diff --git a/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/app/aws-sdk-client-sqs-app.js b/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/app/aws-sdk-client-sqs-app.js
index 1c2d3565..4bd3f3c8 100644
--- a/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/app/aws-sdk-client-sqs-app.js
+++ b/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/app/aws-sdk-client-sqs-app.js
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ const requestListener = async function (req, res) {
           QueueUrl: requestUrl.query.queueUrl,
           MaxNumberOfMessages: 1
         })
-        await sqsClient.send(receiveMessageCommand)
+        const { Messages } = await sqsClient.send(receiveMessageCommand)
+
+        // Triggers an aws-sdk processing-span
+        await Promise.all(Messages.map(() => console.log('processing message!')))
         respond(res, 200, {});
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('Error on receiveMessage', err);
diff --git a/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts b/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
index 815a5f2f..6a7e039f 100644
--- a/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
+++ b/test/instrumentations/@aws-sdk/client-sqs/aws-sdk-v3.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'jest-json';
 import { getSpansByAttribute } from '../../../utils/spans';
 import { createTempQueue, filterAwsSdkInstrumentationSpans, testAppQueryParams } from '../../../utils/aws-sdk-helpers';
 import { shouldSkipSpanExport } from '../../../../src/resources/spanProcessor'
+import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 const INSTRUMENTATION_NAME = '@aws-sdk/client-sqs';
 const INSTRUMENTATION_SPANS_FILE_PREFIX = INSTRUMENTATION_NAME.replace('/', '-')
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ describe.each(versionsToTest(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, INSTRUMENTATION_NAME))(`Instr
           }
         ]
       });
+
+      const processingSpans = getSpansByAttribute(spans, "messaging.operation", "process")
+      expect(processingSpans.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+      expect(processingSpans).toSatisfyAll((span) => span.kind === SpanKind.INTERNAL && span.attributes['messaging.message_id'] === undefined)
     }
   )
 
diff --git a/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/app/aws-sdk-app.js b/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/app/aws-sdk-app.js
index cbcae9e8..16ceda5c 100644
--- a/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/app/aws-sdk-app.js
+++ b/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/app/aws-sdk-app.js
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ const requestListener = async function (req, res) {
       console.log('/sqs/receive endpoint invoked, query-params: ', JSON.stringify(requestUrl.query));
       try {
         sqsClient = new AWS.SQS({ endpoint: `http://localhost:${requestUrl.query.sqsPort}`, region: requestUrl.query.region });
-        await sqsClient.receiveMessage({
+        const { Messages } = await sqsClient.receiveMessage({
           QueueUrl: requestUrl.query.queueUrl,
           MaxNumberOfMessages: 1
         }).promise()
+
+        // Triggers an aws-sdk processing-span
+        await Promise.all(Messages.map(() => console.log('processing message!')))
         respond(res, 200, {});
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('Error on receiveMessage', err);
diff --git a/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts b/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
index 2892b213..311cf398 100644
--- a/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
+++ b/test/instrumentations/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-v2.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'jest-json';
 import { getSpansByAttribute } from '../../utils/spans';
 import { createTempQueue, filterAwsSdkInstrumentationSpans, testAppQueryParams } from '../../utils/aws-sdk-helpers';
 import { shouldSkipSpanExport } from '../../../src/resources/spanProcessor';
+import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 const INSTRUMENTATION_NAME = 'aws-sdk';
 const SPANS_DIR = join(__dirname, 'spans');
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ describe.each(versionsToTest(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, INSTRUMENTATION_NAME))(`Instr
           }
         ]
       });
+
+      const processingSpans = getSpansByAttribute(spans, "messaging.operation", "process")
+      expect(processingSpans.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+      expect(processingSpans).toSatisfyAll((span) => span.kind === SpanKind.INTERNAL && span.attributes['messaging.message_id'] === undefined)
     }
   )