diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 505d1fcd863..32a8e204c4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Added
 
 - The `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config` add support to configure periodic reader interval and timeout. (#5661)
-- Add the new `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/vm` package to provide a resource detector for Azure VMs. (#5422)
+- Add the new `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm` package to provide a resource detector for Azure VMs. (#5422)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/detectors/azure/vm/README.md b/detectors/azure/azurevm/README.md
similarity index 89%
rename from detectors/azure/vm/README.md
rename to detectors/azure/azurevm/README.md
index 2046c281fac..4dab2fa308f 100644
--- a/detectors/azure/vm/README.md
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ The Azure VM resource detector supports detecting attributes specific to Azure V
 ## Usage
 
 ```golang
-// Instantiate a new azure vm resource detector
-azureVmResourceDetector := vm.New()
+// Instantiate a new Azure VM resource detector
+azureVmResourceDetector := azurevm.New()
 resource, err := azureVmResourceDetector.Detect(context.Background())
 ```
 
diff --git a/detectors/azure/vm/go.mod b/detectors/azure/azurevm/go.mod
similarity index 89%
rename from detectors/azure/vm/go.mod
rename to detectors/azure/azurevm/go.mod
index 236232ed620..1e6498d53fd 100644
--- a/detectors/azure/vm/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/vm
+module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm
 
 go 1.21
 
diff --git a/detectors/azure/vm/go.sum b/detectors/azure/azurevm/go.sum
similarity index 100%
rename from detectors/azure/vm/go.sum
rename to detectors/azure/azurevm/go.sum
diff --git a/detectors/azure/vm/vm.go b/detectors/azure/azurevm/vm.go
similarity index 93%
rename from detectors/azure/vm/vm.go
rename to detectors/azure/azurevm/vm.go
index 8b7f94d89da..a4b59289eb7 100644
--- a/detectors/azure/vm/vm.go
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/vm.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package vm // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/vm"
+package azurevm // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm"
 
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) resource.Detector {
 func (detector *resourceDetector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (*resource.Resource, error) {
 	jsonMetadata, err := detector.getJSONMetadata()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return resource.Empty(), nil
 	}
 
 	var metadata vmMetadata
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ func (detector *resourceDetector) getJSONMetadata() ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, errors.New(http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
+	}
+
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
diff --git a/detectors/azure/vm/vm_test.go b/detectors/azure/azurevm/vm_test.go
similarity index 94%
rename from detectors/azure/vm/vm_test.go
rename to detectors/azure/azurevm/vm_test.go
index 6ceabb65363..81c991c3202 100644
--- a/detectors/azure/vm/vm_test.go
+++ b/detectors/azure/azurevm/vm_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package vm
+package azurevm
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ func TestDetect(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			input: input{
-				jsonMetadata: "",
+				jsonMetadata: "{}",
 				statusCode:   http.StatusNotFound,
 			},
 			expected: expected{
-				resource: nil,
-				err:      true,
+				resource: resource.Empty(),
+				err:      false,
 			},
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tCase := range testTable {
 		svr := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			w.WriteHeader(tCase.input.statusCode)
 
 			if r.Header.Get("Metadata") == "True" {
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, tCase.input.jsonMetadata)
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index b6c97326cfb..09e2f96f9f6 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module-sets:
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws/lambda
-      - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/vm
+      - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/azure/azurevm
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/opencensus