diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/disabling.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/disabling.js
index a542fca9e1..01e8b6441a 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/disabling.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/disabling.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) {
 
     function assertSpan (t, span) {
       t.ok(/GET localhost:\d+\//.test(span.name), 'span name')
-      t.equal(span.type, 'ext.http.http', 'span type')
+      t.equal(span.type, 'external.http.http', 'span type')
     }
 
     t.test('incoming enabled + outgoing enabled', makeTest({