diff --git a/serve/opentelemetry_test.go b/serve/opentelemetry_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/serve/opentelemetry_test.go
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+package serve
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4/internal/memdb"
+	"github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4/plugin"
+)
+
+func TestNewResource(t *testing.T) {
+	p := plugin.NewPlugin(
+		"testPluginV3",
+		"v1.0.0",
+		memdb.NewMemDBClient)
+
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to instantiate resource: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+	newResource(p)
+}