diff --git a/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc b/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
index c966c5c879..bbd5cb0648 100644
--- a/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
+++ b/api/test/nostd/string_view_test.cc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TEST(StringViewTest, SubstrPortion)
 TEST(StringViewTest, SubstrOutOfRange)
 {
   string_view s = "abc123";
-#if __EXCEPTIONS || (defined(OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION) && (OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION >= 2020))
+#if __EXCEPTIONS || (defined(OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION) && (OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION >= 2017))
   EXPECT_THROW((void)s.substr(10), std::out_of_range);
 #else
   EXPECT_DEATH({ s.substr(10); }, "");
diff --git a/api/test/nostd/variant_test.cc b/api/test/nostd/variant_test.cc
index a996fb349c..a910106390 100644
--- a/api/test/nostd/variant_test.cc
+++ b/api/test/nostd/variant_test.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TEST(VariantTest, Get)
   EXPECT_EQ(nostd::get<int>(w), 12);
   EXPECT_EQ(*nostd::get_if<int>(&v), 12);
   EXPECT_EQ(nostd::get_if<float>(&v), nullptr);
-#if __EXCEPTIONS || (defined(OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION) && (OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION >= 2020))
+#if __EXCEPTIONS || (defined(OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION) && (OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION >= 2017))
   EXPECT_THROW(nostd::get<float>(w), nostd::bad_variant_access);
 #else
   EXPECT_DEATH({ nostd::get<float>(w); }, "");