diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
index 88e4b7646e3..8b9e0cb2ef9 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
                 service: 'test-kafka',
                 resource: testTopic
               })
-              expect(span.metrics).to.include({
+              expect(span.metrics).to.be.gt({
                 'kafka.batch_size': 1
               })
 
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
                 service: 'test-kafka',
                 resource: testTopic
               })
-              expect(span.metrics).to.include({
+              expect(span.metrics).to.be.gt({
                 'kafka.batch_size': 1
               })
 
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
                 service: 'test-kafka',
                 resource: testTopic
               })
-              expect(span.metrics).to.include({
+              expect(span.metrics).to.be.gt({
                 'kafka.batch_size': 1
               })