diff --git a/gemfiles/test_gems.gemfile b/gemfiles/test_gems.gemfile
index 6927c94..9f0f73b 100644
--- a/gemfiles/test_gems.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/test_gems.gemfile
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-all'
   gem 'opentelemetry-propagator-b3'
   gem 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp'
+  gem 'opentelemetry-metrics-sdk'
 end
diff --git a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/otlp_processor.rb b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/otlp_processor.rb
index 17286ea..ad1c78d 100644
--- a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/otlp_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/otlp_processor.rb
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ def meter_attributes(span)
           'sw.transaction' => calculate_lambda_transaction_name(span)
         }
 
-        http_status_code = get_http_status_code(span)
-        meter_attrs['http.status_code'] = http_status_code if http_status_code != 0
-        meter_attrs['http.method'] = span.attributes[HTTP_METHOD] if span.attributes[HTTP_METHOD]
-
+        if span_http?(span)
+          http_status_code = get_http_status_code(span)
+          meter_attrs['http.status_code'] = http_status_code if http_status_code != 0
+          meter_attrs['http.method'] = span.attributes[HTTP_METHOD] if span.attributes[HTTP_METHOD]
+        end
         SolarWindsAPM.logger.debug { "[#{self.class}/#{__method__}] meter_attrs: #{meter_attrs.inspect}" }
         meter_attrs
       end
diff --git a/test/opentelemetry/otlp_processor_test.rb b/test/opentelemetry/otlp_processor_test.rb
index dcf1aa5..dd94bb5 100644
--- a/test/opentelemetry/otlp_processor_test.rb
+++ b/test/opentelemetry/otlp_processor_test.rb
@@ -9,18 +9,11 @@
 require './lib/solarwinds_apm/support/txn_name_manager'
 require './lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config'
 require './lib/solarwinds_apm/api'
+require 'opentelemetry-metrics-sdk'
 
 describe 'otlp processor test' do
   before do
-    skip unless defined?(OpenTelemetry::SDK::Metrics) # skip if no metrics_sdk loaded
-
-    @exporter    = OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Exporter.new
-    @txn_manager = SolarWindsAPM::TxnNameManager.new
-
-    @meters = { 'sw.apm.sampling.metrics' => OpenTelemetry.meter_provider.meter('sw.apm.sampling.metrics'),
-                'sw.apm.request.metrics' => OpenTelemetry.meter_provider.meter('sw.apm.request.metrics') }
-
-    @processor = SolarWindsAPM::OpenTelemetry::OTLPProcessor.new(@meters, @exporter, @txn_manager)
+    @processor = SolarWindsAPM::OpenTelemetry::OTLPProcessor.new
   end
 
   after do
@@ -28,21 +21,13 @@
     @processor.instance_variable_get(:@meters)['sw.apm.sampling.metrics'].instance_variable_set(:@instrument_registry, {})
   end
 
-  # Yellow ERROR due to missing metrics_sdk so far for testing otlp processor
-  it 'processor_meters_should_be_nil_at_beginning' do
-    _(@processor.instance_variable_get(:@metrics).size).must_equal 0
-  end
-
-  # Yellow ERROR due to missing metrics_sdk so far for testing otlp processor
-  it 'test_on_start_verfy_component_initialized_correctly' do
-    @processor.on_start(create_span, OpenTelemetry::Context.current)
-
+  it 'initializes_meters_and_metrics' do
     request_metrics           = @processor.instance_variable_get(:@meters)['sw.apm.request.metrics']
     sampling_metrics          = @processor.instance_variable_get(:@meters)['sw.apm.sampling.metrics']
     request_metrics_registry  = request_metrics.instance_variable_get(:@instrument_registry)
     sampling_metrics_registry = sampling_metrics.instance_variable_get(:@instrument_registry)
 
-    _(@processor.txn_manager.get_root_context_h('77cb6ccc522d3106114dd6ecbb70036a')).must_equal '31e175128efc4018-00'
+    _(@processor.instance_variable_get(:@meters).size).must_equal 2
     _(@processor.instance_variable_get(:@metrics).size).must_equal 7
 
     refute_nil(request_metrics_registry['trace.service.response_time'])
@@ -53,4 +38,12 @@
     refute_nil(sampling_metrics_registry['trace.service.through_trace_count'])
     refute_nil(sampling_metrics_registry['trace.service.triggered_trace_count'])
   end
+
+  it 'does_not_have_transaction_manager' do
+    # currently otlp processor is only used in lambda which does not support transaction naming via SDK
+    # this assumption may change when we introduce otlp export for non-lambda environments
+    assert_nil(@processor.txn_manager)
+  end
+
+  # TODO: tests for on_start and on_end behaviour
 end