diff --git a/test/assets/observability/otel_config.yaml b/test/assets/observability/otel_config.yaml
index 847486dc7d..9ef0989b28 100644
--- a/test/assets/observability/otel_config.yaml
+++ b/test/assets/observability/otel_config.yaml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ exporters:
     metric_expiration: 30m
   prometheusremotewrite:
     endpoint: "http://[{{PROMETHEUS_HOST}}]:{{PROMETHEUS_PORT}}/api/v1/write"
-  loki: # only for logs, exports the logs in the loki server
-    endpoint: "http://[{{LOKI_HOST}}]:{{LOKI_PORT}}/loki/api/v1/push"
+  otlphttp/loki: # only for logs, exports the logs in the loki server
+    endpoint: "http://[{{LOKI_HOST}}]:{{LOKI_PORT}}/otlp"
 
 extensions:
   file_storage:
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ service:
     logs/journald:
       receivers: [ journald ]
       processors: [ batch, resource/journald ]
-      exporters: [ loki ]
+      exporters: [ otlphttp/loki ]
     logs/kube_events:
       receivers: [ k8s_events ]
       processors: [ batch, resource/kube_events ]
-      exporters: [ loki ]
+      exporters: [ otlphttp/loki ]
diff --git a/test/suites/optional/observability.robot b/test/suites/optional/observability.robot
index 44a7346bc7..47018498ee 100644
--- a/test/suites/optional/observability.robot
+++ b/test/suites/optional/observability.robot
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ${TEST_CONFIG_PATH}         assets/observability/otel_config.yaml
 Host Metrics Are Exported
     [Documentation]    The opentelemetry-collector should be able to export host metrics.
 
-    VAR    ${METRIC}    system_cpu_time_seconds_total{cpu="cpu0",state="idle"}    scope=TEST
+    VAR    ${METRIC}    system_cpu_time_seconds_total    scope=TEST
     Check Prometheus Query    ${PROMETHEUS_HOST}    ${PROMETHEUS_PORT}    ${METRIC}
     Check Prometheus Exporter    ${USHIFT_HOST}    ${PROM_EXPORTER_PORT}    ${METRIC}