diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/clientset_test.go b/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/clientset_test.go
index 1632020037ed0..0b64a1b483af8 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/clientset_test.go
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/clientset_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetShutdown(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/43918")
 	tmpConfigPath := setKubeConfigPath(t)
 	k8sClient := Get(
 		zap.NewNop(),
diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/helpers_test.go b/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/helpers_test.go
index 9b7f972066df9..bfddb12151198 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/k8sclient/helpers_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ users:
 `
 	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "kubeconfig")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, tmpfile.Close())
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(tmpfile.Name(), []byte(content), 0o600))
 	// overwrite the default kube config path
 	kubeConfigPath = tmpfile.Name()