diff --git a/api/benchmarks/tracer_bench.rb b/api/benchmarks/tracer_bench.rb
index c197237a8..5a0f71401 100644
--- a/api/benchmarks/tracer_bench.rb
+++ b/api/benchmarks/tracer_bench.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 tracer = OpenTelemetry::Trace::Tracer.new
 
 parent_span = tracer.start_span('parent')
-parent_context = tracer.with_span(parent_span) { |_, c| c }
+parent_context = tracer.context_with_span(parent_span)
 
 attributes = {
   'component' => 'rack',
diff --git a/exporter/otlp/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter_test.rb b/exporter/otlp/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter_test.rb
index d8618ed80..e9a5dd932 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter_test.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter_test.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
       OpenTelemetry.tracer_provider.add_span_processor(processor)
       root = with_ids(trace_id, root_span_id) { tracer.start_root_span('root', kind: :internal, start_timestamp: start_timestamp).finish(end_timestamp: end_timestamp) }
-      root_ctx = tracer.with_span(root) { |_, ctx| ctx }
+      root_ctx = tracer.context_with_span(root)
       span = with_ids(trace_id, child_span_id) { tracer.start_span('child', with_parent: root_ctx, kind: :producer, start_timestamp: start_timestamp + 1, links: [OpenTelemetry::Trace::Link.new(root.context, 'attr' => 4)]) }
       span['b'] = true
       span['f'] = 1.1
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@
       span['s'] = 'val'
       span['a'] = [3, 4]
       span.status = OpenTelemetry::Trace::Status.new(OpenTelemetry::Trace::Status::UNKNOWN_ERROR)
-      child_ctx = tracer.with_span(span) { |_, ctx| ctx }
+      child_ctx = tracer.context_with_span(span)
       client = with_ids(trace_id, client_span_id) { tracer.start_span('client', with_parent: child_ctx, kind: :client, start_timestamp: start_timestamp + 2).finish(end_timestamp: end_timestamp) }
-      client_ctx = tracer.with_span(client) { |_, ctx| ctx }
+      client_ctx = tracer.context_with_span(client)
       with_ids(trace_id, server_span_id) { other_tracer.start_span('server', with_parent: client_ctx, kind: :server, start_timestamp: start_timestamp + 3).finish(end_timestamp: end_timestamp) }
       span.add_event('event', attributes: { 'attr' => 42 }, timestamp: start_timestamp + 4)
       with_ids(trace_id, consumer_span_id) { tracer.start_span('consumer', with_parent: child_ctx, kind: :consumer, start_timestamp: start_timestamp + 5).finish(end_timestamp: end_timestamp) }
diff --git a/sdk/test/integration/api_trace_test.rb b/sdk/test/integration/api_trace_test.rb
index 122e6a4cd..49f41a02e 100644
--- a/sdk/test/integration/api_trace_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/integration/api_trace_test.rb
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@
     end
 
     before do
-      @remote_span = tracer.start_span('remote', with_parent: context_with_remote_parent)
-      tracer.with_span(@remote_span) do |_, ctx|
-        @child_of_remote = tracer.start_span('child1', with_parent: ctx)
-      end
+      @remote_span = tracer.start_span('remote', with_parent: context_with_remote_parent))
+      @child_of_remote = tracer.start_span('child1', with_parent: tracer.context_with_span(@remote_span))
+
     end
 
     it 'has a child' do
@@ -70,11 +69,11 @@
 
   describe 'tracing child-of-local spans' do
     before do
-      tracer.in_span('local') do |parent|
-        @local_parent_span = parent
-        tracer.in_span('child1') do |child|
-          @child_of_local = child
-        end
+      @local_parent_span = tracer.start_span('local')
+      parent_ctx = tracer.context_with_span(@local_parent_span)
+      tracer.in_span('child1', with_parent: parent_ctx) do |child|
+        @child_of_local = child
+      end
       end
     end