diff --git a/test/tmetrics.m b/test/tmetrics.m
index 1a52b61..7284858 100644
--- a/test/tmetrics.m
+++ b/test/tmetrics.m
@@ -540,7 +540,11 @@ function testHistogramDelta(testCase)
 
         function testGetSetMeterProvider(testCase)
             % testGetSetMeterProvider: setting and getting global instance of MeterProvider
-            mp = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeterProvider();
+            exporter = opentelemetry.exporters.otlp.OtlpHttpMetricExporter(...
+                "PreferredAggregationTemporality", "Delta");
+            reader = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, ...
+                "Interval", seconds(2), "Timeout", seconds(1));
+            mp = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.MeterProvider(reader);
             setMeterProvider(mp);
 
             metername = "foo";
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ function testGetSetMeterProvider(testCase)
             % add value and attributes
             c.add(val);
 
-            pause(75);
+            pause(2.5);
 
             % perform test comparisons
             results = readJsonResults(testCase);