diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
index 448a418c875b..4fcb6700fd01 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
   // allows to get the function ARN
   testLibrary("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1")
 
+  testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-aws-xray-propagator")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators")
   testImplementation("com.google.guava:guava")