diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
index 7e5d989eb7..0c8438b740 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aiokafka/utils.py
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ def _enrich_base_span(
     bootstrap_servers: Union[str, List[str]],
     client_id: str,
     topic: str,
+    partition: Optional[int],
+    key: Optional[Any],
 ) -> None:
     span.set_attribute(
         messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM,
@@ -156,6 +158,17 @@ def _enrich_base_span(
     span.set_attribute(messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_CLIENT_ID, client_id)
     span.set_attribute(messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME, topic)
 
+    if partition is not None:
+        span.set_attribute(
+            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_PARTITION_ID,
+            str(partition),
+        )
+
+    if key is not None:
+        span.set_attribute(
+            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_KAFKA_MESSAGE_KEY, key
+        )
+
 
 def _enrich_send_span(
     span: Span,
@@ -174,25 +187,16 @@ def _enrich_send_span(
         bootstrap_servers=bootstrap_servers,
         client_id=client_id,
         topic=topic,
+        partition=partition,
+        key=key,
     )
 
-    if partition is not None:
-        span.set_attribute(
-            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_PARTITION_ID,
-            str(partition),
-        )
-
     span.set_attribute(messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION_NAME, "send")
     span.set_attribute(
         messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION_TYPE,
         messaging_attributes.MessagingOperationTypeValues.PUBLISH.value,
     )
 
-    if key is not None:
-        span.set_attribute(
-            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_KAFKA_MESSAGE_KEY, str(key)
-        )
-
 
 def _enrich_anext_span(
     span: Span,
@@ -213,6 +217,8 @@ def _enrich_anext_span(
         bootstrap_servers=bootstrap_servers,
         client_id=client_id,
         topic=topic,
+        partition=partition,
+        key=key,
     )
 
     if consumer_group is not None:
@@ -220,12 +226,6 @@ def _enrich_anext_span(
             messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_CONSUMER_GROUP_NAME, consumer_group
         )
 
-    if partition is not None:
-        span.set_attribute(
-            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_PARTITION_ID,
-            str(partition),
-        )
-
     span.set_attribute(
         messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_OPERATION_NAME, "receive"
     )
@@ -234,15 +234,18 @@ def _enrich_anext_span(
         messaging_attributes.MessagingOperationTypeValues.RECEIVE.value,
     )
 
-    if key is not None:
-        span.set_attribute(
-            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_KAFKA_MESSAGE_KEY, key
-        )
-
     span.set_attribute(
         messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_KAFKA_MESSAGE_OFFSET, offset
     )
 
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65935155/identify-and-find-specific-message-in-kafka-topic
+    # A message within Kafka is uniquely defined by its topic name, topic partition and offset.
+    if partition is not None:
+        span.set_attribute(
+            messaging_attributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID,
+            f"{topic}.{partition}.{offset}",
+        )
+
 
 def _get_span_name(operation: str, topic: str):
     return f"{topic} {operation}"