diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c399e74acfa..2d4d531792a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### SDK
+
+#### Logs
+
+* Fix `ReadWriteLogRecord.getObservedTimestampEpochNanos()` default method returning the record timestamp instead of the observed timestamp
+  ([#8504](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8504))
+
 ## Version 1.63.0 (2026-06-05)
 
 ### API
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecord.java b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecord.java
index d785f61c68d..bdb979b8721 100644
--- a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecord.java
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecord.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ default long getTimestampEpochNanos() {
    * @since 1.46.0
    */
   default long getObservedTimestampEpochNanos() {
-    return toLogRecordData().getTimestampEpochNanos();
+    return toLogRecordData().getObservedTimestampEpochNanos();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecordTest.java b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecordTest.java
index 1edc99f97f4..05d4d09c595 100644
--- a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecordTest.java
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/ReadWriteLogRecordTest.java
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Value;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.Severity;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanContext;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationScopeInfo;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.internal.AttributesMap;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogRecordData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.logs.TestLogRecordData;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class ReadWriteLogRecordTest {
@@ -48,6 +52,33 @@ void allHandlesEmpty() {
     assertThat(result.getAttributes()).isEqualTo(originalAttributes);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void defaultGetObservedTimestampEpochNanos_returnsObservedTimestamp() {
+    LogRecordData data =
+        TestLogRecordData.builder()
+            .setTimestamp(100, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+            .setObservedTimestamp(200, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+            .build();
+    // A ReadWriteLogRecord that relies on the interface default methods, implementing only the
+    // abstract methods. The SDK's SdkReadWriteLogRecord overrides the getters, so the default
+    // method behavior must be exercised through a custom implementation.
+    ReadWriteLogRecord logRecord =
+        new ReadWriteLogRecord() {
+          @Override
+          public <T> ReadWriteLogRecord setAttribute(AttributeKey<T> key, T value) {
+            return this;
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          public LogRecordData toLogRecordData() {
+            return data;
+          }
+        };
+
+    assertThat(logRecord.getObservedTimestampEpochNanos()).isEqualTo(200);
+    assertThat(logRecord.getTimestampEpochNanos()).isEqualTo(100);
+  }
+
   SdkReadWriteLogRecord buildLogRecord() {
     Value<?> body = Value.of("bod");
     AttributesMap initialAttributes = AttributesMap.create(100, 200);