diff --git a/packages/node-integration-tests/README.md b/packages/node-integration-tests/README.md
index e4354ad4fdee..ec202b5a8252 100644
--- a/packages/node-integration-tests/README.md
+++ b/packages/node-integration-tests/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Tests can be run locally with:
 
 To run tests with Jest's watch mode:
 
-`yarn test:jest`
+`yarn test:watch`
 
 To filter tests by their title:
 
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/node/integrations/prisma.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/node/integrations/prisma.ts
index 2215cf2a817a..7d23cf6adbb5 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/node/integrations/prisma.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/node/integrations/prisma.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Hub } from '@sentry/core';
+import { trace } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { EventProcessor, Integration } from '@sentry/types';
-import { isThenable, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { shouldDisableAutoInstrumentation } from './utils/node-utils';
 
@@ -88,28 +89,9 @@ export class Prisma implements Integration {
     }
 
     this._client.$use((params, next: (params: PrismaMiddlewareParams) => Promise<unknown>) => {
-      const scope = getCurrentHub().getScope();
-      const parentSpan = scope?.getSpan();
-
       const action = params.action;
       const model = params.model;
-
-      const span = parentSpan?.startChild({
-        description: model ? `${model} ${action}` : action,
-        op: 'db.sql.prisma',
-      });
-
-      const rv = next(params);
-
-      if (isThenable(rv)) {
-        return rv.then((res: unknown) => {
-          span?.finish();
-          return res;
-        });
-      }
-
-      span?.finish();
-      return rv;
+      return trace({ name: model ? `${model} ${action}` : action, op: 'db.sql.prisma' }, () => next(params));
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tracing/test/integrations/node/prisma.test.ts b/packages/tracing/test/integrations/node/prisma.test.ts
index d1acdc65190e..1eb85a251704 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/test/integrations/node/prisma.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/test/integrations/node/prisma.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,22 @@
 import { Hub, Scope } from '@sentry/core';
 import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 
-import { Integrations, Span } from '../../../src';
+import { Integrations } from '../../../src';
 import { getTestClient } from '../../testutils';
 
+const mockTrace = jest.fn();
+
+jest.mock('@sentry/core', () => {
+  const original = jest.requireActual('@sentry/core');
+  return {
+    ...original,
+    trace: (...args: unknown[]) => {
+      mockTrace(...args);
+      return original.trace(...args);
+    },
+  };
+});
+
 type PrismaMiddleware = (params: unknown, next: (params?: unknown) => Promise<unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
 
 class PrismaClient {
@@ -27,35 +40,21 @@ class PrismaClient {
 describe('setupOnce', function () {
   const Client: PrismaClient = new PrismaClient();
 
-  let scope = new Scope();
-  let parentSpan: Span;
-  let childSpan: Span;
-
   beforeAll(() => {
     new Integrations.Prisma({ client: Client }).setupOnce(
       () => undefined,
-      () => new Hub(undefined, scope),
+      () => new Hub(undefined, new Scope()),
     );
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    scope = new Scope();
-    parentSpan = new Span();
-    childSpan = parentSpan.startChild();
-    jest.spyOn(scope, 'getSpan').mockReturnValueOnce(parentSpan);
-    jest.spyOn(parentSpan, 'startChild').mockReturnValueOnce(childSpan);
-    jest.spyOn(childSpan, 'finish');
+    mockTrace.mockClear();
   });
 
   it('should add middleware with $use method correctly', done => {
-    void Client.user.create()?.then(res => {
-      expect(res).toBe('result');
-      expect(scope.getSpan).toBeCalled();
-      expect(parentSpan.startChild).toBeCalledWith({
-        description: 'user create',
-        op: 'db.sql.prisma',
-      });
-      expect(childSpan.finish).toBeCalled();
+    void Client.user.create()?.then(() => {
+      expect(mockTrace).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockTrace).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ name: 'user create', op: 'db.sql.prisma' }, expect.any(Function));
       done();
     });
   });