diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/aws/ec2/ec2_test.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/aws/ec2/ec2_test.go
index 2597ffb5d1ef..892135ddd0cf 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/aws/ec2/ec2_test.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/aws/ec2/ec2_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestDetector_Detect(t *testing.T) {
 				attr.InsertString("cloud.account.id", "account1234")
 				attr.InsertString("cloud.provider", "aws")
 				attr.InsertString("cloud.infrastructure_service", "EC2")
-				attr.InsertString("cloud.namespace", "ec2")
+				attr.InsertString("cloud.namespace", "aws/ec2")
 				attr.InsertString("cloud.region", "us-west-2")
 				attr.InsertString("cloud.zone", "us-west-2a")
 				attr.InsertString("host.id", "i-abcd1234")