diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/factory_test.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/factory_test.go
index 42692c5ab6d0..7f83a4c33857 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/factory_test.go
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/factory_test.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func TestCreateMetricExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "Must not error")
 			assert.NotNil(t, exporter, "Must return valid exporter when no error is returned")
+			assert.NoError(t, exporter.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ func TestCreateLogExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "Must not error")
 			assert.NotNil(t, exporter, "Must return valid exporter when no error is returned")
+			assert.NoError(t, exporter.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ func TestCreateTraceExporter(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "Must not error")
 			assert.NotNil(t, exporter, "Must return valid exporter when no error is returned")
+			assert.NoError(t, exporter.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod b/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
index b47980491883..75fb38f3e80a 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.95.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.23.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.23.1
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/package_test.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c43d258301ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package kafkaexporter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m)
+}