diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
index 3e95fc68c6bc..dfe7b95bfeb7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-breadcrumbs/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/instrument.mjs
index 170ad6f6a702..46a27dd03b74 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/test.ts
index 0dbe7867110f..1f3f507c699f 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-maxed-out-sockets/test.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ describe('outgoing http with maxed-out agent sockets', () => {
       await createRunner()
         .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
         .expect({
-          transaction: {
-            // we're not too concerned with the actual transaction here since this is tested elsewhere
+          span: {
+            // Span contents are tested elsewhere.
           },
         })
         .start()
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
index 8d1cf5e660fb..3eacba8fd6c8 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-trace-propagation/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   integrations: [Sentry.httpIntegration({ tracePropagation: false, spans: false })],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
index 5a2c1a2ab1fd..9f713557b30a 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing-no-spans/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
index 3e95fc68c6bc..dfe7b95bfeb7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-no-tracing/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
index 459b690e0801..518e3f83de83 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled-no-active-span/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/instrument.mjs
index 459b690e0801..518e3f83de83 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/test.ts
index ebd6198bfd4e..fe3621236b80 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-sampled/test.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ describe('outgoing http', () => {
       await createRunner()
         .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
         .expect({
-          transaction: {
-            // we're not too concerned with the actual transaction here since this is tested elsewhere
+          span: {
+            // Span contents are tested elsewhere, we just want to know that a span envelope was sent
           },
         })
         .start()
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-unsampled/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-unsampled/instrument.mjs
index 0aa2b791f9cd..9063352bc6d9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-unsampled/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/http-unsampled/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracePropagationTargets: [/\/v0/, 'v1'],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/instrument.mjs b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/instrument.mjs
index dbbe03ce5e0c..886377ef59e7 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/instrument.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/instrument.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
 import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   release: '1.0',
   tracesSampleRate: 1,
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/test.ts
index 1367c3ed3a07..32c7204baeb2 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/requests/traceparent/test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { SENTRY_OP } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { HTTP_CLIENT } from '@sentry/conventions/op';
 import { createTestServer } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 import { describe, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { RUNTIME } from '../../../../utils';
@@ -23,14 +25,14 @@ describe('outgoing traceparent', () => {
       await createRunner()
         .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
         .expect({
-          // The propagated `sentry-trace` must reference the `http.client` span, not the surrounding transaction span.
-          transaction: event => {
+          // The propagated `sentry-trace` must reference the `http.client` span, not the surrounding segment span.
+          span: container => {
             const propagatedSpanId = outgoingSentryTrace?.split('-')[1];
-            const httpClientSpan = event.spans?.find(span => span.op === 'http.client');
+            const httpClientSpan = container.items.find(span => span.attributes[SENTRY_OP]?.value === HTTP_CLIENT);
 
             expect(httpClientSpan).toBeDefined();
             expect(propagatedSpanId).toBe(httpClientSpan?.span_id);
-            expect(propagatedSpanId).not.toBe(event.contexts?.trace?.span_id);
+            expect(propagatedSpanId).not.toBe(container.items.find(span => span.is_segment)?.span_id);
           },
         })
         .start()
@@ -57,8 +59,8 @@ describe('outgoing traceparent', () => {
       await createRunner()
         .withEnv({ SERVER_URL })
         .expect({
-          transaction: {
-            // we're not too concerned with the actual transaction here since this is tested elsewhere
+          span: {
+            // Span contents are tested elsewhere.
           },
         })
         .start()