diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
index 9bf691f657073..fba0182eec49d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_not_recording(self):
         mock_span.is_recording.return_value = False
         mock_tracer.start_span.return_value = mock_span
         mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__enter__ = mock_span
-        mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__exit__ = mock_span
+        mock_tracer.use_span.return_value.__exit__ = True
         with patch("opentelemetry.trace.get_tracer") as tracer:
             tracer.return_value = mock_tracer
             ec2 = self.session.create_client("ec2", region_name="us-west-2")