diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/package.json
index adae4993a20..44d2e89f8db 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^9.1.1",
     "@types/node": "18.11.7",
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.11",
-    "expect": "27.4.2",
+    "expect": "29.2.0",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/test/pubsub-propagation.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/test/pubsub-propagation.test.ts
index 8c853b791f0..62199d4f33c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/test/pubsub-propagation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagation-utils/test/pubsub-propagation.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   resetMemoryExporter,
 } from '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils';
 import { ROOT_CONTEXT, trace } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 
 registerInstrumentationTestingProvider();
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/package.json b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/package.json
index 0588be63b9d..6a4282a7e6a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "10.0.2",
     "@types/node": "18.11.7",
     "amqplib": "0.8.0",
-    "expect": "27.4.2",
+    "expect": "29.2.0",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
     "ts-mocha": "10.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-callbacks.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-callbacks.test.ts
index 424554e4dda..e9fbdf96e86 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-callbacks.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-callbacks.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import 'mocha';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { AmqplibInstrumentation } from '../src';
 import {
   getTestSpans,
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-connection.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-connection.test.ts
index 748f06c7eed..7ac3e686e55 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-connection.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-connection.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import 'mocha';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { shouldTest } from './utils';
 import {
   censoredUrl,
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-promise.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-promise.test.ts
index b343dc71ea2..e130f5e942a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-promise.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/amqplib-promise.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import 'mocha';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import * as lodash from 'lodash';
 import {
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.test.ts
index efa69b58866..34e6fb7aa90 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import 'mocha';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import {
   getConnectionAttributesFromServer,
   getConnectionAttributesFromUrl,
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.ts
index f6297dfb662..d1e3a2e4ca4 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-amqplib/test/utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import type * as amqp from 'amqplib';
 import type * as amqpCallback from 'amqplib/callback_api';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 
 export const asyncConfirmSend = (
   confirmChannel: amqp.ConfirmChannel | amqpCallback.ConfirmChannel,
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/package.json b/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/package.json
index 49c7e6e37d4..caec77996e3 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "@types/lru-cache": "7.10.9",
     "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
     "@types/node": "18.11.7",
-    "expect": "25.5.0",
+    "expect": "29.2.0",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "lru-memoizer": "2.1.4",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/test/index.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/test/index.test.ts
index 95969e8be83..bb80c9994d2 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-lru-memoizer/test/index.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import LruMemoizerInstrumentation from '../src';
 import { trace, context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 
 import { registerInstrumentationTesting } from '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils';
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/package.json b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/package.json
index 6edb5db0394..99e77cf6a3d 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^1.8.0",
     "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
     "@types/node": "18.11.7",
-    "expect": "27.4.2",
+    "expect": "29.2.0",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
     "mongoose": "6.5.2",
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/asserts.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/asserts.ts
index f6c7e15ec36..ad21f9a7162 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/asserts.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/asserts.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { SpanStatusCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/mongoose.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/mongoose.test.ts
index 6ba0297bd53..9049762e0eb 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/mongoose.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-mongoose/test/mongoose.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import 'mocha';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { context, ROOT_CONTEXT } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { MongooseInstrumentation } from '../src';
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
index 48cb5b90b5f..4535cbdc8f7 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "10.0.6",
     "aws-sdk": "2.1008.0",
     "eslint": "8.7.0",
-    "expect": "27.4.2",
+    "expect": "29.2.0",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
     "nock": "13.2.1",
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/MessageAttributes.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/MessageAttributes.test.ts
index 77717b53c53..51d63442f05 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/MessageAttributes.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/MessageAttributes.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import {
   MAX_MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTES,
   contextSetter,
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
index f40f80903bc..0d7d8a8aea7 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { SpanStatusCode, Span, SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
 import { mockV2AwsSend } from './testing-utils';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 
 describe('instrumentation-aws-sdk-v2', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
index 8623b6e8733..0fb17f7ffdd 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import {
   SemanticAttributes,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as nock from 'nock';
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/dynamodb.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/dynamodb.test.ts
index 41b715770a6..5ff0c2b0abb 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/dynamodb.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/dynamodb.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   DbSystemValues,
   SemanticAttributes,
 } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import type { ConsumedCapacity as ConsumedCapacityV2 } from 'aws-sdk/clients/dynamodb';
 import type { ConsumedCapacity as ConsumedCapacityV3 } from '@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb';
 
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/lambda.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/lambda.test.ts
index 372ebc4e674..be3965a8725 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/lambda.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/lambda.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { Lambda, InvocationType } from '@aws-sdk/client-lambda';
 import { ClientRequest } from 'http';
 import * as nock from 'nock';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 
 process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'testing';
 process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'testing';
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
index a930dba4a15..ce6ce9c8857 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as nock from 'nock';
 
 import { mockV2AwsSend } from './testing-utils';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
index 901b4fca1d4..e162fa57e85 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sqs.test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { mockV2AwsSend } from './testing-utils';
 import { Message } from 'aws-sdk/clients/sqs';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import * as messageAttributes from '../src/services/MessageAttributes';
 import { AttributeNames } from '../src/enums';
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/testing-utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/testing-utils.ts
index a08f3e1237b..7ce6d373cc8 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/testing-utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/testing-utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { isTracingSuppressed } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { getInstrumentation } from '@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils';
-import * as expect from 'expect';
+import { expect } from 'expect';
 import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
 
 // we want to mock the request object and trigger events on it's events emitter.