diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-4-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jedis/Jedis4InstrumentationIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-4-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jedis/Jedis4InstrumentationIT.java
index 7fb48eb2b4..5cadc5d327 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-4-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jedis/Jedis4InstrumentationIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-4-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jedis/Jedis4InstrumentationIT.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ void testBinaryJedis() {
         binaryJedis.set("foo".getBytes(), "bar".getBytes());
         assertThat(binaryJedis.get("foo".getBytes())).isEqualTo("bar".getBytes());
 
+        verifyBinaryJedisSpans();
+    }
+
+    protected void verifyBinaryJedisSpans() {
         assertTransactionWithRedisSpans("CLIENT", "CLIENT", "SET", "GET");
     }
 }
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/pom.xml
index 1632f4329f..7c4c032efc 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.0</version>
+            <version>5.1.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/src/test/java/jedis/Jedis5InstrumentationIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/src/test/java/jedis/Jedis5InstrumentationIT.java
index dc5ba27cb3..7c4c4ee045 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/src/test/java/jedis/Jedis5InstrumentationIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-redis-plugin/apm-jedis-5-tests/src/test/java/jedis/Jedis5InstrumentationIT.java
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ public class Jedis5InstrumentationIT extends Jedis4InstrumentationIT {
 
     @Override
     protected void verifyShardedJedisSpan() {
-        assertTransactionWithRedisSpans("CLIENT", "CLIENT", "CLIENT", "CLIENT", "SET", "GET");
+        assertTransactionWithRedisSpans("CLIENT", "CLIENT", "PING", "SET", "GET");
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void verifyBasicJedisSpans() {
-        assertTransactionWithRedisSpans( "CLIENT", "CLIENT", "SET", "GET");
+        assertTransactionWithRedisSpans("CLIENT", "CLIENT", "PING", "SET", "GET");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void verifyBinaryJedisSpans() {
+        assertTransactionWithRedisSpans("CLIENT", "CLIENT", "PING", "CLIENT", "CLIENT", "SET", "GET");
     }
 }