diff --git a/MIGRATION.md b/MIGRATION.md
index 98d92427c03f..0d8396cd6229 100644
--- a/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/MIGRATION.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ In v8, the Span class is heavily reworked. The following properties & methods ar
 * `span.toContext()`: Access the fields directly instead.
 * `span.updateWithContext(newSpanContext)`: Update the fields directly instead.
 * `span.setName(newName)`: Use `span.updateName(newName)` instead.
+* `span.toTraceparent()`: use `spanToTraceHeader(span)` util instead.
 
 ## Deprecate `pushScope` & `popScope` in favor of `withScope`
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/server/meta.ts b/packages/astro/src/server/meta.ts
index 643565e7afaa..bdc0d89d4f80 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/server/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/server/meta.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient } from '@sentry/core';
+import { getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Client, Scope, Span } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   TRACEPARENT_REGEXP,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function getTracingMetaTags(
   const { dsc, sampled, traceId } = scope.getPropagationContext();
   const transaction = span?.transaction;
 
-  const sentryTrace = span ? span.toTraceparent() : generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, undefined, sampled);
+  const sentryTrace = span ? spanToTraceHeader(span) : generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, undefined, sampled);
 
   const dynamicSamplingContext = transaction
     ? transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext()
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/server/meta.test.ts b/packages/astro/test/server/meta.test.ts
index 279f36395107..69caef326936 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/server/meta.test.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/test/server/meta.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import { vi } from 'vitest';
 import { getTracingMetaTags, isValidBaggageString } from '../../src/server/meta';
 
 const mockedSpan = {
-  toTraceparent: () => '12345678901234567890123456789012-1234567890123456-1',
+  sampled: true,
+  traceId: '12345678901234567890123456789012',
+  spanId: '1234567890123456',
   transaction: {
     getDynamicSamplingContext: () => ({
       environment: 'production',
@@ -68,7 +70,9 @@ describe('getTracingMetaTags', () => {
     const tags = getTracingMetaTags(
       // @ts-expect-error - only passing a partial span object
       {
-        toTraceparent: () => '12345678901234567890123456789012-1234567890123456-1',
+        sampled: true,
+        traceId: '12345678901234567890123456789012',
+        spanId: '1234567890123456',
         transaction: undefined,
       },
       mockedScope,
@@ -89,7 +93,9 @@ describe('getTracingMetaTags', () => {
     const tags = getTracingMetaTags(
       // @ts-expect-error - only passing a partial span object
       {
-        toTraceparent: () => '12345678901234567890123456789012-1234567890123456-1',
+        sampled: true,
+        traceId: '12345678901234567890123456789012',
+        spanId: '1234567890123456',
         transaction: undefined,
       },
       mockedScope,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 3954dc6a7005..385352470b34 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export { prepareEvent } from './utils/prepareEvent';
 export { createCheckInEnvelope } from './checkin';
 export { hasTracingEnabled } from './utils/hasTracingEnabled';
 export { isSentryRequestUrl } from './utils/isSentryRequestUrl';
+export { spanToTraceHeader } from './utils/spanUtils';
 export { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT } from './constants';
 export { ModuleMetadata } from './integrations/metadata';
 export { RequestData } from './integrations/requestdata';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
index 7cd8286860b2..7047a54f1d72 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/hubextensions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
 import type { Hub } from '../hub';
 import { getMainCarrier } from '../hub';
+import { spanToTraceHeader } from '../utils/spanUtils';
 import { registerErrorInstrumentation } from './errors';
 import { IdleTransaction } from './idletransaction';
 import { sampleTransaction } from './sampling';
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ function traceHeaders(this: Hub): { [key: string]: string } {
 
   return span
     ? {
-        'sentry-trace': span.toTraceparent(),
+        'sentry-trace': spanToTraceHeader(span),
       }
     : {};
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
index 29584f65858d..a3496c5d01d0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import type {
   TraceContext,
   Transaction,
 } from '@sentry/types';
-import { dropUndefinedKeys, generateSentryTraceHeader, logger, timestampInSeconds, uuid4 } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { dropUndefinedKeys, logger, timestampInSeconds, uuid4 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
+import { spanToTraceHeader } from '../utils/spanUtils';
 import { ensureTimestampInSeconds } from './utils';
 
 /**
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ export class Span implements SpanInterface {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public toTraceparent(): string {
-    return generateSentryTraceHeader(this.traceId, this.spanId, this.sampled);
+    return spanToTraceHeader(this);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/spanUtils.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/spanUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17385fb59c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/spanUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { Span } from '@sentry/types';
+import { generateSentryTraceHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
+
+/**
+ * Convert a Span to a Sentry trace header.
+ */
+export function spanToTraceHeader(span: Span): string {
+  return generateSentryTraceHeader(span.traceId, span.spanId, span.sampled);
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/utils/spanUtils.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/spanUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2ed4dd0d4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/utils/spanUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { TRACEPARENT_REGEXP } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { Span, spanToTraceHeader } from '../../../src';
+
+describe('spanToTraceHeader', () => {
+  test('simple', () => {
+    const span = new Span();
+    expect(spanToTraceHeader(span)).toMatch(TRACEPARENT_REGEXP);
+  });
+  test('with sample', () => {
+    const span = new Span({ sampled: true });
+    expect(spanToTraceHeader(span)).toMatch(TRACEPARENT_REGEXP);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapAppGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapAppGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
index eddf7f4e25e4..cd6cc4934493 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapAppGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapAppGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type App from 'next/app';
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function wrapAppGetInitialPropsWithSentry(origAppGetInitialProps: AppGetI
         }
 
         if (requestTransaction) {
-          appGetInitialProps.pageProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
+          appGetInitialProps.pageProps._sentryTraceData = spanToTraceHeader(requestTransaction);
 
           const dynamicSamplingContext = requestTransaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
           appGetInitialProps.pageProps._sentryBaggage =
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapErrorGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapErrorGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
index 0e4601886cee..b26e4a2434c3 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapErrorGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapErrorGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type { NextPageContext } from 'next';
 import type { ErrorProps } from 'next/error';
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function wrapErrorGetInitialPropsWithSentry(
 
         const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req) ?? getCurrentScope().getTransaction();
         if (requestTransaction) {
-          errorGetInitialProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
+          errorGetInitialProps._sentryTraceData = spanToTraceHeader(requestTransaction);
 
           const dynamicSamplingContext = requestTransaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
           errorGetInitialProps._sentryBaggage = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
index 510cbae5684c..df4e3febfefc 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetInitialPropsWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type { NextPage } from 'next';
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function wrapGetInitialPropsWithSentry(origGetInitialProps: GetInitialPro
 
         const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req) ?? getCurrentScope().getTransaction();
         if (requestTransaction) {
-          initialProps._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
+          initialProps._sentryTraceData = spanToTraceHeader(requestTransaction);
 
           const dynamicSamplingContext = requestTransaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
           initialProps._sentryBaggage = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetServerSidePropsWithSentry.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetServerSidePropsWithSentry.ts
index f93c7193418e..c74f9db7292b 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetServerSidePropsWithSentry.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGetServerSidePropsWithSentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { addTracingExtensions, getClient, getCurrentScope, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '@sentry/utils';
 import type { GetServerSideProps } from 'next';
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function wrapGetServerSidePropsWithSentry(
         if (serverSideProps && 'props' in serverSideProps) {
           const requestTransaction = getTransactionFromRequest(req) ?? getCurrentScope().getTransaction();
           if (requestTransaction) {
-            serverSideProps.props._sentryTraceData = requestTransaction.toTraceparent();
+            serverSideProps.props._sentryTraceData = spanToTraceHeader(requestTransaction);
 
             const dynamicSamplingContext = requestTransaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
             serverSideProps.props._sentryBaggage = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/hapi/index.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/hapi/index.ts
index 15ff63be5f70..732839d3995c 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/hapi/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/hapi/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   convertIntegrationFnToClass,
   getActiveTransaction,
   getCurrentScope,
+  spanToTraceHeader,
   startTransaction,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { IntegrationFn } from '@sentry/types';
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export const hapiTracingPlugin = {
 
       if (request.response && isResponseObject(request.response) && transaction) {
         const response = request.response as ResponseObject;
-        response.header('sentry-trace', transaction.toTraceparent());
+        response.header('sentry-trace', spanToTraceHeader(transaction));
 
         const dynamicSamplingContext = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(
           transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext(),
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
index f0734142a3e1..61046eb8f38d 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type * as http from 'http';
 import type * as https from 'https';
 import type { Hub } from '@sentry/core';
+import { spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { addBreadcrumb, getClient, getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
 import { getCurrentHub, getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient, isSentryRequestUrl } from '@sentry/core';
 import type {
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
 
       if (shouldAttachTraceData(rawRequestUrl)) {
         if (requestSpan) {
-          const sentryTraceHeader = requestSpan.toTraceparent();
+          const sentryTraceHeader = spanToTraceHeader(requestSpan);
           const dynamicSamplingContext = requestSpan?.transaction?.getDynamicSamplingContext();
           addHeadersToRequestOptions(requestOptions, requestUrl, sentryTraceHeader, dynamicSamplingContext);
         } else {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
index d7111a6076de..117ef602ac38 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   getCurrentScope,
   getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient,
   isSentryRequestUrl,
+  spanToTraceHeader,
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { EventProcessor, Integration, Span } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ export class Undici implements Integration {
         const dynamicSamplingContext = span?.transaction?.getDynamicSamplingContext();
         const sentryBaggageHeader = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
 
-        setHeadersOnRequest(request, span.toTraceparent(), sentryBaggageHeader);
+        setHeadersOnRequest(request, spanToTraceHeader(span), sentryBaggageHeader);
       } else {
         const { traceId, sampled, dsc } = scope.getPropagationContext();
         const sentryTrace = generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, undefined, sampled);
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
index 27cde77fdcc3..078d90c98721 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/undici.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as http from 'http';
 import type { Transaction } from '@sentry/core';
+import { spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { Hub, makeMain, runWithAsyncContext } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { fetch as FetchType } from 'undici';
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ conditionalTest({ min: 16 })('Undici integration', () => {
       expect(transaction.spanRecorder?.spans.length).toBe(2);
       const span = transaction.spanRecorder?.spans[1];
 
-      expect(requestHeaders['sentry-trace']).toEqual(span?.toTraceparent());
+      expect(requestHeaders['sentry-trace']).toEqual(spanToTraceHeader(span!));
       expect(requestHeaders['baggage']).toEqual(
         `sentry-environment=production,sentry-public_key=0,sentry-trace_id=${transaction.traceId},sentry-sample_rate=1,sentry-transaction=test-transaction`,
       );
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/propagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/propagator.ts
index a8154c21e088..ce0f295ce720 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/propagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/propagator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Baggage, Context, TextMapGetter, TextMapSetter } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { TraceFlags, isSpanContextValid, propagation, trace } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { W3CBaggagePropagator, isTracingSuppressed } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   SENTRY_BAGGAGE_KEY_PREFIX,
   baggageHeaderToDynamicSamplingContext,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export class SentryPropagator extends W3CBaggagePropagator {
 
     const span = getSentrySpan(spanContext.spanId);
     if (span) {
-      setter.set(carrier, SENTRY_TRACE_HEADER, span.toTraceparent());
+      setter.set(carrier, SENTRY_TRACE_HEADER, spanToTraceHeader(span));
 
       if (span.transaction) {
         const dynamicSamplingContext = span.transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
diff --git a/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts b/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
index 62d820a30eeb..f557542e64ce 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
+++ b/packages/remix/src/utils/instrumentServer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
-import { getActiveTransaction, getClient, getCurrentScope, hasTracingEnabled, runWithAsyncContext } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  getActiveTransaction,
+  getClient,
+  getCurrentScope,
+  hasTracingEnabled,
+  runWithAsyncContext,
+  spanToTraceHeader,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Hub } from '@sentry/node';
 import { captureException, getCurrentHub } from '@sentry/node';
 import type { Transaction, TransactionSource, WrappedFunction } from '@sentry/types';
@@ -293,7 +300,7 @@ function getTraceAndBaggage(): {
       const dynamicSamplingContext = transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
 
       return {
-        sentryTrace: span.toTraceparent(),
+        sentryTrace: spanToTraceHeader(span),
         sentryBaggage: dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext),
       };
     }
diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts b/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
index c999e7ad6fe9..540de96c6de9 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/src/server/handle.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getCurrentScope } from '@sentry/core';
+import { getCurrentScope, spanToTraceHeader } from '@sentry/core';
 import { getActiveTransaction, runWithAsyncContext, startSpan } from '@sentry/core';
 import { captureException } from '@sentry/node';
 /* eslint-disable @sentry-internal/sdk/no-optional-chaining */
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function addSentryCodeToPage(options: SentryHandleOptions): NonNullable<R
   return ({ html }) => {
     const transaction = getActiveTransaction();
     if (transaction) {
-      const traceparentData = transaction.toTraceparent();
+      const traceparentData = spanToTraceHeader(transaction);
       const dynamicSamplingContext = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(
         transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext(),
       );
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
index cc77ca4889f9..b85d54c96622 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/browser/request.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
-import { getClient, getCurrentScope, getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient, hasTracingEnabled } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  getClient,
+  getCurrentScope,
+  getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient,
+  hasTracingEnabled,
+  spanToTraceHeader,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import type { HandlerDataXhr, SentryWrappedXMLHttpRequest, Span } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   BAGGAGE_HEADER_NAME,
@@ -291,7 +297,7 @@ export function xhrCallback(
       const transaction = span && span.transaction;
       const dynamicSamplingContext = transaction && transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
       const sentryBaggageHeader = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
-      setHeaderOnXhr(xhr, span.toTraceparent(), sentryBaggageHeader);
+      setHeaderOnXhr(xhr, spanToTraceHeader(span), sentryBaggageHeader);
     } else {
       const client = getClient();
       const { traceId, sampled, dsc } = scope.getPropagationContext();
diff --git a/packages/tracing-internal/src/common/fetch.ts b/packages/tracing-internal/src/common/fetch.ts
index 2150518ea570..dfc81bff05f7 100644
--- a/packages/tracing-internal/src/common/fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing-internal/src/common/fetch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { getClient, getCurrentScope, getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient, hasTracingEnabled } from '@sentry/core';
+import {
+  getClient,
+  getCurrentScope,
+  getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient,
+  hasTracingEnabled,
+  spanToTraceHeader,
+} from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Client, HandlerDataFetch, Scope, Span, SpanOrigin } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   BAGGAGE_HEADER_NAME,
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ export function addTracingHeadersToFetchRequest(
 
   const { traceId, sampled, dsc } = scope.getPropagationContext();
 
-  const sentryTraceHeader = span ? span.toTraceparent() : generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, undefined, sampled);
+  const sentryTraceHeader = span ? spanToTraceHeader(span) : generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, undefined, sampled);
   const dynamicSamplingContext = transaction
     ? transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext()
     : dsc
diff --git a/packages/types/src/span.ts b/packages/types/src/span.ts
index 3614961e7182..8fd384f4ba11 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/span.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/span.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ export interface Span extends SpanContext {
    */
   isSuccess(): boolean;
 
-  /** Return a traceparent compatible header string */
+  /**
+   * Return a traceparent compatible header string.
+   * @deprecated Use `spanToTraceHeader()` instead.
+   */
   toTraceparent(): string;
 
   /**