diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a4eba60..6f64683 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: test
-          args: --workspace --all-targets --features ${{ matrix.otel_version }}
+          args: --workspace --all-targets --features "reqwest-tracing/deprecated_attributes, ${{ matrix.otel_version }}"
 
   rustfmt:
     name: Rustfmt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: clippy
-          args: --all-targets --features ${{ matrix.otel_version }} --workspace -- -D warnings
+          args: --all-targets --features "reqwest-tracing/deprecated_attributes, ${{ matrix.otel_version }}" --workspace -- -D warnings
 
   typos:
     name: Spell Check with Typos
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: doc
-          args: --no-deps --document-private-items --features ${{ matrix.otel_version }} --workspace
+          args: --no-deps --document-private-items --features "reqwest-tracing/deprecated_attributes, ${{ matrix.otel_version }}" --workspace
 
   publish-check:
     name: Publish dry run
diff --git a/reqwest-tracing/src/reqwest_otel_span_builder.rs b/reqwest-tracing/src/reqwest_otel_span_builder.rs
index 86bce52..7848389 100644
--- a/reqwest-tracing/src/reqwest_otel_span_builder.rs
+++ b/reqwest-tracing/src/reqwest_otel_span_builder.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ pub fn default_on_request_end(span: &Span, outcome: &Result<Response>) {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "deprecated_attributes")]
+fn get_header_value(key: &str, headers: &reqwest::header::HeaderMap) -> String {
+    let header_default = &reqwest::header::HeaderValue::from_static("");
+    format!("{:?}", headers.get(key).unwrap_or(header_default)).replace('"', "")
+}
+
 /// Populates default success fields for a given [`reqwest_otel_span!`] span.
 #[inline]
 pub fn default_on_request_success(span: &Span, response: &Response) {
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ pub fn default_on_request_success(span: &Span, response: &Response) {
     span.record(HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE, response.status().as_u16());
     #[cfg(feature = "deprecated_attributes")]
     {
+        let user_agent = get_header_value("user_agent", response.headers());
         span.record(HTTP_STATUS_CODE, response.status().as_u16());
         span.record(HTTP_USER_AGENT, user_agent.as_str());
     }