diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/collection/collector_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/collection/collector_test.go
index 0c34bb595b1d..1cdd6e4a89e3 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/collection/collector_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/collection/collector_test.go
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ func TestCollectMetricData(t *testing.T) {
 	m2 := dc.CollectMetricData(time.Now())
 
 	// Second scrape should be the same as the first one except for the timestamp.
-	assert.NoError(t, pmetrictest.CompareMetrics(m1, m2, pmetrictest.IgnoreTimestamp()))
+	assert.NoError(t, pmetrictest.CompareMetrics(m1, m2, pmetrictest.IgnoreTimestamp(), pmetrictest.IgnoreResourceMetricsOrder()))
 }