diff --git a/packages/tracing/src/index.ts b/packages/tracing/src/index.ts
index dcfea00f422a..89e3b3ba92d5 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/src/index.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export { Span, SpanStatusType, spanStatusfromHttpCode } from './span';
 export { SpanStatus } from './spanstatus';
 export { Transaction } from './transaction';
 export {
-  instrumentOutgoingRequests,
+  // TODO deprecate old name in v7
+  instrumentOutgoingRequests as registerRequestInstrumentation,
   RequestInstrumentationOptions,
   defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions,
 } from './browser';