diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
index e2b203a286..697cf7db60 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/rust_tracing.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 import json
 from enum import Enum, auto
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Tuple, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import Integration
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import Span as SentrySpan
 from sentry_sdk.utils import SENSITIVE_DATA_SUBSTITUTE
 
-TraceState = Optional[Tuple[Optional[SentrySpan], SentrySpan]]
-
 
 class RustTracingLevel(Enum):
     Trace = "TRACE"
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ def _include_tracing_fields(self) -> bool:
             else self.include_tracing_fields
         )
 
-    def on_event(self, event: str, _span_state: "TraceState") -> None:
+    def on_event(self, event: str, sentry_span: "SentrySpan") -> None:
         deserialized_event = json.loads(event)
         metadata = deserialized_event.get("metadata", {})
 
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ def on_event(self, event: str, _span_state: "TraceState") -> None:
         elif event_type == EventTypeMapping.Event:
             process_event(deserialized_event)
 
-    def on_new_span(self, attrs: str, span_id: str) -> "TraceState":
+    def on_new_span(self, attrs: str, span_id: str) -> "Optional[SentrySpan]":
         attrs = json.loads(attrs)
         metadata = attrs.get("metadata", {})
 
@@ -210,13 +208,7 @@ def on_new_span(self, attrs: str, span_id: str) -> "TraceState":
             "origin": self.origin,
         }
 
-        scope = sentry_sdk.get_current_scope()
-        parent_sentry_span = scope.span
-        if parent_sentry_span:
-            sentry_span = parent_sentry_span.start_child(**kwargs)
-        else:
-            sentry_span = scope.start_span(**kwargs)
-
+        sentry_span = sentry_sdk.start_span(**kwargs)
         fields = metadata.get("fields", [])
         for field in fields:
             if self._include_tracing_fields():
@@ -224,21 +216,18 @@ def on_new_span(self, attrs: str, span_id: str) -> "TraceState":
             else:
                 sentry_span.set_data(field, SENSITIVE_DATA_SUBSTITUTE)
 
-        scope.span = sentry_span
-        return (parent_sentry_span, sentry_span)
+        sentry_span.__enter__()
+        return sentry_span
 
-    def on_close(self, span_id: str, span_state: "TraceState") -> None:
-        if span_state is None:
+    def on_close(self, span_id: str, sentry_span: "SentrySpan") -> None:
+        if sentry_span is None:
             return
 
-        parent_sentry_span, sentry_span = span_state
-        sentry_span.finish()
-        sentry_sdk.get_current_scope().span = parent_sentry_span
+        sentry_span.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
-    def on_record(self, span_id: str, values: str, span_state: "TraceState") -> None:
-        if span_state is None:
+    def on_record(self, span_id: str, values: str, sentry_span: "SentrySpan") -> None:
+        if sentry_span is None:
             return
-        _parent_sentry_span, sentry_span = span_state
 
         deserialized_values = json.loads(values)
         for key, value in deserialized_values.items():
diff --git a/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py b/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
index 893fc86966..a3e367f7e9 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/rust_tracing/test_rust_tracing.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_on_new_span_on_close(sentry_init, capture_events):
         rust_tracing.new_span(RustTracingLevel.Info, 3)
 
         sentry_first_rust_span = sentry_sdk.get_current_span()
-        _, rust_first_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[3]
+        rust_first_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[3]
 
         assert sentry_first_rust_span == rust_first_rust_span
 
@@ -120,24 +120,22 @@ def test_nested_on_new_span_on_close(sentry_init, capture_events):
 
         rust_tracing.new_span(RustTracingLevel.Info, 3, index_arg=10)
         sentry_first_rust_span = sentry_sdk.get_current_span()
-        _, rust_first_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[3]
+        rust_first_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[3]
 
         # Use a different `index_arg` value for the inner span to help
         # distinguish the two at the end of the test
         rust_tracing.new_span(RustTracingLevel.Info, 5, index_arg=9)
         sentry_second_rust_span = sentry_sdk.get_current_span()
-        rust_parent_span, rust_second_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[5]
+        rust_second_rust_span = rust_tracing.spans[5]
 
         assert rust_second_rust_span == sentry_second_rust_span
-        assert rust_parent_span == sentry_first_rust_span
-        assert rust_parent_span == rust_first_rust_span
-        assert rust_parent_span != rust_second_rust_span
 
         rust_tracing.close_span(5)
 
         # Ensure the current sentry span was moved back to the parent
         sentry_span_after_close = sentry_sdk.get_current_span()
         assert sentry_span_after_close == sentry_first_rust_span
+        assert sentry_span_after_close == rust_first_rust_span
 
         rust_tracing.close_span(3)