diff --git a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AbstractLongTaskTimerSecondsTest.java b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AbstractLongTaskTimerSecondsTest.java
index 43d8ecd279..4dd6261d95 100644
--- a/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AbstractLongTaskTimerSecondsTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/micrometer/micrometer-1.5/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/micrometer/v1_5/AbstractLongTaskTimerSecondsTest.java
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractLongTaskTimerSecondsTest {
                                         .hasValue(0)
                                         .attributes()
                                         .containsOnly(attributeEntry("tag", "value")))));
-    testing().clearData();
 
     // when timer is removed from the registry
     Metrics.globalRegistry.remove(timer);
+    Thread.sleep(10); // give time for any in flight metric export to be received
+    testing().clearData();
     timer.start();
 
     // then no tasks are active after starting a new sample