diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 3185354364d2..62aa3c403aa3 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -7801,6 +7801,7 @@ public void testOpenTelemetryTracingDatasets() {
         BigQueryOptions.newBuilder()
             .setEnableOpenTelemetryTracing(true)
             .setOpenTelemetryTracer(tracer)
+            .setLocation("US")
             .build();
     BigQuery bigquery = otelOptions.getService();
 
@@ -7818,6 +7819,7 @@ public void testOpenTelemetryTracingDatasets() {
               .setDescription(DESCRIPTION)
               .setMaxTimeTravelHours(72L)
               .setLabels(LABELS)
+              .setLocation("US")
               .build();
 
       Dataset dataset = bigquery.create(info);
@@ -7839,7 +7841,7 @@ public void testOpenTelemetryTracingDatasets() {
       parentSpan.end();
       Map<AttributeKey<?>, Object> createMap =
           OTEL_ATTRIBUTES.get("com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.createDataset");
-      assertEquals("null", createMap.get(AttributeKey.stringKey("bq.dataset.location")));
+      assertEquals("US", createMap.get(AttributeKey.stringKey("bq.dataset.location")));
       assertEquals(
           "DatasetService",
           OTEL_ATTRIBUTES