diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
index 9033bfeffb..d3e21fd08d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asyncio/__init__.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ async def trace_coroutine(self, coro):
         finally:
             self.record_process(start, attr, span, exception)
 
-    def trace_future(self, future) -> futures.Future:
+    def trace_future(self, future):
         start = default_timer()
         span = (
             self._tracer.start_span(f"{ASYNCIO_PREFIX} future")
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_ensure_future.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_ensure_future.py
index daf3bc55f4..26de02b77d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_ensure_future.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncio/tests/test_asyncio_ensure_future.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async def test():
         for span in spans:
             if span.name == "root":
                 self.assertEqual(span.parent, None)
-            if span.name == "asyncio.future":
+            if span.name == "asyncio future":
                 self.assertNotEqual(span.parent.trace_id, 0)
 
         for metric in (