diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientSslTest.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientSslTest.java
index 20b0d1a592..08a4f53501 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientSslTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientSslTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Netty41ClientSslTest {
                 ChannelPipeline pipeline = socketChannel.pipeline();
 
                 SslContext sslContext = SslContextBuilder.forClient().build();
-                SSLEngine sslEngine = sslContext.newEngine(socketChannel.alloc());
+                SSLEngine sslEngine = sslContext.newEngine(socketChannel.alloc(), "localhost", -1);
                 if (enabledProtocols != null) {
                   sslEngine.setEnabledProtocols(enabledProtocols.toArray(new String[0]));
                 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientExtension.java b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientExtension.java
index 43f9fa98d7..1e5f9ef375 100644
--- a/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientExtension.java
+++ b/instrumentation/netty/netty-4.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/netty/v4_1/Netty41ClientExtension.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class Netty41ClientExtension implements BeforeAllCallback, AfterAllCallba
                 ChannelPipeline pipeline = socketChannel.pipeline();
                 if (https) {
                   SslContext sslContext = SslContextBuilder.forClient().build();
-                  pipeline.addLast(sslContext.newHandler(socketChannel.alloc()));
+                  pipeline.addLast(sslContext.newHandler(socketChannel.alloc(), "localhost", -1));
                 }
                 if (readTimeout) {
                   pipeline.addLast(