diff --git a/proxy/src/compute.rs b/proxy/src/compute.rs
index bb0cfb609a..69cace8b2f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/compute.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/compute.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ pub struct PostgresConnection {
 
 impl ConnCfg {
     /// Connect to a corresponding compute node.
-    pub async fn connect2<M: MakeTlsConnect<tokio::net::TcpStream>>(
+    pub async fn managed_connect<M: MakeTlsConnect<tokio::net::TcpStream>>(
         &self,
         ctx: &RequestMonitoring,
         timeout: Duration,
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ impl ConnCfg {
 
         let mut mk_tls = tokio_postgres_rustls::MakeRustlsConnect::new(client_config);
 
-        let (socket_addr, client, connection) = self.connect2(ctx, timeout, &mut mk_tls).await?;
+        let (socket_addr, client, connection) =
+            self.managed_connect(ctx, timeout, &mut mk_tls).await?;
         tracing::Span::current().record("pid", tracing::field::display(client.get_process_id()));
         let stream = connection.stream.into_inner();
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/serverless/backend.rs b/proxy/src/serverless/backend.rs
index e8d1cc3b3a..6348f13cd6 100644
--- a/proxy/src/serverless/backend.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/serverless/backend.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl ConnectMechanism for TokioMechanism {
         let (socket_addr, client, connection) = permit.release_result(
             node_info
                 .config
-                .connect2(ctx, timeout, &mut tokio_postgres::NoTls)
+                .managed_connect(ctx, timeout, &mut tokio_postgres::NoTls)
                 .await,
         )?;