diff --git a/test/conformance/helpers/channel_tracing_test_helper.go b/test/conformance/helpers/channel_tracing_test_helper.go
index 9d9c3380be2..6638e3e270c 100644
--- a/test/conformance/helpers/channel_tracing_test_helper.go
+++ b/test/conformance/helpers/channel_tracing_test_helper.go
@@ -24,18 +24,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	ce "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go"
 	ce2 "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2"
 	cetest "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/test"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go/model"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/trace"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/test/zipkin"
 
 	tracinghelper "knative.dev/eventing/test/conformance/helpers/tracing"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/test/lib"
-	"knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/cloudevents"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/recordevents"
 	"knative.dev/eventing/test/lib/resources"
 )
@@ -170,6 +168,7 @@ func setupChannelTracingWithReply(
 	loggerPodName string,
 	tc TracingTestCase,
 ) (tracinghelper.TestSpanTree, cetest.EventMatcher) {
+	eventSource := "sender"
 	// Create the Channels.
 	channelName := "ch"
 	client.CreateChannelOrFail(channelName, channel)
@@ -182,11 +181,12 @@ func setupChannelTracingWithReply(
 	client.CreatePodOrFail(loggerPod, lib.WithService(loggerPodName))
 
 	// Create the subscriber, a Pod that mutates the event.
-	transformerPod := resources.DeprecatedEventTransformationPod("transformer", &cloudevents.CloudEvent{
-		EventContextV1: ce.EventContextV1{
-			Type: "mutated",
-		},
-	})
+	transformerPod := resources.EventTransformationPod(
+		"transformer",
+		"mutated",
+		eventSource,
+		nil,
+	)
 	client.CreatePodOrFail(transformerPod, lib.WithService(transformerPod.Name))
 
 	// Create the Subscription linking the Channel to the mutator.
@@ -210,18 +210,20 @@ func setupChannelTracingWithReply(
 
 	// Everything is setup to receive an event. Generate a CloudEvent.
 	senderName := "sender"
-	eventID := string(uuid.NewUUID())
-	body := fmt.Sprintf("TestChannelTracing %s", eventID)
-	event := cloudevents.New(
-		fmt.Sprintf(`{"msg":%q}`, body),
-		cloudevents.WithSource(senderName),
-		cloudevents.WithID(eventID),
-	)
+	eventID := uuid.New().String()
+	event := ce2.NewEvent()
+	event.SetID(eventID)
+	event.SetSource(senderName)
+	event.SetType(lib.DefaultEventType)
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"msg":"TestChannelTracing %s"}`, eventID)
+	if err := event.SetData(ce2.ApplicationJSON, []byte(body)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Cannot set the payload of the event: %s", err.Error())
+	}
 
 	// Send the CloudEvent (either with or without tracing inside the SendEvents Pod).
-	sendEvent := client.SendFakeEventToAddressableOrFail
+	sendEvent := client.SendEventToAddressable
 	if tc.IncomingTraceId {
-		sendEvent = client.SendFakeEventWithTracingToAddressableOrFail
+		sendEvent = client.SendEventWithTracingToAddressable
 	}
 	sendEvent(senderName, channelName, channel, event)
 
@@ -332,7 +334,6 @@ func setupChannelTracingWithReply(
 			Children: []tracinghelper.TestSpanTree{expected},
 		}
 	}
-
 	matchFunc := func(ev ce2.Event) error {
 		if ev.Source() != senderName {
 			return fmt.Errorf("expected source %s, saw %s", senderName, ev.Source())
diff --git a/test/lib/event_sender.go b/test/lib/event_sender.go
index a51c210d39d..ea8701ab5dc 100644
--- a/test/lib/event_sender.go
+++ b/test/lib/event_sender.go
@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ func (c *Client) SendEventToAddressable(
 	}
 }
 
+// SendEventToAddressable will send the given event to the given Addressable.
+func (c *Client) SendEventWithTracingToAddressable(
+	senderName,
+	addressableName string,
+	typemeta *metav1.TypeMeta,
+	event cloudevents.Event,
+	option ...sender.EventSenderOption,
+) {
+	uri, err := c.GetAddressableURI(addressableName, typemeta)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.T.Fatalf("Failed to get the URI for %v-%s", typemeta, addressableName)
+	}
+	if err = c.SendEventWithTracing(senderName, uri, event, option...); err != nil {
+		c.T.Fatalf("Failed to send event %v with tracing to %s: %v", event, uri, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // SendEvent will create a sender pod, which will send the given event to the given url.
 func (c *Client) SendEvent(
 	senderName string,
@@ -60,3 +77,23 @@ func (c *Client) SendEvent(
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// SendEvent will create a sender pod, which will send the given event to the given url.
+func (c *Client) SendEventWithTracing(
+	senderName string,
+	uri string,
+	event cloudevents.Event,
+	option ...sender.EventSenderOption,
+) error {
+	namespace := c.Namespace
+	pod, err := sender.EventSenderPod("event-sender", senderName, uri, event, option...)
+	sender.EnableTracing()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.CreatePodOrFail(pod)
+	if err := pkgTest.WaitForPodRunning(c.Kube, senderName, namespace); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}