diff --git a/instrumentation/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/vertx/HttpRequestInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/vertx/HttpRequestInstrumentation.java
index 6a0bfbd74c..f2ebe0eb8f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/vertx/HttpRequestInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/vertx-web-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/vertx/HttpRequestInstrumentation.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class HttpRequestInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
         HttpRequestInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$AttachContextAdvice");
 
     transformers.put(
-        isMethod().and(nameStartsWith("write").and(isPrivate())),
+        isMethod().and(isPrivate()).and(nameStartsWith("write").or(nameStartsWith("connected"))),
         HttpRequestInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$MountContextAdvice");
     return transformers;
   }