diff --git a/test/instrumented-sample-app/VERSION b/test/instrumented-sample-app/VERSION
index 26a023eef..7c6e9bf24 100644
--- a/test/instrumented-sample-app/VERSION
+++ b/test/instrumented-sample-app/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.0-bearer-mtls-1
+0.3.0-bearer-mtls-1
diff --git a/test/instrumented-sample-app/main.go b/test/instrumented-sample-app/main.go
index 5b7f83bf4..b96ce60b4 100644
--- a/test/instrumented-sample-app/main.go
+++ b/test/instrumented-sample-app/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ var (
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
+	version := os.Getenv("VERSION")
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "<unknown>"
+	}
 
 	if *certPath != "" {
 		go func() {
@@ -43,6 +48,19 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 	}
 
+	// Expose a metric with UTF-8 name and label name.
+	// Depending on the Prometheus version and configuration, the metric will
+	// be ingested as-is or the dot characters will be escaped.
+	g := prometheus.NewGauge(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name:        "app.info",
+			Help:        "Application information",
+			ConstLabels: map[string]string{"app.version": version},
+		},
+	)
+	g.Set(1)
+	_ = prometheus.DefaultRegisterer.Register(g)
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/", handler)
 	http.HandleFunc("/metrics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if checkBasicAuth(w, r) {