diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 54d2354952..e18bdf6a6f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -761,6 +761,11 @@ commands_pre =
   processor-baggage: pip install opentelemetry-sdk@{env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
   processor-baggage: pip install -r {toxinidir}/processor/opentelemetry-processor-baggage/test-requirements.txt
 
+  http: pip install opentelemetry-api@{env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api
+  http: pip install opentelemetry-semantic-conventions@{env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+  http: pip install opentelemetry-sdk@{env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
+  http: pip install opentelemetry-test-utils@{env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-test-utils&subdirectory=tests/opentelemetry-test-utils
+  http: pip install -r {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http/test-requirements.txt
   http: pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
 
 ; In order to get a health coverage report,
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/test-requirements.txt b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e28bbdd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+asgiref==3.7.2
+Deprecated==1.2.14
+importlib-metadata==6.11.0
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+packaging==24.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
+py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
+pytest==7.4.4
+pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
+tomli==2.0.1
+typing_extensions==4.10.0
+-e opentelemetry-instrumentation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/test_sanitize_method.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/test_sanitize_method.py
index b4095324a6..bd14d88ee5 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/test_sanitize_method.py
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/test_sanitize_method.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_standard_method_lowercase(self):
 
     def test_nonstandard_method(self):
         method = sanitize_method("UNKNOWN")
-        self.assertEqual(method, "NONSTANDARD")
+        self.assertEqual(method, "_OTHER")
 
     @patch.dict(
         "os.environ",
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ def test_nonstandard_method(self):
     )
     def test_nonstandard_method_allowed(self):
         method = sanitize_method("UNKNOWN")
-        self.assertEqual(method, "NONSTANDARD")
+        self.assertEqual(method, "UNKNOWN")