diff --git a/actors/actor_system_test.go b/actors/actor_system_test.go
index 221ffcd9..64b9974d 100644
--- a/actors/actor_system_test.go
+++ b/actors/actor_system_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1062,6 +1063,23 @@ func TestActorSystem(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Len(t, got.ScopeMetrics, 1)
 		assert.Len(t, got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics, 4)
 
+		expected := []string{
+			"actor_child_count",
+			"actor_stash_count",
+			"actor_restart_count",
+			"actors_count",
+		}
+		// sort the array
+		sort.Strings(expected)
+		// get the metric names
+		actual := make([]string, len(got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics))
+		for i, metric := range got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics {
+			actual[i] = metric.Name
+		}
+		sort.Strings(actual)
+
+		assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected, actual)
+
 		// stop the actor after some time
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 
diff --git a/actors/pid_test.go b/actors/pid_test.go
index dc197129..dc71b970 100644
--- a/actors/pid_test.go
+++ b/actors/pid_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package actors
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1408,6 +1409,22 @@ func TestRegisterMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, got.ScopeMetrics, 1)
 	assert.Len(t, got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics, 3)
 
+	expected := []string{
+		"actor_child_count",
+		"actor_stash_count",
+		"actor_restart_count",
+	}
+	// sort the array
+	sort.Strings(expected)
+	// get the metric names
+	actual := make([]string, len(got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics))
+	for i, metric := range got.ScopeMetrics[0].Metrics {
+		actual[i] = metric.Name
+	}
+	sort.Strings(actual)
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, expected, actual)
+
 	// stop the actor
 	err = pid.Shutdown(ctx)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)