diff --git a/receiver/sapmreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/sapmreceiver/go.mod
index 20270f8b3f641..5362a4d085bea 100644
--- a/receiver/sapmreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/sapmreceiver/go.mod
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.96.1-0.20240306115632-b2693620eff6
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/receiver/sapmreceiver/package_test.go b/receiver/sapmreceiver/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dd68ff5ed6764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/sapmreceiver/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package sapmreceiver
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
+}
diff --git a/receiver/sapmreceiver/trace_receiver_test.go b/receiver/sapmreceiver/trace_receiver_test.go
index 18286090f0e21..247c3c44274bc 100644
--- a/receiver/sapmreceiver/trace_receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/sapmreceiver/trace_receiver_test.go
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ func TestReception(t *testing.T) {
 			resp, err := sendSapm(tt.args.config.Endpoint, tt.args.sapm, tt.args.compression, tt.args.useTLS, "")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
+			assert.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
 			t.Log("SAPM Request Received")
 
 			// retrieve received traces
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ func TestAccessTokenPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
 			resp, err := sendSapm(config.Endpoint, sapm, "gzip", false, tt.token)
 			require.NoErrorf(t, err, "should not have failed when sending sapm %v", err)
 			assert.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
+			assert.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close())
 
 			got := sink.AllTraces()
 			assert.Equal(t, 1, len(got))