diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/networkscraper/network_scraper_test.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/networkscraper/network_scraper_test.go
index f1a7da604c33f..15c6202e09b64 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/networkscraper/network_scraper_test.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/networkscraper/network_scraper_test.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func assertNetworkConnectionsMetricValid(t *testing.T, metric pmetric.Metric) {
 	internal.AssertSumMetricHasAttributeValue(t, metric, 0, "protocol",
 		pcommon.NewValueStr(metadata.AttributeProtocolTcp.String()))
 	internal.AssertSumMetricHasAttribute(t, metric, 0, "state")
-    // Flaky test gives 12 or 13, so bound it
+	// Flaky test gives 12 or 13, so bound it
 	assert.LessOrEqual(t, 12, metric.Sum().DataPoints().Len())
 	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, 13, metric.Sum().DataPoints().Len())
 }