diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/scenario.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/scenario.js
index a37f51672bba..4023421921b5 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/scenario.js
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/scenario.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const { loggingTransport } = require('@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests');
 const Sentry = require('@sentry/aws-serverless');
 
 Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
   dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
   integrations: [Sentry.graphqlIntegration({ useOperationNameForRootSpan: true })],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/test.ts
index 1138a4b4c6ca..723e6a9e3d95 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/aws-serverless/graphql/useOperationNameForRootSpan/test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 import { afterAll, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 import { cleanupChildProcesses, createRunner } from '../../../../utils/runner';
 
-const EXPECTED_TRANSCATION = {
-  transaction: 'Test Transaction (query GetHello)',
-  spans: expect.arrayContaining([
-    expect.objectContaining({
-      description: 'query GetHello',
-      origin: 'auto.graphql.diagnostic_channel',
-      status: 'ok',
-    }),
-  ]),
-};
-
 describe('graphqlIntegration', () => {
   afterAll(() => {
     cleanupChildProcesses();
@@ -20,8 +9,31 @@ describe('graphqlIntegration', () => {
   test('should use GraphQL operation name for root span if useOperationNameForRootSpan is set', async () => {
     await createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario.js')
       .ignore('event')
-      .expect({ transaction: { transaction: 'Test Server Start' } })
-      .expect({ transaction: EXPECTED_TRANSCATION })
+      .expect({
+        span: container => {
+          expect(container.items.find(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'Test Server Start')).toBeDefined();
+          const segment = container.items.find(span => span.is_segment && span.name === 'Test Transaction');
+          const children = container.items.filter(
+            span => !span.is_segment && span.attributes['sentry.segment.id']?.value === segment?.span_id,
+          );
+
+          expect(segment?.attributes['sentry.graphql.operation']).toEqual({
+            value: 'query GetHello',
+            type: 'string',
+          });
+          const executeSpan = children.find(span => span.attributes['graphql.processing.type']?.value === 'execute');
+          expect(executeSpan?.name).toBe('GraphQL query');
+          expect(executeSpan?.status).toBe('ok');
+          expect(executeSpan?.attributes['graphql.operation.name']).toEqual({
+            value: 'GetHello',
+            type: 'string',
+          });
+          expect(executeSpan?.attributes['sentry.origin']).toEqual({
+            value: 'auto.graphql.diagnostic_channel',
+            type: 'string',
+          });
+        },
+      })
       .start()
       .completed();
   });