diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
index 1271cfaae7..838acfdb4e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 else:
     from django.conf.urls import url as re_path
 
-    def path(p, *args, **kwargs):
-        return re_path(r"^%s$" % p, *args, **kwargs)
+    def path(path, *args, **kwargs):
+        return re_path(rf"^{path}$", *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 urlpatterns = [