diff --git a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/config_test.go
index d831801721dd..e279ca472cea 100644
--- a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/config_test.go
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Enabled: false,
 				},
 				Pipeline: "mypipeline",
-				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-					Timeout:         2 * time.Minute,
-					MaxIdleConns:    &defaultMaxIdleConns,
-					IdleConnTimeout: &defaultIdleConnTimeout,
-					Headers: map[string]configopaque.String{
+				ClientConfig: withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(func(cfg *confighttp.ClientConfig) {
+					cfg.Timeout = 2 * time.Minute
+					cfg.MaxIdleConns = &defaultMaxIdleConns
+					cfg.IdleConnTimeout = &defaultIdleConnTimeout
+					cfg.Headers = map[string]configopaque.String{
 						"myheader": "test",
-					},
-				},
+					}
+				}),
 				Authentication: AuthenticationSettings{
 					User:     "elastic",
 					Password: "search",
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Enabled: false,
 				},
 				Pipeline: "mypipeline",
-				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-					Timeout:         2 * time.Minute,
-					MaxIdleConns:    &defaultMaxIdleConns,
-					IdleConnTimeout: &defaultIdleConnTimeout,
-					Headers: map[string]configopaque.String{
+				ClientConfig: withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(func(cfg *confighttp.ClientConfig) {
+					cfg.Timeout = 2 * time.Minute
+					cfg.MaxIdleConns = &defaultMaxIdleConns
+					cfg.IdleConnTimeout = &defaultIdleConnTimeout
+					cfg.Headers = map[string]configopaque.String{
 						"myheader": "test",
-					},
-				},
+					}
+				}),
 				Authentication: AuthenticationSettings{
 					User:     "elastic",
 					Password: "search",
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					Enabled: false,
 				},
 				Pipeline: "mypipeline",
-				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-					Timeout:         2 * time.Minute,
-					MaxIdleConns:    &defaultMaxIdleConns,
-					IdleConnTimeout: &defaultIdleConnTimeout,
-					Headers: map[string]configopaque.String{
+				ClientConfig: withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(func(cfg *confighttp.ClientConfig) {
+					cfg.Timeout = 2 * time.Minute
+					cfg.MaxIdleConns = &defaultMaxIdleConns
+					cfg.IdleConnTimeout = &defaultIdleConnTimeout
+					cfg.Headers = map[string]configopaque.String{
 						"myheader": "test",
-					},
-				},
+					}
+				}),
 				Authentication: AuthenticationSettings{
 					User:     "elastic",
 					Password: "search",
@@ -423,3 +423,11 @@ func withDefaultConfig(fns ...func(*Config)) *Config {
 	}
 	return cfg
 }
+
+func withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(fns ...func(config *confighttp.ClientConfig)) confighttp.ClientConfig {
+	cfg := confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig()
+	for _, fn := range fns {
+		fn(&cfg)
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
diff --git a/exporter/opensearchexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/opensearchexporter/config_test.go
index 142a1b819a03..d6840945c588 100644
--- a/exporter/opensearchexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/opensearchexporter/config_test.go
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: &Config{
 				Dataset:   "ngnix",
 				Namespace: "eu",
-				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-					Endpoint: sampleEndpoint,
-					Timeout:  2 * time.Minute,
-					Headers: map[string]configopaque.String{
+				ClientConfig: withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(func(config *confighttp.ClientConfig) {
+					config.Endpoint = sampleEndpoint
+					config.Timeout = 2 * time.Minute
+					config.Headers = map[string]configopaque.String{
 						"myheader": "test",
-					},
-					MaxIdleConns:    &maxIdleConns,
-					IdleConnTimeout: &idleConnTimeout,
-					Auth:            &configauth.Authentication{AuthenticatorID: component.MustNewID("sample_basic_auth")},
-				},
+					}
+					config.MaxIdleConns = &maxIdleConns
+					config.IdleConnTimeout = &idleConnTimeout
+					config.Auth = &configauth.Authentication{AuthenticatorID: component.MustNewID("sample_basic_auth")}
+				}),
 				BackOffConfig: configretry.BackOffConfig{
 					Enabled:             true,
 					InitialInterval:     100 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -133,3 +133,11 @@ func withDefaultConfig(fns ...func(*Config)) *Config {
 	}
 	return cfg
 }
+
+func withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(fns ...func(config *confighttp.ClientConfig)) confighttp.ClientConfig {
+	cfg := confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig()
+	for _, fn := range fns {
+		fn(&cfg)
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
diff --git a/exporter/zipkinexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/zipkinexporter/config_test.go
index a27c6c7ae8e4..0d27f9816bda 100644
--- a/exporter/zipkinexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/zipkinexporter/config_test.go
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					NumConsumers: 2,
 					QueueSize:    10,
 				},
-				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-					Endpoint:        "https://somedest:1234/api/v2/spans",
-					WriteBufferSize: 524288,
-					Timeout:         5 * time.Second,
-					TLSSetting: configtls.ClientConfig{
+				ClientConfig: withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(func(config *confighttp.ClientConfig) {
+					config.Endpoint = "https://somedest:1234/api/v2/spans"
+					config.WriteBufferSize = 524288
+					config.Timeout = 5 * time.Second
+					config.TLSSetting = configtls.ClientConfig{
 						InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-					},
-					MaxIdleConns:    &maxIdleConns,
-					IdleConnTimeout: &idleConnTimeout,
-				},
+					}
+					config.MaxIdleConns = &maxIdleConns
+					config.IdleConnTimeout = &idleConnTimeout
+				}),
 				Format:             "proto",
 				DefaultServiceName: "test_name",
 			},
@@ -87,3 +87,11 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func withDefaultHTTPClientConfig(fns ...func(config *confighttp.ClientConfig)) confighttp.ClientConfig {
+	cfg := confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig()
+	for _, fn := range fns {
+		fn(&cfg)
+	}
+	return cfg
+}