diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/httpconv_test.go b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/httpconv_test.go
index a9da5584827..908755f8cd1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/httpconv_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/httpconv_test.go
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ func TestNewRecordMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Equal(t, int64(0), server.responseBodySizeHistogram.(*testRecorder[int64]).value)
 				assert.Equal(t, float64(0), server.requestDurationHistogram.(*testRecorder[float64]).value)
 
-				assert.Len(t, server.requestBodySizeHistogram.(*testRecorder[int64]).attributes, 0)
-				assert.Len(t, server.responseBodySizeHistogram.(*testRecorder[int64]).attributes, 0)
-				assert.Len(t, server.requestDurationHistogram.(*testRecorder[float64]).attributes, 0)
+				assert.Empty(t, server.requestBodySizeHistogram.(*testRecorder[int64]).attributes)
+				assert.Empty(t, server.responseBodySizeHistogram.(*testRecorder[int64]).attributes)
+				assert.Empty(t, server.requestDurationHistogram.(*testRecorder[float64]).attributes)
 			},
 		},
 	}