diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/asyncpg/test_asyncpg_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/asyncpg/test_asyncpg_functional.py
index 87382702f2a..cb9080e62c2 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/asyncpg/test_asyncpg_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/asyncpg/test_asyncpg_functional.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 POSTGRES_USER = os.getenv("POSTGRESQL_HOST ", "testuser")
 
 
-def _await(coro):
+def async_call(coro):
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
     return loop.run_until_complete(coro)
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         cls._cursor = None
         cls._tracer = cls.tracer_provider.get_tracer(__name__)
         AsyncPGInstrumentor().instrument(tracer_provider=cls.tracer_provider)
-        cls._connection = _await(
+        cls._connection = async_call(
             asyncpg.connect(
                 database=POSTGRES_DB_NAME,
                 user=POSTGRES_USER,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
         AsyncPGInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
     def test_instrumented_execute_method_without_arguments(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.execute("SELECT 42;"))
+        async_call(self._connection.execute("SELECT 42;"))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_instrumented_execute_method_without_arguments(self, *_, **__):
         )
 
     def test_instrumented_fetch_method_without_arguments(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.fetch("SELECT 42;"))
+        async_call(self._connection.fetch("SELECT 42;"))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async def _transaction_execute():
             async with self._connection.transaction():
                 await self._connection.execute("SELECT 42;")
 
-        _await(_transaction_execute())
+        async_call(_transaction_execute())
 
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(3, len(spans))
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async def _transaction_execute():
                 await self._connection.execute("SELECT 42::uuid;")
 
         with self.assertRaises(asyncpg.CannotCoerceError):
-            _await(_transaction_execute())
+            async_call(_transaction_execute())
 
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(3, len(spans))
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ async def _transaction_execute():
         )
 
     def test_instrumented_method_doesnt_capture_parameters(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.execute("SELECT $1;", "1"))
+        async_call(self._connection.execute("SELECT $1;", "1"))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         AsyncPGInstrumentor(capture_parameters=True).instrument(
             tracer_provider=cls.tracer_provider
         )
-        cls._connection = _await(
+        cls._connection = async_call(
             asyncpg.connect(
                 database=POSTGRES_DB_NAME,
                 user=POSTGRES_USER,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
         AsyncPGInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
     def test_instrumented_execute_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.execute("SELECT $1;", "1"))
+        async_call(self._connection.execute("SELECT $1;", "1"))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def test_instrumented_execute_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
         )
 
     def test_instrumented_fetch_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.fetch("SELECT $1;", "1"))
+        async_call(self._connection.fetch("SELECT $1;", "1"))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_instrumented_fetch_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
         )
 
     def test_instrumented_executemany_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
-        _await(self._connection.executemany("SELECT $1;", [["1"], ["2"]]))
+        async_call(self._connection.executemany("SELECT $1;", [["1"], ["2"]]))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def test_instrumented_executemany_method_with_arguments(self, *_, **__):
 
     def test_instrumented_execute_interface_error_method(self, *_, **__):
         with self.assertRaises(asyncpg.InterfaceError):
-            _await(self._connection.execute("SELECT 42;", 1, 2, 3))
+            async_call(self._connection.execute("SELECT 42;", 1, 2, 3))
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         self.assertEqual(