diff --git a/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer.go b/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer.go
index 56cc579e0c9dbcda7e9d95ad05b911e670d124f6..9f785a0467be00bc3fdb96b6f9ed98602c2c571e 100644
--- a/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer.go
+++ b/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -155,24 +156,33 @@ func (span *adapterSpan) SetOperationName(operationName string) opentracing.Span
 }
 
 func castToAttribute(key string, value any) []trace.Attribute {
+	// Scalar types
+	switch v := reflect.ValueOf(value); v.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		return []trace.Attribute{trace.BoolAttribute(key, v.Bool())}
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute(key, v.Int())}
+	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
+		if v.Uint() > math.MaxInt64 {
+			return newStringAttribute(key, strconv.FormatUint(v.Uint(), 10))
+		}
+		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute(key, int64(v.Uint()))}
+	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Float64Attribute(key, v.Float())}
+	case reflect.String:
+		return newStringAttribute(key, v.String())
+	}
+
+	// Interfaces
 	switch v := value.(type) {
-	case bool:
-		return []trace.Attribute{trace.BoolAttribute(key, v)}
-	case int, int8, int16, int32, int64:
-		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute(key, reflect.ValueOf(v).Int())}
-	case uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64:
-		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute(key, int64(reflect.ValueOf(v).Uint()))}
-	case float32, float64:
-		return []trace.Attribute{trace.Float64Attribute(key, reflect.ValueOf(v).Float())}
-	case string:
-		return newStringAttribute(key, v)
 	case fmt.Stringer:
 		return newStringAttribute(key, v.String())
-	default:
-		return []trace.Attribute{
-			trace.StringAttribute(key, fmt.Sprint(value)),
-			trace.StringAttribute(key+".error", fmt.Sprintf("unknown type: %T", value)),
-		}
+	}
+
+	// Fall-back: fmt.Sprint formatting
+	return []trace.Attribute{
+		trace.StringAttribute(key, fmt.Sprint(value)),
+		trace.StringAttribute(key+".error", fmt.Sprintf("unknown type: %T", value)),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -209,10 +219,7 @@ func chunkString(s string, chunkSize int) []string {
 	}
 	var strs []string
 	for i := 0; i*chunkSize < len(s); i++ {
-		end := (i + 1) * chunkSize
-		if end > len(s) {
-			end = len(s)
-		}
+		end := min((i+1)*chunkSize, len(s))
 		strs = append(strs, s[i*chunkSize:end])
 	}
 	return strs
diff --git a/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer_test.go b/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer_test.go
index 66fff0835f059570bbfeace6559a17fcb7a4aec9..b17afa01ecc7b55b6e41073d36b15617d456fb91 100644
--- a/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer_test.go
+++ b/tracing/impl/stackdriver_tracer_test.go
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ package impl
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -53,6 +56,20 @@ func TestOcSpanAdapterCastToAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 			value: 42,
 			want:  []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute("foo", 42)},
 		},
+		{
+			name:  "small unsigned integer",
+			key:   "foo",
+			value: uint(4211),
+			want:  []trace.Attribute{trace.Int64Attribute("foo", 4211)},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "unsigned integer exceeding int64 range",
+			key:   "foo",
+			value: uint64(math.MaxInt64 + math.MaxInt32),
+			want: []trace.Attribute{
+				trace.StringAttribute("foo", strconv.FormatUint(math.MaxInt64+math.MaxInt32, 10)),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:  "42.1",
 			key:   "foo",
@@ -135,13 +152,21 @@ func TestOcSpanAdapterCastToAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "net.url type",
-			key:  "foo",
+			key:  "http.url",
 			value: func() *url.URL {
 				u, _ := url.Parse("https://example.com")
 				return u
 			}(),
 			want: []trace.Attribute{
-				trace.StringAttribute("foo", "https://example.com"),
+				trace.StringAttribute("http.url", "https://example.com"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "span.kind",
+			key:   "span.kind",
+			value: ext.SpanKindRPCServerEnum,
+			want: []trace.Attribute{
+				trace.StringAttribute("span.kind", "server"),
 			},
 		},
 	}