diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/test/metrics/test_metrics.py b/tangostationcontrol/test/metrics/test_metrics.py
index 5d0174ff4c4f5d4bc95d53c58b44a3addfae66d7..351d5f43f2c525643befaff1739d1fb66974c081 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/test/metrics/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/test/metrics/test_metrics.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class TestMetrics(base.TestCase):
                     },
                     metric.samples[0].labels,
                 )
-                self.assertEqual(1, metric.samples[0].value)
+                self.assertEqual(0, metric.samples[0].value)
 
                 self.assertDictEqual(
                     {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class TestMetrics(base.TestCase):
                     },
                     metric.samples[1].labels,
                 )
-                self.assertEqual(0, metric.samples[1].value)
+                self.assertEqual(1, metric.samples[1].value)
 
         with DeviceTestContext(test_device, process=False) as proxy:
             # access the attribute to trigger value propagation to metric