diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
index c8578c964..bacfcc278 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/__init__.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class ZipkinSpanExporter(SpanExporter):
 
         zipkin_spans = []
         for span in spans:
-            context = span.get_span_context()
+            context = span.get_context()
             trace_id = context.trace_id
             span_id = context.span_id
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class ZipkinSpanExporter(SpanExporter):
 
             if isinstance(span.parent, Span):
                 zipkin_span["parentId"] = format(
-                    span.parent.get_span_context().span_id, "016x"
+                    span.parent.get_context().span_id, "016x"
                 )
             elif isinstance(span.parent, SpanContext):
                 zipkin_span["parentId"] = format(span.parent.span_id, "016x")
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
index c3098da88..8d6d8bb86 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class TestZipkinSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
             is_remote=False,
             trace_flags=TraceFlags(TraceFlags.SAMPLED),
         )
-        parent_span_context = trace_api.SpanContext(
+        parent_context = trace_api.SpanContext(
             trace_id, parent_id, is_remote=False
         )
         other_context = trace_api.SpanContext(
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ class TestZipkinSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
             trace._Span(
                 name=span_names[0],
                 context=span_context,
-                parent=parent_span_context,
+                parent=parent_context,
                 events=(event,),
                 links=(link,),
             ),
             trace._Span(
-                name=span_names[1], context=parent_span_context, parent=None
+                name=span_names[1], context=parent_context, parent=None
             ),
             trace._Span(
                 name=span_names[2], context=other_context, parent=None
@@ -328,14 +328,12 @@ class TestZipkinSpanExporter(unittest.TestCase):
             is_remote=False,
             trace_flags=TraceFlags(TraceFlags.SAMPLED),
         )
-        parent_span_context = trace_api.SpanContext(
+        parent_context = trace_api.SpanContext(
             trace_id, parent_id, is_remote=False
         )
 
         otel_span = trace._Span(
-            name=span_names[0],
-            context=span_context,
-            parent=parent_span_context,
+            name=span_names[0], context=span_context, parent=parent_context,
         )
 
         otel_span.start(start_time=start_time)