diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/export/test_export.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/export/test_export.py
index 7784ef4c9d..8175c09f59 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/export/test_export.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/export/test_export.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     OTEL_BSP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE,
     OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY,
 )
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import export
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import logger
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import (
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ def test_simple_span_processor_not_sampled(self):
         self.assertListEqual([], spans_names_list)
 
 
-def _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor):
+def _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor, resource):
     span = trace._Span(
         name,
         trace_api.SpanContext(
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ def _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor):
             trace_flags=trace_api.TraceFlags(trace_api.TraceFlags.SAMPLED),
         ),
         span_processor=span_processor,
+        resource=resource,
     )
     span.start()
     span.end()
@@ -245,8 +247,9 @@ def test_shutdown(self):
 
         span_names = ["xxx", "bar", "foo"]
 
+        resource = Resource.create({})
         for name in span_names:
-            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor)
+            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor, resource)
 
         span_processor.shutdown()
         self.assertTrue(my_exporter.is_shutdown)
@@ -264,15 +267,16 @@ def test_flush(self):
         span_names0 = ["xxx", "bar", "foo"]
         span_names1 = ["yyy", "baz", "fox"]
 
+        resource = Resource.create({})
         for name in span_names0:
-            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor)
+            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor, resource)
 
         self.assertTrue(span_processor.force_flush())
         self.assertListEqual(span_names0, spans_names_list)
 
         # create some more spans to check that span processor still works
         for name in span_names1:
-            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor)
+            _create_start_and_end_span(name, span_processor, resource)
 
         self.assertTrue(span_processor.force_flush())
         self.assertListEqual(span_names0 + span_names1, spans_names_list)
@@ -298,10 +302,12 @@ def test_flush_from_multiple_threads(self):
             my_exporter, max_queue_size=512, max_export_batch_size=128
         )
 
+        resource = Resource.create({})
+
         def create_spans_and_flush(tno: int):
             for span_idx in range(num_spans):
                 _create_start_and_end_span(
-                    f"Span {tno}-{span_idx}", span_processor
+                    f"Span {tno}-{span_idx}", span_processor, resource
                 )
             self.assertTrue(span_processor.force_flush())
 
@@ -323,7 +329,8 @@ def test_flush_timeout(self):
         )
         span_processor = export.BatchSpanProcessor(my_exporter)
 
-        _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor)
+        resource = Resource.create({})
+        _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor, resource)
 
         # check that the timeout is not meet
         with self.assertLogs(level=WARNING):
@@ -341,8 +348,9 @@ def test_batch_span_processor_lossless(self):
             my_exporter, max_queue_size=512, max_export_batch_size=128
         )
 
+        resource = Resource.create({})
         for _ in range(512):
-            _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor)
+            _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor, resource)
 
         time.sleep(1)
         self.assertTrue(span_processor.force_flush())
@@ -363,9 +371,10 @@ def test_batch_span_processor_many_spans(self):
             schedule_delay_millis=100,
         )
 
+        resource = Resource.create({})
         for _ in range(4):
             for _ in range(256):
-                _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor)
+                _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor, resource)
 
             time.sleep(0.1)  # give some time for the exporter to upload spans
 
@@ -467,7 +476,8 @@ def test_batch_span_processor_scheduled_delay(self):
         )
 
         # create single span
-        _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor)
+        resource = Resource.create({})
+        _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor, resource)
 
         self.assertTrue(export_event.wait(2))
         export_time = time.time()
@@ -497,7 +507,8 @@ def test_batch_span_processor_reset_timeout(self):
         )
 
         with mock.patch.object(span_processor.condition, "wait") as mock_wait:
-            _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor)
+            resource = Resource.create({})
+            _create_start_and_end_span("foo", span_processor, resource)
             self.assertTrue(export_event.wait(2))
 
             # give some time for exporter to loop