diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/execution_pipeline.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/execution_pipeline.ts
index a5470e8916329..e35cce832cc45 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/execution_pipeline.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/execution_pipeline.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export class RuleExecutionPipeline implements RuleExecutionPipelineContract {
   constructor(
     @inject(LoggerServiceToken) private readonly logger: LoggerServiceContract,
     @multiInject(RuleExecutionStepsToken) private readonly steps: RuleExecutionStep[],
-    @inject(RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken) private readonly middlewares: RuleExecutionMiddleware[]
+    @multiInject(RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken)
+    private readonly middlewares: RuleExecutionMiddleware[]
   ) {}
 
   public async execute(input: RuleExecutionInput): Promise<RuleExecutionPipelineResult> {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..27d088cfff92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { withSpan } from '@kbn/apm-utils';
+import { ApmMiddleware } from './apm_middleware';
+import { createRuleExecutionMiddlewareContext } from './test_utils';
+
+jest.mock('@kbn/apm-utils', () => ({
+  withSpan: jest.fn(<T>(_opts: unknown, cb: () => Promise<T>) => cb()),
+}));
+
+const withSpanMock = withSpan as jest.MockedFunction<typeof withSpan>;
+
+describe('ApmSpanMiddleware', () => {
+  const middleware = new ApmMiddleware();
+
+  it('wraps next() in withSpan and returns result on success', async () => {
+    const expectedResult = { type: 'continue' };
+    const next = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(expectedResult);
+    const context = createRuleExecutionMiddlewareContext();
+
+    const result = await middleware.execute(context, next);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(expectedResult);
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(withSpanMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(withSpanMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        name: 'rule_executor:test_step',
+        type: 'rule_executor',
+        labels: { plugin: 'alerting_v2' },
+      }),
+      expect.any(Function)
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..882502c986b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/apm_middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { withSpan } from '@kbn/apm-utils';
+import type { RuleExecutionMiddlewareContext, RuleExecutionMiddleware } from './types';
+import type { RuleStepOutput } from '../types';
+import { APP_ID } from '../../constants';
+
+/**
+ * Middleware that wraps each step execution in an APM span for tracing.
+ */
+export class ApmMiddleware implements RuleExecutionMiddleware {
+  public readonly name = 'apm_span';
+
+  public async execute(
+    ctx: RuleExecutionMiddlewareContext,
+    next: () => Promise<RuleStepOutput>
+  ): Promise<RuleStepOutput> {
+    return withSpan(
+      {
+        name: `rule_executor:${ctx.step.name}`,
+        type: 'rule_executor',
+        labels: { plugin: APP_ID },
+      },
+      () => next()
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/index.ts
index 4153f823e8c80..cb63c06efb7c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/middleware/index.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
  */
 
 export type { RuleExecutionMiddleware, RuleExecutionMiddlewareContext } from './types';
+export { ApmMiddleware } from './apm_middleware';
 export { ErrorHandlingMiddleware } from './error_handling_middleware';
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/tokens.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/tokens.ts
index d6301498ceb03..51117b6078b45 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/tokens.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/rule_executor/tokens.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ export const RuleExecutionStepsToken = Symbol.for(
 ) as ServiceIdentifier<RuleExecutionStep>;
 
 /**
- * DI token for the array of step middleware.
- * Middleware are executed in order (first middleware is outermost).
+ * Token for multi-injecting the ordered execution middlewares.
  */
 export const RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken = Symbol.for(
   'alerting_v2.RuleExecutionMiddlewares'
-) as ServiceIdentifier<RuleExecutionMiddleware[]>;
+) as ServiceIdentifier<RuleExecutionMiddleware>;
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/setup/bind_rule_executor.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/setup/bind_rule_executor.ts
index dc1fdb9d2131f..033b1a11de764 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/setup/bind_rule_executor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/setup/bind_rule_executor.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   CreateAlertEventsStep,
   CreateRecoveryEventsStep,
 } from '../lib/rule_executor/steps';
-import { ErrorHandlingMiddleware } from '../lib/rule_executor/middleware';
+import { ApmMiddleware, ErrorHandlingMiddleware } from '../lib/rule_executor/middleware';
 import { DirectorStep } from '../lib/rule_executor/steps/director_step';
 import { StoreAlertEventsStep } from '../lib/rule_executor/steps/store_alert_events';
 
@@ -27,17 +27,15 @@ export const bindRuleExecutionServices = ({ bind }: ContainerModuleLoadOptions)
   /**
    * Middlewares
    */
+  bind(ApmMiddleware).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
   bind(ErrorHandlingMiddleware).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
 
   /**
-   * Middleware list
+   * Middleware list via multi-injection.
+   * Binding order defines execution order.
    */
-  bind(RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken)
-    .toDynamicValue(({ get }) => [
-      // Add more middleware here as needed
-      get(ErrorHandlingMiddleware),
-    ])
-    .inSingletonScope();
+  bind(RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken).to(ApmMiddleware).inSingletonScope();
+  bind(RuleExecutionMiddlewaresToken).to(ErrorHandlingMiddleware).inSingletonScope();
 
   /**
    * Rule execution steps via multi-injection.