diff --git a/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java b/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
index a94b6bf2ed3..3497dfd488d 100644
--- a/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
+++ b/api/events/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/events/DefaultEventEmitterTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ void emit() {
   void emitWithTimestamp() {
     EventEmitter emitter = DefaultEventEmitter.getInstance();
     Attributes attributes = Attributes.builder().put("key1", "value1").build();
-    assertThatCode(() -> emitter.emit(System.nanoTime(), "event-name", attributes));
+    assertThatCode(() -> emitter.emit(System.nanoTime(), "event-name", attributes))
+        .doesNotThrowAnyException();
   }
 }