diff --git a/instrumentation/google-http-client-1.19/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/googlehttpclient/GoogleHttpClientAsyncTest.java b/instrumentation/google-http-client-1.19/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/googlehttpclient/GoogleHttpClientAsyncTest.java
index 548af9757b..7bc1aed75c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google-http-client-1.19/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/googlehttpclient/GoogleHttpClientAsyncTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/google-http-client-1.19/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/googlehttpclient/GoogleHttpClientAsyncTest.java
@@ -7,11 +7,21 @@ package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.googlehttpclient;
 
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 
 class GoogleHttpClientAsyncTest extends AbstractGoogleHttpClientTest {
 
+  private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
+
+  @AfterAll
+  void tearDown() {
+    executor.shutdown();
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected HttpResponse sendRequest(HttpRequest request) throws Exception {
-    return request.executeAsync().get();
+    return request.executeAsync(executor).get();
   }
 }