diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/otel-agent/no_dd_exporter_test.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/otel-agent/no_dd_exporter_test.go
index 9e3b3b4b270cb..a13bae3da2bf1 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/otel-agent/no_dd_exporter_test.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/otel-agent/no_dd_exporter_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ func (s *noDDExporterTestSuite) TestOTelAgentInstalled() {
 	utils.TestOTelAgentInstalled(s)
 }
 
-func (s *noDDExporterTestSuite) TestFlare() {
-	utils.TestOTelFlare(s, noDDExporterProvidedConfig, noDDExporterFullConfig, sources)
+func (s *noDDExporterTestSuite) TestOTelFlareExtensionResponse() {
+	utils.TestOTelFlareExtensionResponse(s, minimalProvidedConfig, minimalFullConfig, sources)
 }
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/utils/config_utils.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/utils/config_utils.go
index c1178d5d7958d..069980415cf75 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/utils/config_utils.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/otel/utils/config_utils.go
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ func TestOTelFlareExtensionResponse(s OTelTestSuite, providedCfg string, fullCfg
 	require.NoError(s.T(), err)
 	agent := getAgentPod(s)
 
+	stdout, stderr, err := s.Env().KubernetesCluster.KubernetesClient.PodExec("datadog", agent.Name, "otel-agent", []string{"curl", "localhost:13133"})
+	s.T().Log("curl health check endpoint ", stdout, stderr, err)
+
 	s.T().Log("Starting flare")
-	stdout, stderr, err := s.Env().KubernetesCluster.KubernetesClient.PodExec("datadog", agent.Name, "agent", []string{"agent", "flare", "--email", "e2e@test.com", "--send"})
+	stdout, stderr, err = s.Env().KubernetesCluster.KubernetesClient.PodExec("datadog", agent.Name, "agent", []string{"agent", "flare", "--email", "e2e@test.com", "--send"})
 	require.NoError(s.T(), err, "Failed to execute flare")
 	require.Empty(s.T(), stderr)
 	require.NotNil(s.T(), stdout)