diff --git a/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/AutoInstrument/Util/AutoInstrumentationUtil.php b/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/AutoInstrument/Util/AutoInstrumentationUtil.php
index 76cf4bdbf..930166783 100644
--- a/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/AutoInstrument/Util/AutoInstrumentationUtil.php
+++ b/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/AutoInstrument/Util/AutoInstrumentationUtil.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 use Elastic\Apm\Impl\Span;
 use Elastic\Apm\Impl\Util\Assert;
 use Elastic\Apm\Impl\Util\DbgUtil;
+use Elastic\Apm\Impl\Util\StackTraceUtil;
 use Elastic\Apm\SpanInterface;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public function __construct(LoggerFactory $loggerFactory)
 
     public static function buildSpanNameFromCall(?string $className, string $funcName): string
     {
-        return ($className === null) ? $funcName : ($className . '->' . $funcName);
+        return ($className === null) ? $funcName : ($className . StackTraceUtil::CLASS_AND_METHOD_SEPARATOR . $funcName);
     }
 
     private static function processNewSpan(SpanInterface $span): void
diff --git a/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/Util/StackTraceUtil.php b/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/Util/StackTraceUtil.php
index e28ced68d..4e7f7b3f6 100644
--- a/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/Util/StackTraceUtil.php
+++ b/agent/php/ElasticApm/Impl/Util/StackTraceUtil.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ final class StackTraceUtil
     public const TYPE_KEY = 'type';
     public const FUNCTION_IS_STATIC_METHOD_TYPE_VALUE = '::';
     public const FUNCTION_IS_METHOD_TYPE_VALUE = '->';
+    public const CLASS_AND_METHOD_SEPARATOR = '::';
     public const THIS_OBJECT_KEY = 'object';
     public const ARGS_KEY = 'args';
 
@@ -270,8 +271,7 @@ public static function buildApmFormatFunctionForClassMethod(?string $classicName
             return $methodName;
         }
 
-        $classMethodSep = ($isStaticMethod === null) ? '.' : ($isStaticMethod ? StackTraceUtil::FUNCTION_IS_STATIC_METHOD_TYPE_VALUE : StackTraceUtil::FUNCTION_IS_METHOD_TYPE_VALUE);
-        return $classicName . $classMethodSep . $methodName;
+        return $classicName . StackTraceUtil::CLASS_AND_METHOD_SEPARATOR . $methodName;
     }
 
     private static function isTrampolineCall(ClassicFormatStackTraceFrame $frame): bool
diff --git a/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/InferredSpansBuilderTest.php b/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/InferredSpansBuilderTest.php
index 3cf85ff67..bfacb222a 100644
--- a/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/InferredSpansBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/InferredSpansBuilderTest.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function (InferredSpansBuilder $builder) use (&$expectedStackTrace, $expectedTim
 
         self::assertSame('InferredSpansBuilderTest', ClassNameUtil::fqToShort(__CLASS__));
         self::assertSame('helperForTestOneStackTrace', $expectedStackTrace[0]->function);
-        self::assertSame('InferredSpansBuilderTest->helperForTestOneStackTrace', $span->name);
+        self::assertSame('InferredSpansBuilderTest::helperForTestOneStackTrace', $span->name);
         self::assertSame(InferredSpanExpectationsBuilder::DEFAULT_SPAN_TYPE, $span->type);
         self::assertSame($expectedTimestampMicroseconds, $span->timestamp);
         self::assertSame($expectedDurationMilliseconds, $span->duration);
diff --git a/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/UtilTests/StackTraceUtilTest.php b/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/UtilTests/StackTraceUtilTest.php
index 6d2ba2bd7..c08e04229 100644
--- a/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/UtilTests/StackTraceUtilTest.php
+++ b/tests/ElasticApmTests/UnitTests/UtilTests/StackTraceUtilTest.php
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ public static function testStaticClosureExpections(): void
     public function dataProviderForTestConvertClassAndMethodToFunctionName(): iterable
     {
         yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ true, 'myMethod', 'MyClass::myMethod'];
-        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', 'MyClass->myMethod'];
-        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ null, 'myMethod', 'MyClass.myMethod'];
+        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', 'MyClass::myMethod'];
+        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ null, 'myMethod', 'MyClass::myMethod'];
 
-        yield ['MyNamespace\\MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', 'MyNamespace\\MyClass->myMethod'];
-        yield ['', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', '->myMethod'];
+        yield ['MyNamespace\\MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', 'MyNamespace\\MyClass::myMethod'];
+        yield ['', /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', '::myMethod'];
         yield ['', /* isStaticMethod */ true, 'myMethod', '::myMethod'];
-        yield ['', /* isStaticMethod */ null, 'myMethod', '.myMethod'];
+        yield ['', /* isStaticMethod */ null, 'myMethod', '::myMethod'];
         yield [null, /* isStaticMethod */ true, 'myMethod', 'myMethod'];
         yield [null, /* isStaticMethod */ false, 'myMethod', 'myMethod'];
         yield [null, /* isStaticMethod */ null, 'myMethod', 'myMethod'];
 
-        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, '', 'MyClass->'];
+        yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, '', 'MyClass::'];
         yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ true, '', 'MyClass::'];
         yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ true, null, null];
         yield ['MyClass', /* isStaticMethod */ false, null, null];
diff --git a/tests/ElasticApmTests/Util/StackTraceFrameExpectations.php b/tests/ElasticApmTests/Util/StackTraceFrameExpectations.php
index 3a1fb9a1b..cf4b8f4b9 100644
--- a/tests/ElasticApmTests/Util/StackTraceFrameExpectations.php
+++ b/tests/ElasticApmTests/Util/StackTraceFrameExpectations.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public static function fromFrame(StackTraceFrame $frame): self
 
     private static function buildFunctionFromClassMethod(string $class, bool $isStatic, string $method): string
     {
-        return $class . ($isStatic ? '::' : '->') . $method;
+        return $class . StackTraceUtil::CLASS_AND_METHOD_SEPARATOR . $method;
     }
 
     public static function fromClassMethod(string $fileName, int $lineNumber, string $class, bool $isStatic, string $method): self