diff --git a/receiver/elasticsearchreceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/elasticsearchreceiver/config_test.go
index ed483c90dce4..149f9bed0b1f 100644
--- a/receiver/elasticsearchreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/elasticsearchreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ func TestValidateEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultTransport := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport)
+	defaultMaxIdleConns := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).MaxIdleConns
+	defaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).MaxIdleConnsPerHost
+	defaultMaxConnsPerHost := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).MaxConnsPerHost
+	defaultIdleConnTimeout := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).IdleConnTimeout
+
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	cm, err := confmaptest.LoadConf(filepath.Join("testdata", "config.yaml"))
@@ -173,10 +177,10 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Timeout:             10000000000,
 					Endpoint:            "http://example.com:9200",
 					Headers:             map[string]configopaque.String{},
-					MaxIdleConns:        &defaultTransport.MaxIdleConns,
-					MaxIdleConnsPerHost: &defaultTransport.MaxIdleConnsPerHost,
-					MaxConnsPerHost:     &defaultTransport.MaxConnsPerHost,
-					IdleConnTimeout:     &defaultTransport.IdleConnTimeout,
+					MaxIdleConns:        &defaultMaxIdleConns,
+					MaxIdleConnsPerHost: &defaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost,
+					MaxConnsPerHost:     &defaultMaxConnsPerHost,
+					IdleConnTimeout:     &defaultIdleConnTimeout,
 				},
 			},
 		},