diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_31/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_31/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
index 3ef0efdf3b3..57d04969b98 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_31/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_31/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public RequestSpan requestSpan(String requestName, RequestSpan requestParent) {
       seedNodes = parent.getTag(InstrumentationTags.COUCHBASE_SEED_NODES);
     }
 
-    AgentTracer.SpanBuilder builder = tracer.buildSpan(spanName);
+    AgentTracer.SpanBuilder builder = tracer.singleSpanBuilder(spanName);
     if (null != parent) {
       builder.asChildOf(parent.context());
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.2/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_32/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.2/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_32/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
index f3bc994fa3c..d330f5e36b9 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.2/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_32/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/couchbase/couchbase-3.2/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/couchbase_32/client/DatadogRequestTracer.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public RequestSpan requestSpan(String requestName, RequestSpan requestParent) {
       }
     }
     if (requestSpan == null) {
-      AgentTracer.SpanBuilder builder = tracer.buildSpan(spanName);
+      AgentTracer.SpanBuilder builder = tracer.singleSpanBuilder(spanName);
       if (null != parent) {
         builder.asChildOf(parent.context());
       }