diff --git a/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go b/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
index c503448b21..4af6889602 100644
--- a/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
+++ b/discovery/kubernetes/endpoints_test.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func TestEndpointsDiscoveryAdd(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number":    "9000",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_protocol":  "TCP",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                      "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":           "false",
 					},
 					{
 						"__address__":                                   "1.2.3.4:9001",
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ func TestEndpointsDiscoveryAdd(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number":   "9001",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_protocol": "TCP",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                     "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":          "false",
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: model.LabelSet{
@@ -821,6 +823,7 @@ func TestEndpointsDiscoveryNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number":    "9000",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_protocol":  "TCP",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                      "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":           "false",
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: model.LabelSet{
@@ -1078,6 +1081,7 @@ func TestEndpointsDiscoveryUpdatePod(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number":    "9000",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_protocol":  "TCP",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                      "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":           "false",
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: model.LabelSet{
diff --git a/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslice_test.go b/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslice_test.go
index f7ecf994e2..cc92c7ddaa 100644
--- a/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslice_test.go
+++ b/discovery/kubernetes/endpointslice_test.go
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ func TestEndpointSliceDiscoveryAdd(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_phase":                               "",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_ready":                               "unknown",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                                 "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":                      "false",
 					},
 					{
 						"__address__":                                   "1.2.3.4:9001",
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ func TestEndpointSliceDiscoveryAdd(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_phase":                   "",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_ready":                   "unknown",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                     "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":          "false",
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: model.LabelSet{
@@ -986,6 +988,7 @@ func TestEndpointSliceDiscoveryNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_phase":                         "",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_ready":                         "unknown",
 						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_uid":                           "deadbeef",
+						"__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init":                "false",
 					},
 				},
 				Labels: model.LabelSet{