diff --git a/internal/docker/docker_test.go b/internal/docker/docker_test.go
index 27180319f110..5bb749220f68 100644
--- a/internal/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/internal/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ func TestEventLoopHandlesError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, cli)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	go cli.ContainerEventLoop(context.Background())
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	go cli.ContainerEventLoop(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
 
 	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		for _, l := range logs.All() {
diff --git a/internal/docker/go.mod b/internal/docker/go.mod
index b6929ae78c5e..382281261b52 100644
--- a/internal/docker/go.mod
+++ b/internal/docker/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v25.0.5+incompatible
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/docker/package_test.go b/internal/docker/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ebd6a327e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/docker/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package docker
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
+}