diff --git a/internal/envoy/v3/tracing_test.go b/internal/envoy/v3/tracing_test.go
index 3a8113a2ea7..298e49c9ebd 100644
--- a/internal/envoy/v3/tracing_test.go
+++ b/internal/envoy/v3/tracing_test.go
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ func TestTracingConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						}),
 					},
 				},
+				SpawnUpstreamSpan: wrapperspb.Bool(true),
 			},
 		},
 	}