diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/src/CodeIgniterInstrumentation.php b/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/src/CodeIgniterInstrumentation.php
index 5508ae0d0..04acea57d 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/src/CodeIgniterInstrumentation.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/src/CodeIgniterInstrumentation.php
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 class CodeIgniterInstrumentation
 {
     public const NAME = 'codeigniter';
-
+    
+    // Store the HTTP method for use in the post hook
+    private static $httpMethod = 'unknown';
+    
     /** @psalm-api */
     public static function register(): void
     {
@@ -58,12 +61,14 @@ public static function register(): void
             ) use ($instrumentation, $requestProperty): void {
                 $extractedRequest = $requestProperty->getValue($igniter);
                 $request = ($extractedRequest instanceof RequestInterface) ? $extractedRequest : null;
-
+                 
+                // Get the HTTP method from the request and store it for later use
+                self::$httpMethod = $request?->getMethod() ?? $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ?? 'unknown';
                 /** @psalm-suppress ArgumentTypeCoercion,DeprecatedMethod */
                 $spanBuilder = $instrumentation
                     ->tracer()
                     /** @phan-suppress-next-line PhanDeprecatedFunction */
-                    ->spanBuilder(\sprintf('%s', $request?->getMethod() ?? 'unknown'))
+                    ->spanBuilder(\sprintf('%s', self::$httpMethod))
                     ->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_SERVER)
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FUNCTION_NAME, sprintf('%s::%s', $class, $function))
                     ->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::CODE_FILE_PATH, $filename)
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@ public static function register(): void
                 if ($controllerClassName !== null && is_string($controllerMethod)) {
                     $routeName = CodeIgniterInstrumentation::normalizeRouteName($controllerClassName, $controllerMethod);
                     $span->setAttribute(TraceAttributes::HTTP_ROUTE, $routeName);
+                    $span->updateName(sprintf('%s %s', self::$httpMethod, $routeName));
                 }
 
                 if ($exception) {
diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/tests/Integration/CodeIgniterInstrumentationTest.php b/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/tests/Integration/CodeIgniterInstrumentationTest.php
index 5512397f8..39f254031 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/tests/Integration/CodeIgniterInstrumentationTest.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter/tests/Integration/CodeIgniterInstrumentationTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function test_success()
 
         $attributes = $this->storage[0]->getAttributes();
         $this->assertCount(1, $this->storage);
-        $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET', $this->storage[0]->getName());
+        $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET Home.index', $this->storage[0]->getName());
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat('http://%s/home', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::URL_FULL));
         $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD));
         $this->assertEquals('http', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::URL_SCHEME));
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function test_exception()
 
         $attributes = $this->storage[0]->getAttributes();
         $this->assertCount(1, $this->storage);
-        $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET', $this->storage[0]->getName());
+        $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET Closure.index', $this->storage[0]->getName());
         $this->assertStringMatchesFormat('http://%s/exception', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::URL_FULL));
         $this->assertEqualsIgnoringCase('GET', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD));
         $this->assertEquals('http', $attributes->get(TraceAttributes::URL_SCHEME));