diff --git a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/go.mod
index 926d00b84ada..48e9e7b07d5b 100644
--- a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/go.mod
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 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
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
diff --git a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/jaeger_agent_test.go b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/jaeger_agent_test.go
index aa1e5673ba41..77e07cfca7ea 100644
--- a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/jaeger_agent_test.go
+++ b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/jaeger_agent_test.go
@@ -161,11 +161,9 @@ func TestJaegerHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 
 	resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/sampling?service=test", endpoint))
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "should not have failed to make request")
-	if resp != nil {
-		assert.Equal(t, 500, resp.StatusCode, "should have returned 200")
-		return
-	}
-	t.Fail()
+	assert.NotNil(t, resp)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	assert.Equal(t, 500, resp.StatusCode, "should have returned 200")
 }
 
 func testJaegerAgent(t *testing.T, agentEndpoint string, receiverConfig *configuration) {
diff --git a/receiver/jaegerreceiver/package_test.go b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79fe99141725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/jaegerreceiver/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package jaegerreceiver
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
+}