diff --git a/packages/apm/src/integrations/tracing.ts b/packages/apm/src/integrations/tracing.ts
index 7b863d3bee5f..72a19de83d55 100644
--- a/packages/apm/src/integrations/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/apm/src/integrations/tracing.ts
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class Tracing implements Integration {
       return undefined;
     }
 
-    Tracing._activeTransaction = hub.startSpan({
+    Tracing._activeTransaction = hub.startTransaction({
       trimEnd: true,
       ...transactionContext,
     }) as Transaction;
diff --git a/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts b/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
index 9104beb3bbc2..6d9d464f5ace 100644
--- a/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
+++ b/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { BrowserClient } from '@sentry/browser';
 import { Hub, Scope } from '@sentry/hub';
-import { Span, Transaction } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { addExtensionMethods } from '../src/hubextensions';
 
@@ -21,21 +20,18 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate 0 on transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 0 }));
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'foo' });
         expect(transaction.sampled).toBe(false);
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate 1 on transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }));
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'foo' });
         expect(transaction.sampled).toBeTruthy();
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate should be propergated to children', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 0 }));
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
-        const child = transaction.startChild({ op: 1 });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'foo' });
+        const child = transaction.startChild({ op: 'test' });
         expect(child.sampled).toBeFalsy();
       });
     });
@@ -49,8 +45,7 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
 
       test('simple standalone Transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }));
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'transaction' }) as Transaction;
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'transaction' });
         expect(transaction.spanId).toBeTruthy();
         // tslint:disable-next-line: no-unbound-method
         expect(transaction.setName).toBeTruthy();
@@ -71,8 +66,7 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
       test('create a child if there is a Span already on the scope', () => {
         const myScope = new Scope();
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }), myScope);
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'transaction' }) as Transaction;
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'transaction' });
         hub.configureScope(scope => {
           scope.setSpan(transaction);
         });
diff --git a/packages/node/test/manual/apm-transaction/main.js b/packages/node/test/manual/apm-transaction/main.js
index c9c165668940..97118a27bfc0 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/manual/apm-transaction/main.js
+++ b/packages/node/test/manual/apm-transaction/main.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class Tracing {
         ? Span.fromTraceparent(req.headers['sentry-trace'], {
             transaction,
           })
-        : Sentry.getCurrentHub().startSpan({
-            transaction,
+        : Sentry.startTransaction({
+            name: transaction,
           });
 
       Sentry.getCurrentHub().configureScope(scope => {