diff --git a/lib/datadog/opentelemetry/sdk/span_processor.rb b/lib/datadog/opentelemetry/sdk/span_processor.rb
index c031b94c89..a74142738f 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/opentelemetry/sdk/span_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/opentelemetry/sdk/span_processor.rb
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ def start_datadog_span(span)
           unless span.links.nil?
             datadog_span.links = span.links.map do |link|
               Datadog::Tracing::SpanLink.new(
-                attributes: link.attributes,
-                digest: Datadog::Tracing::TraceDigest.new(
-                  trace_id: link.span_context.trace_id,
-                  span_id: link.span_context.span_id,
+                Datadog::Tracing::TraceDigest.new(
+                  trace_id: link.span_context.trace_id.unpack1('Q'),
+                  span_id: link.span_context.span_id.unpack1('Q'),
                   trace_flags: (link.span_context.trace_flags&.sampled? ? 1 : 0),
                   trace_state: link.span_context.tracestate&.to_s,
                   span_remote: link.span_context.remote?,
-                )
+                ),
+                attributes: link.attributes
               )
             end
           end
diff --git a/spec/datadog/opentelemetry_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/opentelemetry_spec.rb
index 2585030509..710f6d781a 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/opentelemetry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/opentelemetry_spec.rb
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@
         let(:sc1) { OpenTelemetry::Trace::SpanContext.new(trace_id: 36893488147419103231, span_id: 2) }
         let(:sc2) do
           OpenTelemetry::Trace::SpanContext.new(
-            trace_id: 1234534,
-            span_id: 67890,
+            trace_id: [1234534].pack('Q'),
+            span_id: [67890].pack('Q'),
             trace_flags: OpenTelemetry::Trace::TraceFlags::SAMPLED,
             tracestate: OpenTelemetry::Trace::Tracestate.from_string('otel=blahxd')
           )