diff --git a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
index b12227821f..e979cdfbfa 100644
--- a/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
+++ b/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Looking to upgrade from Sentry SDK 2.x to 3.x? Here's a comprehensive list of wh
 Span ops are now a smaller, framework-neutral set.
 
 - The Cohere integration now emits `gen_ai.chat` instead of `ai.chat_completions.create.cohere`, and `gen_ai.embeddings` instead of `ai.embeddings.create.cohere`.
-- The Django integration now emits `view.render` instead of `view.response.render`, and `view` instead of `view.authenticate`.
+- The Django integration now emits `view.render` instead of `view.response.render`, `view` instead of `view.authenticate`, and `function` instead of `event.django`.
 
 #### Django
 
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/signals_handlers.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/signals_handlers.py
index bbc76c9b4f..f9bfdb2456 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/signals_handlers.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/django/signals_handlers.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def wrapper(*args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any":
                 with sentry_sdk.start_span(
                     name=signal_name,
                     attributes={
-                        "sentry.op": OP.EVENT_DJANGO,
+                        "sentry.op": OP.FUNCTION,
                         "sentry.origin": DjangoIntegration.origin,
                         SPANDATA.CODE_FUNCTION_NAME: signal_name,
                     },
diff --git a/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py b/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
index df62d35288..056373acf9 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/django/asgi/test_asgi.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk import capture_message
-from sentry_sdk.consts import SPANDATA
+from sentry_sdk.consts import OP, SPANDATA
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django.asgi import _asgi_middleware_mixin_factory
 from tests.integrations.django.myapp.asgi import channels_application
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ async def test_async_middleware_spans(
 
     # Filter out signal-receiver spans — their ordering depends on Django
     # module import order and is not what this middleware test verifies.
-    spans = [s for s in spans if s["attributes"].get("sentry.op") != "event.django"]
+    spans = [s for s in spans if s["attributes"].get("sentry.op") != OP.FUNCTION]
 
     assert (
         render_span_tree(spans)
diff --git a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
index 210fad1e77..b2a0a547a1 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/django/test_basic.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk import capture_exception, capture_message
 from sentry_sdk._compat import PY310
-from sentry_sdk.consts import SPANDATA
+from sentry_sdk.consts import OP, SPANDATA
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import (
     DjangoIntegration,
     DjangoRequestExtractor,
@@ -1571,15 +1571,15 @@ def test_signals_spans(
         render_span_tree(spans)
         == """\
 - sentry.op="http.server": name="/message"
-  - sentry.op="event.django": name="django.db.reset_queries"
-  - sentry.op="event.django": name="django.db.close_old_connections"\
+  - sentry.op="function": name="django.db.reset_queries"
+  - sentry.op="function": name="django.db.close_old_connections"\
 """
     )
 
-    assert spans[0]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django"
+    assert spans[0]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION
     assert spans[0]["name"] == "django.db.reset_queries"
 
-    assert spans[1]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django"
+    assert spans[1]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION
     assert spans[1]["name"] == "django.db.close_old_connections"
 
 
@@ -1635,19 +1635,19 @@ def test_signals_spans_filtering(
         render_span_tree(spans)
         == """\
 - sentry.op="http.server": name="/send-myapp-custom-signal"
-  - sentry.op="event.django": name="django.db.reset_queries"
-  - sentry.op="event.django": name="django.db.close_old_connections"
-  - sentry.op="event.django": name="tests.integrations.django.myapp.signals.signal_handler"\
+  - sentry.op="function": name="django.db.reset_queries"
+  - sentry.op="function": name="django.db.close_old_connections"
+  - sentry.op="function": name="tests.integrations.django.myapp.signals.signal_handler"\
 """
     )
 
-    assert spans[0]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django"
+    assert spans[0]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION
     assert spans[0]["name"] == "django.db.reset_queries"
 
-    assert spans[1]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django"
+    assert spans[1]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION
     assert spans[1]["name"] == "django.db.close_old_connections"
 
-    assert spans[2]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django"
+    assert spans[2]["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION
     assert spans[2]["name"] == "tests.integrations.django.myapp.signals.signal_handler"
 
 
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ def test_span_origin(
 
     for span in spans:
         assert span["attributes"]["sentry.origin"] == "auto.http.django"
-        if span["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == "event.django":
+        if span["attributes"]["sentry.op"] == OP.FUNCTION:
             signal_span_found = True
 
     assert signal_span_found