Abstract: The test probe for electrical measuring instruments, particularly for voltmeters, is characterized by an automatic holding device that automatically holds the test probe in a socket-outlet jack of any given design, which device comprises a contact spring at least partially adjacent to a contact pin and bilaterally bulging toward the tip of the contact pin. This results in a universally utilizable test probe that will hold automatically in any jack format of different socket-outlets, shock-hazard protection being ensured at all times.