diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/src/instrumentation.ts
index 5e2d28584e..a2fce4cd40 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { context, diag, Span, SpanOptions } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { getRPCMetadata, RPCType } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import type { HandleFunction, NextFunction, Server } from 'connect';
-import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
+import type { ServerResponse } from 'http';
 import {
   AttributeNames,
   ConnectNames,
@@ -120,16 +120,13 @@ export class ConnectInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<Server> {
       if (!instrumentation.isEnabled()) {
         return (middleWare as any).apply(this, arguments);
       }
-      const [reqArgIdx, resArgIdx, nextArgIdx] = isErrorMiddleware
-        ? [1, 2, 3]
-        : [0, 1, 2];
-      const req = arguments[reqArgIdx] as IncomingMessage;
+      const [resArgIdx, nextArgIdx] = isErrorMiddleware ? [2, 3] : [1, 2];
       const res = arguments[resArgIdx] as ServerResponse;
       const next = arguments[nextArgIdx] as NextFunction;
 
       const rpcMetadata = getRPCMetadata(context.active());
       if (routeName && rpcMetadata?.type === RPCType.HTTP) {
-        rpcMetadata.span.updateName(`${req.method} ${routeName || '/'}`);
+        rpcMetadata.route = routeName;
       }
       let spanName = '';
       if (routeName) {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/test/instrumentation.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/test/instrumentation.test.ts
index c7ef32fb94..e871885e2b 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/test/instrumentation.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-connect/test/instrumentation.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 
 import { context, trace } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { RPCType, setRPCMetadata } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { RPCType, setRPCMetadata, RPCMetadata } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node';
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ describe('connect', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(span.name, 'request handler - /foo');
     });
 
-    it('should change name for parent http route', async () => {
+    it('should not change name for parent http route ', async () => {
       const rootSpan = tracer.startSpan('root span');
       app.use((req, res, next) => {
         const rpcMetadata = { type: RPCType.HTTP, span: rootSpan };
@@ -206,11 +206,37 @@ describe('connect', () => {
       await httpRequest.get(`http://localhost:${PORT}/foo`);
       rootSpan.end();
 
+      const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
+      assert.strictEqual(spans.length, 3);
+      const changedRootSpan = spans[2];
+      assert.strictEqual(changedRootSpan.name, 'root span');
+    });
+
+    it('should mutate route value of RpcMetadata', async () => {
+      const rootSpan = tracer.startSpan('root span');
+      const rpcMetadata: RPCMetadata = { type: RPCType.HTTP, span: rootSpan };
+      app.use((req, res, next) => {
+        return context.with(
+          setRPCMetadata(
+            trace.setSpan(context.active(), rootSpan),
+            rpcMetadata
+          ),
+          next
+        );
+      });
+
+      app.use('/foo', (req, res, next) => {
+        next();
+      });
+
+      await httpRequest.get(`http://localhost:${PORT}/foo`);
+      rootSpan.end();
+
       const spans = memoryExporter.getFinishedSpans();
       assert.strictEqual(spans.length, 3);
       const changedRootSpan = spans[2];
       const span = spans[0];
-      assert.strictEqual(changedRootSpan.name, 'GET /foo');
+      assert.strictEqual(rpcMetadata.route, '/foo');
       assert.strictEqual(span.name, 'request handler - /foo');
       assert.strictEqual(
         span.parentSpanId,