diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_exporter.py
index e1973e5ac..27b4d0fa0 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_exporter.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class TestDatadogSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
         instrumentation_info = InstrumentationInfo(__name__, "0")
 
         otel_spans = [
-            trace.Span(
+            trace._Span(
                 name=span_names[0],
                 context=span_context,
                 parent=parent_context,
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ class TestDatadogSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
                 instrumentation_info=instrumentation_info,
                 resource=Resource({}),
             ),
-            trace.Span(
+            trace._Span(
                 name=span_names[1],
                 context=parent_context,
                 parent=None,
                 instrumentation_info=instrumentation_info,
                 resource=resource_without_service,
             ),
-            trace.Span(
+            trace._Span(
                 name=span_names[2],
                 context=other_context,
                 parent=None,
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class TestDatadogSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
             is_remote=False,
         )
 
-        test_span = trace.Span("test_span", context=context)
+        test_span = trace._Span("test_span", context=context)
         test_span.start()
         test_span.end()
 
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ class TestDatadogSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
             ),
         )
 
-        root_span = trace.Span(name="root", context=context, parent=None)
-        child_span = trace.Span(
+        root_span = trace._Span(name="root", context=context, parent=None)
+        child_span = trace._Span(
             name="child", context=context, parent=root_span
         )
         root_span.start()
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ class TestDatadogSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         sampler = sampling.TraceIdRatioBased(0.5)
 
-        span = trace.Span(
+        span = trace._Span(
             name="sampled", context=context, parent=None, sampler=sampler
         )
         span.start()
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_format.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_format.py
index 994cac2d6..3c045539f 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_format.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests/test_datadog_format.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class TestDatadogFormat(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertTrue(parent_context.is_remote)
 
-        child = trace.Span(
+        child = trace._Span(
             "child",
             trace_api.SpanContext(
                 parent_context.trace_id,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class TestDatadogFormat(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(parent_context.trace_flags, constants.AUTO_REJECT)
 
-        child = trace.Span(
+        child = trace._Span(
             "child",
             trace_api.SpanContext(
                 parent_context.trace_id,