema.client.serviceName)
-              expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('resource', 'math.add')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('span.kind', 'client')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('out.host', hostname)
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.context.action', 'math.add')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.context.node_id', `server-${process.pid}`)
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.context.request_id')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.context.service', 'math')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.namespace', 'multi')
-              expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('moleculer.node_id', `server-${process.pid}`)
-              expect(spans[0].metrics).to.have.property('network.destination.port', port)
-            }).then(done, done)
+          it('should handle error cases', async () => {
+            await assert.rejects(broker.call('error.error'), { message: 'Invalid number' })
 
-            broker.call('math.add', { a: 5, b: 3 }).catch(done)
+            agent.assertSomeTraces(traces => {
+              const span = traces[0][0]
+
+              assertObjectContains(span, {
+                name: expectedSchema.client.opName,
+                service: expectedSchema.client.serviceName,
+                resource: 'error.error',
+                meta: {
+                  'span.kind': 'client',
+                  'out.host': hostname,
+                  'moleculer.context.action': 'error.error',
+                  'moleculer.context.node_id': `server-${process.pid}`,
+                  'moleculer.context.service': 'error',
+                  'moleculer.namespace': 'multi',
+                  'moleculer.node_id': `server-${process.pid}`,
+                },
+                metrics: {
+                  'network.destination.port': port
+                }
+              })
+
+              assert.strictEqual(typeof span.meta['moleculer.context.request_id'], 'string')
+            })
           })
 
           withNamingSchema(
@@ -331,6 +378,47 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
           expect(spanId.toString()).to.equal(parentId.toString())
         })
       })
+      describe('meta propagation', () => {
+        before(() => agent.load('moleculer', {
+          meta: true
+        }))
+
+        before(async () => {
+          const { ServiceBroker } = require(`../../../versions/moleculer@${version}`).get()
+          broker = new ServiceBroker({
+            nodeID: `server-${process.pid}`,
+            logger: false
+          })
+
+          broker.createService({
+            name: 'test',
+            actions: {
+              async first (ctx) {
+                await ctx.call('test.second', null, {
+                  meta: {
+                    a: 'John'
+                  }
+                })
+                return ctx.meta.a
+              },
+              second (ctx) {
+                ctx.meta.a = 'Doe'
+              }
+            }
+          })
+
+          return broker.start()
+        })
+
+        after(() => broker.stop())
+
+        after(() => agent.close({ ritmReset: false }))
+
+        it('should propagate meta from child to parent', async () => {
+          const result = await broker.call('test.first')
+          assert.strictEqual(result, 'Doe')
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 })