diff --git a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/adx_exporter_test.go b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/adx_exporter_test.go
index 5d5427626e8a..857ab8902ebb 100644
--- a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/adx_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/adx_exporter_test.go
@@ -37,18 +37,24 @@ func TestNewExporter(t *testing.T) {
 		LogTableMapping:    "otellogs_mapping",
 		TraceTableMapping:  "oteltraces_mapping",
 	}
-	texp, err := newExporter(&c, logger, metricsType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
+	mexp, err := newExporter(&c, logger, metricsType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotNil(t, texp)
-	texp, err = newExporter(&c, logger, logsType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
+	assert.NotNil(t, mexp)
+	assert.NoError(t, mexp.Close(context.Background()))
+
+	lexp, err := newExporter(&c, logger, logsType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotNil(t, texp)
-	texp, err = newExporter(&c, logger, tracesType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
+	assert.NotNil(t, lexp)
+	assert.NoError(t, lexp.Close(context.Background()))
+
+	texp, err := newExporter(&c, logger, tracesType, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, texp)
-	texp, err = newExporter(&c, logger, 5, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
+	assert.NoError(t, texp.Close(context.Background()))
+
+	fexp, err := newExporter(&c, logger, 5, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Nil(t, texp)
+	assert.Nil(t, fexp)
 }
 
 func TestMetricsDataPusherStreaming(t *testing.T) {
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ func TestMetricsDataPusherStreaming(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, adxDataProducer)
 	err := adxDataProducer.metricsDataPusher(context.Background(), createMetricsData(10))
 	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, adxDataProducer.Close(context.Background()))
 }
 
 func TestMetricsDataPusherQueued(t *testing.T) {
@@ -85,6 +92,7 @@ func TestMetricsDataPusherQueued(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, adxDataProducer)
 	err := adxDataProducer.metricsDataPusher(context.Background(), createMetricsData(10))
 	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, adxDataProducer.Close(context.Background()))
 }
 
 func TestLogsDataPusher(t *testing.T) {
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ func TestLogsDataPusher(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, adxDataProducer)
 	err := adxDataProducer.logsDataPusher(context.Background(), createLogsData())
 	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, adxDataProducer.Close(context.Background()))
 }
 
 func TestTracesDataPusher(t *testing.T) {
@@ -121,6 +130,7 @@ func TestTracesDataPusher(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, adxDataProducer)
 	err := adxDataProducer.tracesDataPusher(context.Background(), createTracesData())
 	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, adxDataProducer.Close(context.Background()))
 }
 
 func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.mod b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.mod
index 2c4e34de0f74..7e39215d53de 100644
--- a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.2-0.20240130181942-9c7177496fd5
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 )
 
diff --git a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.sum b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.sum
index 1d2dffe1c13e..bb0b227daf42 100644
--- a/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/go.sum
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0/go.mod h1:KjQGeMIDlBNEOo6HvjhxIec1p/
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 h1:Hg6pPujv0XG9QaVbGOBVHunyuLcCC3jN7WEhPx83XD0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0/go.mod h1:RbbHXVqKES9QhzZq/fE5UnOSILqRt40a21sPw2He1xo=
 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/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/package_test.go b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/package_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37c834b440ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter/package_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package azuredataexplorerexporter
+
+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/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go/issues/1191 for more information.
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"))
+}