diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9649afe24c..f0fac9e7af 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ replace github.com/influxdata/telegraf => github.com/aws/telegraf v0.10.2-0.2024
 
 // Replace with https://github.com/amazon-contributing/opentelemetry-collector-contrib, there are no requirements for all receivers/processors/exporters
 // to be all replaced since there are some changes that will always be from upstream
-
 replace (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter => github.com/amazon-contributing/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter v0.0.0-20240903195955-5944792b593a
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/awsemfexporter => github.com/amazon-contributing/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/awsemfexporter v0.0.0-20240903195955-5944792b593a
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/metrics_receiver_test.go b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/metrics_receiver_test.go
index 6496bbc5df..ff87b9b00f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/metrics_receiver_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/metrics_receiver_test.go
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 package prometheus
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
 	kitlog "github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 func Test_metricAppender_Add_BadMetricName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -122,44 +123,11 @@ func Test_loadConfigFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 		logger.Log("reloaded")
 		return nil
 	}
-	err := reloadConfig(configFile, logger, true, reloader)
+	taManager := createTargetAllocatorManager(configFile, logger, nil, nil)
+	err := reloadConfig(configFile, logger, taManager, reloader)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
-func Test_TA_Labels(t *testing.T) {
-	mbCh := make(chan PrometheusMetricBatch, 3)
-	mr := metricsReceiver{pmbCh: mbCh}
-	ma := mr.Appender(nil)
-	var ts int64 = 10
-	var v = 10.0
-	ls := []labels.Label{
-		{Name: "__address__", Value: "192.168.20.37:8080"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_namespace", Value: "default"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_id", Value: "containerd://b3a3dd8e4630a0c99fd65f4cffb8f2524394ec3e86dce2e94dced7dce082ea94"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_image", Value: "registry.k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics:v2.12.0"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_init", Value: "false"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name", Value: "kube-state-metrics"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_name", Value: "http"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number", Value: "8080"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_protocol", Value: "TCP"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_controller_kind", Value: "ReplicaSet"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_controller_name", Value: "example-kube-state-metrics-7446cc6b96"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_host_ip", Value: "192.168.0.41"},
-		{Name: "__meta_kubernetes_pod_ip", Value: "192.168.20.37"},
-	}
-
-	ref, err := ma.Append(0, ls, ts, v)
-	assert.Equal(t, ref, storage.SeriesRef(0))
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	mac, _ := ma.(*metricAppender)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(mac.batch))
+	assert.True(t, taManager.enabled)
+	assert.Equal(t, taManager.config.TargetAllocator.CollectorID, "collector-1")
+	assert.Equal(t, taManager.config.TargetAllocator.TLSSetting.CAFile, DEFAULT_TLS_CA_FILE_PATH)
 
-	expected := PrometheusMetric{
-		metricName:  "metric_name",
-		metricValue: v,
-		metricType:  "",
-		timeInMS:    ts,
-		tags:        map[string]string{"tag_a": "a"},
-	}
-	assert.Equal(t, expected, *mac.batch[0])
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/start.go b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/start.go
index 2eb219d577..912d9e124c 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/start.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/start.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/targetgroup"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"runtime"
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/targetgroup"
+
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/target_allocator.go b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/target_allocator.go
index e0706ec4e4..b2263091b0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/target_allocator.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/target_allocator.go
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
 package prometheus
 
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	otelpromreceiver "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/prometheusreceiver"
@@ -17,11 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-	"strings"
 
 	"os"
 )
 
+const DEFAULT_TLS_CA_FILE_PATH = "/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-observability-agent-cert/tls-ca.crt"
+
 type TargetAllocatorManager struct {
 	enabled   bool
 	manager   *tamanager.Manager
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ func (tam *TargetAllocatorManager) loadConfig(filename string) error {
 		return nil // no target allocator return
 	}
 	//has target allocator
-	tam.config.TargetAllocator.TLSSetting.CAFile = "/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-observability-agent-cert/tls-ca.crt"
+	tam.config.TargetAllocator.TLSSetting.CAFile = DEFAULT_TLS_CA_FILE_PATH
 	return nil
 }
 func (tam *TargetAllocatorManager) Start() error {