diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/basemetrics_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/basemetrics_test.go
index 27a473a3eb201..dd03749d5d065 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/basemetrics_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/basemetrics_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func TestContainerMetricsTagging(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedTags := []string{
+		instanceTag,                          // Instance tags
 		"container_name:basemetrics_redis_1", // Container name
 		"docker_image:datadog/docker-library:redis_3_2_11-alpine",
 		"image_name:datadog/docker-library",
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func TestContainerMetricsTagging(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	pauseTags := []string{
+		"instanceTag:MustBeHere",
 		"docker_image:kubernetes/pause:latest",
 		"image_name:kubernetes/pause",
 		"image_tag:latest",
diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/events_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/events_test.go
index 1921194347fe0..8168a3f621513 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/events_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/events_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func init() {
 func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	nowTimestamp := time.Now().Unix()
 	expectedTags := []string{
+		instanceTag,
 		"highcardlabeltag:eventhigh",
 		"lowcardlabeltag:eventlow",
 		"highcardenvtag:eventhighenv",
diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/exitcode_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/exitcode_test.go
index a07f8ad7161c4..87b4bc0609456 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/exitcode_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/exitcode_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func TestContainerExit(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedTags := []string{
+		instanceTag,
 		"docker_image:datadog/docker-library:busybox_1_28_0",
 		"image_name:datadog/docker-library",
 		"short_image:docker-library",
diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/globalmetrics_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/globalmetrics_test.go
index 6cbb016788294..ffc04ecdd3b78 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/globalmetrics_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/globalmetrics_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func TestGlobalMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedTags := []string{}
+	expectedTags := []string{instanceTag}
 
 	sender.AssertCalled(t, "Gauge", "docker.images.available", mocksender.IsGreaterOrEqual(2), "", mocksender.MatchTagsContains(expectedTags))
 	sender.AssertCalled(t, "Gauge", "docker.images.intermediate", mocksender.IsGreaterOrEqual(0), "", mocksender.MatchTagsContains(expectedTags))
diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/main_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/main_test.go
index 096777f868acb..a317b82de07df 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/main_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/main_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ var retryDelay = flag.Int("retry-delay", 1, "time to wait between retries (defau
 var retryTimeout = flag.Int("retry-timeout", 30, "maximum time before failure (default 30 seconds)")
 var skipCleanup = flag.Bool("skip-cleanup", false, "skip cleanup of the docker containers (for debugging)")
 
+// Must be repeated in the following dockerCfgString
+const instanceTag = "instanceTag:MustBeHere"
+
 var dockerCfgString = `
 collect_events: true
 collect_container_size: true
diff --git a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/serviceup_test.go b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/serviceup_test.go
index 1a6b11caa37e8..79a04411a0a92 100644
--- a/test/integration/corechecks/docker/serviceup_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/corechecks/docker/serviceup_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestServiceUp(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedTags := []string{}
+	expectedTags := []string{
+		instanceTag,
+	}
 
 	sender.AssertServiceCheck(t, "docker.service_up", metrics.ServiceCheckOK, "", expectedTags, "")
 }