diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/test_periodic_exporting_metric_reader.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/test_periodic_exporting_metric_reader.py
index 8aa89e72910..8722effe385 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/test_periodic_exporting_metric_reader.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/metrics/test_periodic_exporting_metric_reader.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from typing import Optional, Sequence
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
-from flaky import flaky
+import pytest
 
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import Counter, MetricsTimeoutError
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics._internal import _Counter
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def test_ticker_value_exception_on_negative(self):
             export_interval_millis=-100,
         )
 
-    @flaky(max_runs=3, min_passes=1)
+    @pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, min_passes=1)
     def test_ticker_collects_metrics(self):
         exporter = FakeMetricsExporter()