diff --git a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
index 1cf700a48..04724fe98 100644
--- a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
+++ b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package agent_otel_merging
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test/environment"
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test/util/awsservice"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test/util/common"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -45,35 +47,24 @@ func TestOtelMerging(t *testing.T) {
 		"-H", "Content-Type: application/json", "-d", payloadStr)
 	curlOutput, err := curlCmd.CombinedOutput()
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to send metrics: %s", curlOutput)
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Minute)
 
-	//Verifying payload reach CW
-	verifyCmd := exec.Command("aws", "cloudwatch", "get-metric-statistics",
-		"--namespace", "CWAgent-testing-otel",
-		"--metric-name", "test_metric",
-		"--dimensions", "Name=service.name,Value=test-service",
-		"--start-time", time.Now().Add(-5*time.Minute).Format("2024-01-02T15:04:05Z"),
-		"--end-time", time.Now().Format("2024-01-02T15:04:05Z"),
-		"--period", "60", // Period in seconds
-		"--statistics", "Average")
-
-	verifyOutput, err := verifyCmd.CombinedOutput()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to fetch metric: %s", verifyOutput)
-
-	type MetricStatistics struct {
-		Datapoints []struct {
-			Timestamp time.Time `json:"Timestamp"`
-			Average   float64   `json:"Average"`
-		} `json:"Datapoints"`
-		Label string `json:"Label"`
+	metricDimensions := []types.Dimension{
+		{
+			Name:  aws.String("service.name"),
+			Value: aws.String("test-service"),
+		},
 	}
+	statList := []types.Statistic{
+		types.StatisticAverage,
+	}
+	stats, err := awsservice.GetMetricStatistics("test_metric", "CWAgent-testing-otel-merging",
+		metricDimensions,
+		time.Now().Add(-5*time.Minute),
+		time.Now(), 60, statList, nil)
 
-	var stats MetricStatistics
-	err = json.Unmarshal(verifyOutput, &stats)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to parse CloudWatch response")
 	require.NotEmpty(t, stats.Datapoints, "No data points found for the metric")
 
-	t.Logf("CloudWatch Metric Output: %s", verifyOutput)
-
 	common.StopAgent()
 }