diff --git a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/generated_package_test.go b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/generated_package_test.go
index 401bb12715a4..c43485899052 100644
--- a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/generated_package_test.go
+++ b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/generated_package_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ package groupbytraceprocessor
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/goleak"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	// skipping goleak test as per metadata.yml configuration
+	goleak.VerifyTestMain(m, goleak.IgnoreTopFunction("go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start"), goleak.IgnoreAnyFunction("github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbytraceprocessor.doWithTimeout.func1"))
 }
diff --git a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/go.mod b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/go.mod
index af34bccd75f8..21453d7a6452 100644
--- a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.98.1-0.20240419202408-d1e631b61158
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.25.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.25.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
diff --git a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/metadata.yaml
index 037963826eb1..64bc82d3f13c 100644
--- a/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/groupbytraceprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ status:
 tests:
   config:
   goleak:
-    skip: true
+    ignore:
+      # See https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go/issues/1191 for more information.
+      top: go.opencensus.io/stats/view.(*worker).start
+      # TODO: Regarding doWithTimeout ignore: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/32572
+      any: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbytraceprocessor.doWithTimeout.func1
+