diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
index 9c658e0092..1f4570d293 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_basic_starlette_call(self):
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 3)
         for span in spans:
-            self.assertIn("/foobar", span.name)
+            self.assertIn("GET /foobar", span.name)
 
     def test_starlette_route_attribute_added(self):
         """Ensure that starlette routes are used as the span name."""
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_starlette_route_attribute_added(self):
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 3)
         for span in spans:
-            self.assertIn("/user/{username}", span.name)
+            self.assertIn("GET /user/{username}", span.name)
         self.assertEqual(
             spans[-1].attributes[SpanAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE], "/user/{username}"
         )