diff --git a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
index 380bfdcdc..a2dd379ea 100644
--- a/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
+++ b/test/agent_otel_merging/agent_otel_merging_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 package agent_otel_merging
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-test/util/awsservice"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch/types"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -63,40 +65,51 @@ func sendPayload(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func verifyMetricsInCloudWatch(t *testing.T) {
-	verifyCmd := exec.Command("aws", "cloudwatch", "get-metric-statistics",
-		"--namespace", "CWAgent-testing-otel",
-		"--metric-name", "test_metric",
-		"--dimensions", "Name=service.name,Value=test-service",
-		"--start-time", time.Now().Add(-5*time.Minute).Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"),
-		"--end-time", time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"),
-		"--period", "60", // Period in seconds
-		"--statistics", "Average")
-
-	verifyOutput, err := verifyCmd.CombinedOutput()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to fetch metric from CloudWatch: %s", verifyOutput)
-
-	// Parse the CloudWatch response
-	type MetricStatistics struct {
-		Datapoints []struct {
-			Timestamp time.Time `json:"Timestamp"`
-			Average   float64   `json:"Average"`
-		} `json:"Datapoints"`
-		Label string `json:"Label"`
-	}
+	metricName := "test_metric"
+	namespace := "CWAgent-testing-otel"
+
+	dimensionName := "service.Name"
+	dimensionValue := "test-service"
 
-	var stats MetricStatistics
-	err = json.Unmarshal(verifyOutput, &stats)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to parse CloudWatch response")
-	require.NotEmpty(t, stats.Datapoints, "No data points found for the metric")
+	dimensions := []types.Dimension{
+		{
+			Name:  &dimensionName,
+			Value: &dimensionValue,
+		},
+	}
+	startTime := time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute)
+	endTime := time.Now()
+	periodInSeconds := int32(60)
+	statType := []types.Statistic{types.StatisticAverage}
+
+	resp, err := awsservice.GetMetricStatistics(
+		metricName,
+		namespace,
+		dimensions,
+		startTime,
+		endTime,
+		periodInSeconds,
+		statType,
+		nil,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to fetch metric from CloudWatch")
+
+	// Ensure we have datapoints in the response
+	require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Datapoints, "No data points found for the metric")
+
+	// Optionally log or assert the values
+	for _, dp := range resp.Datapoints {
+		t.Logf("Timestamp: %v, Average: %v", *dp.Timestamp, *dp.Average)
+	}
 }
 
 func verifyHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	endpoint := "http://localhost:13133/health/status"
 
-	verifyCmd := exec.Command("curl", "-s", "-o", "/dev/null", "-w", "%{http_code}", endpoint)
-	verifyOutput, err := verifyCmd.CombinedOutput()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to execute curl command: %s", verifyOutput)
+	resp, err := http.Get(endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to send HTTP request")
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	httpCode := string(verifyOutput)
-	require.Equal(t, "200", httpCode, "Expected HTTP status code 200, got %s", httpCode)
+	require.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode, "Expected HTTP status code 200, got %d", resp.StatusCode)
 }