diff --git a/comp/otelcol/otlp/internal/serializerexporter/exporter_test.go b/comp/otelcol/otlp/internal/serializerexporter/exporter_test.go
index dd496cf19474a..7a30dd9286b6d 100644
--- a/comp/otelcol/otlp/internal/serializerexporter/exporter_test.go
+++ b/comp/otelcol/otlp/internal/serializerexporter/exporter_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config"
@@ -190,11 +190,10 @@ func Test_ConsumeMetrics_Tags(t *testing.T) {
 				tt.setConfig(t)
 			}
 			rec := &metricRecorder{}
-			f := NewFactory(rec)
-			exp, err := f.CreateMetricsExporter(
-				context.Background(),
-				exportertest.NewNopCreateSettings(),
-				f.CreateDefaultConfig(),
+			exp, err := newExporter(
+				componenttest.NewNopTelemetrySettings(),
+				rec,
+				NewFactory(rec).CreateDefaultConfig().(*exporterConfig),
 			)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("newExporter() returns unexpected error: %v", err)