diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/Implementation/AWSMessagingUtils.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/Implementation/AWSMessagingUtils.cs
index 0be2c14b32..762c7c6025 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/Implementation/AWSMessagingUtils.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AWSLambda/Implementation/AWSMessagingUtils.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ private static SNSEvent.SNSMessage GetSnsMessage(SQSEvent.SQSMessage sqsMessage)
 
         var body = sqsMessage.Body;
         if (body != null &&
-            body.TrimStart().StartsWith("{") &&
+            body.TrimStart().StartsWith("{", StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
             body.Contains(SnsMessageAttributes))
         {
             try