diff --git a/agent/connectionchecker/connection_checker_test.go b/agent/connectionchecker/connection_checker_test.go
index 2f076841bf..e4f86ee2a1 100644
--- a/agent/connectionchecker/connection_checker_test.go
+++ b/agent/connectionchecker/connection_checker_test.go
@@ -247,7 +247,12 @@ func TestConnectionChecker(t *testing.T) {
 			Type: inventorypb.ServiceType_MYSQL_SERVICE,
 		}, 0)
 		require.NotNil(t, resp)
-		assert.Equal(t, &agentpb.CheckConnectionResponse_Stats{}, resp.Stats)
+		// CheckConnectionResponse_Stats are deprecated, but we can't remove them yet without breaking older clients.
+		expected := &agentpb.CheckConnectionResponse_Stats{
+			TableCount: 0,
+			Version:    "",
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, expected, resp.Stats)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("MongoDBWithSSL", func(t *testing.T) {