diff --git a/internal/e2e/go.mod b/internal/e2e/go.mod
index 05f5d053711..7bc63308406 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/internal/e2e/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.91.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.91.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/internal/e2e/go.sum b/internal/e2e/go.sum
index 1b12213d829..b05ba6d2508 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/internal/e2e/go.sum
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:FJ8RAsoPGv/wYMgBdUJXOm+6pz
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 h1:WD9i5gzvoUPuXIXH24ZNBudiarZDKuekPqi/E8fpfLc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:LGbsEB0f9LGjN+OZaQQ26sohbOmiMR+BaslueVtS/qQ=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
diff --git a/internal/e2e/otlphttp_test.go b/internal/e2e/otlphttp_test.go
index f9bbcd3264e..b013ba0436b 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/otlphttp_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e/otlphttp_test.go
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ func TestIssue_4221(t *testing.T) {
 		spanID := span.SpanID()
 		assert.Equal(t, "e5513c32795c41b9", hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:]))
 	}))
+	defer func() { svr.Close() }()
 
 	exp := startTracesExporter(t, "", svr.URL)
 
diff --git a/internal/e2e/package_test.go b/internal/e2e/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d201f8d84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/e2e/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+// The IgnoreTopFunction call prevents catching the leak generated by opencensus
+// defaultWorker.Start which at this time is part of the package's init call.
+// See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/9165#issuecomment-1874836336 for more context.
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"))
+}