diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f8f206d697..1028b10537 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-test",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
- "tracing-fluent-assertions",
  "tracing-futures",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-serde",
@@ -7634,17 +7633,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-fluent-assertions"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12de1a8c6bcfee614305e836308b596bbac831137a04c61f7e5b0b0bf2cfeaf6"
-dependencies = [
- "tracing",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-futures"
 version = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/apollo-router/Cargo.toml b/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
index 67bd19ef8f..27fffa2157 100644
--- a/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ tower-test = "0.4.0"
 
 # See note above in this file about `^tracing` packages which also applies to
 # these dev dependencies.
-tracing-fluent-assertions = "0.3.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", default-features = false, features = [
     "env-filter",
     "fmt",
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/snapshots/apollo_router__plugins__connectors__tests__tracing_connect_span.snap b/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/snapshots/apollo_router__plugins__connectors__tests__tracing_connect_span.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fc985cf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/snapshots/apollo_router__plugins__connectors__tests__tracing_connect_span.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+source: apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/tests.rs
+expression: span
+---
+{
+  "name": "apollo_router::plugins::connectors::tests::root",
+  "record": {
+    "entries": [],
+    "metadata": {
+      "name": "root",
+      "target": "apollo_router::plugins::connectors::tests",
+      "level": "ERROR",
+      "module_path": "apollo_router::plugins::connectors::tests",
+      "fields": {
+        "names": []
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "children": {
+    "apollo_router::services::connector_service::connect": {
+      "name": "apollo_router::services::connector_service::connect",
+      "record": {
+        "entries": [
+          [
+            "otel.kind",
+            "INTERNAL"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.type",
+            "http"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.field.name",
+            "users"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.selection",
+            "{\n  id\n  name\n}"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo_private.sent_time_offset",
+            "[sent_time_offset_redacted]"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.detail",
+            "{\"GET\":\"/users\"}"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.source.name",
+            "json"
+          ],
+          [
+            "apollo.connector.source.detail",
+            "[source_detail_redacted]"
+          ]
+        ],
+        "metadata": {
+          "name": "connect",
+          "target": "apollo_router::services::connector_service",
+          "level": "INFO",
+          "module_path": "apollo_router::services::connector_service",
+          "fields": {
+            "names": [
+              "otel.kind",
+              "apollo.connector.type",
+              "apollo.connector.detail",
+              "apollo.connector.field.name",
+              "apollo.connector.selection",
+              "apollo.connector.source.name",
+              "apollo.connector.source.detail",
+              "apollo_private.sent_time_offset"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "children": {}
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/tests.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/tests.rs
index b49a97fdf2..ecae8094c6 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/tests.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/connectors/tests.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use mime::APPLICATION_JSON;
 use req_asserts::Matcher;
 use serde_json_bytes::json;
+use test_span::get_spans_for_root;
+use test_span::prelude::test_span;
+use test_span::Filter;
 use tower::ServiceExt;
-use tracing_fluent_assertions::AssertionRegistry;
-use tracing_fluent_assertions::AssertionsLayer;
-use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
-use tracing_subscriber::Registry;
+use tracing_core::Level;
 use wiremock::http::HeaderName;
 use wiremock::http::HeaderValue;
 use wiremock::matchers::body_json;
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use wiremock::MockServer;
 use wiremock::ResponseTemplate;
 
 use crate::json_ext::ValueExt;
-use crate::plugins::connectors::tracing::CONNECT_SPAN_NAME;
 use crate::router_factory::RouterSuperServiceFactory;
 use crate::router_factory::YamlRouterFactory;
 use crate::services::new_service::ServiceFactory;
@@ -475,40 +474,42 @@ async fn test_headers() {
     );
 }
 
-#[tokio::test]
+#[test_span(tokio::test)]
 async fn test_tracing_connect_span() {
-    let assertion_registry = AssertionRegistry::default();
-    let base_subscriber = Registry::default();
-    let subscriber = base_subscriber.with(AssertionsLayer::new(&assertion_registry));
-    let _guard = tracing::subscriber::set_default(subscriber);
-
-    let found_connector_span = assertion_registry
-        .build()
-        .with_name(CONNECT_SPAN_NAME)
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.type")
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.detail")
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.field.name")
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.selection")
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.source.name")
-        .with_span_field("apollo.connector.source.detail")
-        .was_entered()
-        .was_exited()
-        .finalize();
-
     let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;
     mock_api::users().mount(&mock_server).await;
 
-    execute(
-        STEEL_THREAD_SCHEMA,
-        &mock_server.uri(),
-        "query { users { id } }",
-        Default::default(),
-        None,
-        |_| {},
-    )
-    .await;
+    let root_id = {
+        let root_span = test_span::reexports::tracing::span!(Level::ERROR, "root");
+
+        let root_id = root_span
+            .id()
+            .expect("couldn't get root span id; this cannot happen.");
+
+        execute(
+            STEEL_THREAD_SCHEMA,
+            &mock_server.uri(),
+            "query { users { id } }",
+            Default::default(),
+            None,
+            |_| {},
+        )
+        .instrument(root_span)
+        .await;
+        root_id
+    };
 
-    found_connector_span.assert();
+    // Filter to just the connector service span
+    let filter = Filter::new(Level::ERROR).with_target(
+        String::from("apollo_router::services::connector_service"),
+        Level::INFO,
+    );
+
+    // Redact time offset and local port that change with every test run
+    insta::assert_json_snapshot!(get_spans_for_root(&root_id, &filter), {
+        ".children.*.record.entries[4][1]" => "[sent_time_offset_redacted]",
+        ".children.*.record.entries[7][1]" => "[source_detail_redacted]",
+    });
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]