diff --git a/inspectit-gepard-agent/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/instrumentation/hook/action/util/SpanUtilTest.java b/inspectit-gepard-agent/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/instrumentation/hook/action/util/SpanUtilTest.java
index b658064..5018219 100644
--- a/inspectit-gepard-agent/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/instrumentation/hook/action/util/SpanUtilTest.java
+++ b/inspectit-gepard-agent/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/instrumentation/hook/action/util/SpanUtilTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -22,15 +21,11 @@ class SpanUtilTest {
 
   @BeforeEach
   void beforeEach() {
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
     OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().buildAndRegisterGlobal();
     tracer = openTelemetry.getTracer("inspectit-gepard");
   }
 
-  @AfterEach
-  void afterEach() {
-    GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
-  }
-
   @Test
   void shouldReturnTrueWhenSpanExists() throws Exception {
     Span span = tracer.spanBuilder(spanName).startSpan();