diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/test/groovy/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/test/groovy/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.groovy
index 9825b95813..ec0db35692 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/test/groovy/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-concurrent/src/test/groovy/ExecutorInstrumentationTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpan
 import datadog.opentracing.scopemanager.ContinuableScope
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.java.concurrent.CallableWrapper
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.java.concurrent.RunnableWrapper
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
 class ExecutorInstrumentationTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   static {
+    ConfigUtils.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     System.setProperty("dd.trace.executors", "ExecutorInstrumentationTest\$CustomThreadPoolExecutor")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
   }
 
   @Shared
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slf4j-mdc/src/test/groovy/Slf4jMDCTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slf4j-mdc/src/test/groovy/Slf4jMDCTest.groovy
index 1aeef8749d..57d49dde88 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slf4j-mdc/src/test/groovy/Slf4jMDCTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/slf4j-mdc/src/test/groovy/Slf4jMDCTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import datadog.trace.api.CorrelationIdentifier
 import io.opentracing.Scope
 import io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
 class Slf4jMDCTest extends AgentTestRunner {
   static {
+    ConfigUtils.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     System.setProperty("dd.logs.injection", "true")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
   }
 
   def "mdc shows trace and span ids for active scope"() {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
index 4ead07dd8d..210aba390f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import datadog.trace.instrumentation.trace_annotation.TraceAnnotationsInstrumentation
 import dd.test.trace.annotation.SayTracedHello
 
@@ -10,8 +11,10 @@ import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.trace_annotation.TraceAnnotationsIns
 class ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   static {
+    ConfigUtils.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     // nr annotation not included here, so should be disabled.
     System.setProperty("dd.trace.annotations", "package.Class\$Name;${OuterClass.InterestingMethod.name}")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
   }
 
   def specCleanup() {
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ class ConfiguredTraceAnnotationsTest extends AgentTestRunner {
   def "test configuration #value"() {
     setup:
     def config = withSystemProperty("dd.trace.annotations", value) {
+      ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
       new TraceAnnotationsInstrumentation().additionalTraceAnnotations
     }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceAnnotationsTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
index 525ce9bdcf..1c13118f07 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceAnnotationsTest.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datadog.opentracing.decorators.ErrorFlag
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import datadog.trace.api.Trace
 import dd.test.trace.annotation.SayTracedHello
 import io.opentracing.tag.Tags
@@ -9,12 +10,15 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable
 class TraceAnnotationsTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   static {
+    ConfigUtils.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     System.clearProperty("dd.trace.annotations")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig(true)
   }
 
   def "test simple case annotations"() {
     setup:
     // Test single span in new trace
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig(true)
     SayTracedHello.sayHello()
 
     expect:
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
index b0fc3485b0..fcf04ab0bd 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/trace-annotation/src/test/groovy/TraceConfigTest.groovy
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import datadog.trace.instrumentation.trace_annotation.TraceConfigInstrumentation
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable
@@ -8,11 +9,14 @@ import static datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.ConfigUtils.withSystemProperty
 class TraceConfigTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   static {
+    ConfigUtils.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     System.setProperty("dd.trace.methods", "package.ClassName[method1,method2];${ConfigTracedCallable.name}[call]")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
   }
 
   def specCleanup() {
     System.clearProperty("dd.trace.methods")
+    ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
   }
 
   class ConfigTracedCallable implements Callable<String> {
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ class TraceConfigTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     setup:
     def config = null
     withSystemProperty("dd.trace.methods", value) {
+      ConfigUtils.resetConfig()
       def instrumentation = new TraceConfigInstrumentation()
       config = instrumentation.classMethodsToTrace
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/utils/ConfigUtils.groovy b/dd-java-agent/testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/utils/ConfigUtils.groovy
index fb1a1fff16..698237bb7b 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/utils/ConfigUtils.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/testing/src/main/groovy/datadog/trace/agent/test/utils/ConfigUtils.groovy
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class ConfigUtils {
   private static class ConfigInstance {
     // Wrapped in a static class to lazy load.
     static final FIELD = Config.getDeclaredField("INSTANCE")
+    static final RUNTIME_ID_FIELD = Config.getDeclaredField("runtimeId")
   }
 
   // TODO: ideally all users of this should switch to using Config object (and withConfigOverride) instead.
@@ -60,15 +61,27 @@ class ConfigUtils {
 
   /**
    * Calling will reset the runtimeId too, so it might cause problems around runtimeId verification.
+   * If you are testing runtimeId provide <code>preserveRuntimeId = false</code> to copy the previous runtimeId
+   * tot he new config instance.
    */
-  static void resetConfig() {
+  static void resetConfig(preserveRuntimeId = false) {
     // Ensure the class was retransformed properly in AgentTestRunner.makeConfigInstanceModifiable()
     assert Modifier.isPublic(ConfigInstance.FIELD.getModifiers())
     assert Modifier.isStatic(ConfigInstance.FIELD.getModifiers())
     assert Modifier.isVolatile(ConfigInstance.FIELD.getModifiers())
     assert !Modifier.isFinal(ConfigInstance.FIELD.getModifiers())
 
-    ConfigInstance.FIELD.set(null, new Config())
+    assert Modifier.isPublic(ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.getModifiers())
+    assert !Modifier.isStatic(ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.getModifiers())
+    assert Modifier.isVolatile(ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.getModifiers())
+    assert !Modifier.isFinal(ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.getModifiers())
+
+    def previousConfig = ConfigInstance.FIELD.get(null)
+    def newConfig = new Config()
+    ConfigInstance.FIELD.set(null, newConfig)
+    if (previousConfig != null && preserveRuntimeId) {
+      ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.set(newConfig, ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.get(previousConfig))
+    }
   }
 
   static void makeConfigInstanceModifiable() {
@@ -88,6 +101,12 @@ class ConfigUtils {
             .field(named("INSTANCE"))
             .transform(Transformer.ForField.withModifiers(PUBLIC, STATIC, VOLATILE))
         }
+        // Making runtimeId modifiable so that it can be preserved when resetting config in tests
+        .transform { builder, typeDescription, classLoader, module ->
+          builder
+            .field(named("runtimeId"))
+            .transform(Transformer.ForField.withModifiers(PUBLIC, VOLATILE))
+        }
         .installOn(instrumentation)
 
     final field = ConfigInstance.FIELD
@@ -96,6 +115,12 @@ class ConfigUtils {
     assert Modifier.isVolatile(field.getModifiers())
     assert !Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers())
 
+    final runtimeIdField = ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD
+    assert Modifier.isPublic(runtimeIdField.getModifiers())
+    assert !Modifier.isStatic(ConfigInstance.RUNTIME_ID_FIELD.getModifiers())
+    assert Modifier.isVolatile(runtimeIdField.getModifiers())
+    assert !Modifier.isFinal(runtimeIdField.getModifiers())
+
     // No longer needed (Unless class gets retransformed somehow).
     instrumentation.removeTransformer(transformer)
   }