diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 419807130e6..ea564bca646 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ env:
   # explicitly test our code for these versions so keeping this at prior
   # versions does not add value.
   DEFAULT_GO_VERSION: "~1.24.0"
+
+  # Minimum Go version to use for the project. This should be the minimum
+  # version of Go that the project supports. This is used to ensure that
+  # the code is compatible with the minimum version of Go.
+  # see: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/blob/main/tools/verifygoversion
+  MINIMUM_GO_VERSION: "go 1.23.0"
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Generate
       run: make generate
     - name: Run linters
-      run: make toolchain-check license-check lint vanity-import-check
+      run: make toolchain-check license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-goversion
     - name: Build
       run: make build
     - name: Check clean repository
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a0d611e0fd..9b9c15599f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES_DOCKERFILE=./dependencies.Dockerfile
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := precommit
 
 .PHONY: precommit ci
-precommit: generate toolchain-check license-check misspell go-mod-tidy golangci-lint-fix test-default
-ci: generate toolchain-check license-check lint vanity-import-check build test-default check-clean-work-tree test-coverage
+precommit: generate toolchain-check license-check misspell go-mod-tidy golangci-lint-fix verify-goversion test-default
+ci: generate toolchain-check license-check lint vanity-import-check verify-goversion build test-default check-clean-work-tree test-coverage
 
 # Tools
 
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ $(GOJSONSCHEMA): PACKAGE=github.com/atombender/go-jsonschema
 GOVULNCHECK = $(TOOLS)/govulncheck
 $(GOVULNCHECK): PACKAGE=golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck
 
-tools: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) $(MISSPELL) $(GOCOVMERGE) $(STRINGER) $(PORTO) $(GOJQ) $(MULTIMOD) $(CROSSLINK) $(GOTMPL) $(GORELEASE) $(GOJSONSCHEMA) $(GOVULNCHECK)
+VERIFYGOVERSION = $(TOOLS)/verifygoversion
+$(VERIFYGOVERSION): PACKAGE=go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/$(TOOLS_MOD_DIR)/verifygoversion
+
+tools: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) $(MISSPELL) $(GOCOVMERGE) $(STRINGER) $(PORTO) $(GOJQ) $(MULTIMOD) $(CROSSLINK) $(GOTMPL) $(GORELEASE) $(GOJSONSCHEMA) $(GOVULNCHECK) $(VERIFYGOVERSION)
 
 # Virtualized python tools via docker
 
@@ -356,4 +359,8 @@ codespell: $(CODESPELL)
 MARKDOWNIMAGE := $(shell awk '$$4=="markdown" {print $$2}' $(DEPENDENCIES_DOCKERFILE))
 .PHONY: lint-markdown
 lint-markdown:
-	docker run --rm -u $(DOCKER_USER) -v "$(CURDIR):$(WORKDIR)" $(MARKDOWNIMAGE) -c $(WORKDIR)/.markdownlint.yaml $(WORKDIR)/**/*.md
\ No newline at end of file
+	docker run --rm -u $(DOCKER_USER) -v "$(CURDIR):$(WORKDIR)" $(MARKDOWNIMAGE) -c $(WORKDIR)/.markdownlint.yaml $(WORKDIR)/**/*.md
+
+.PHONY: verifygoversion
+verify-goversion: $(VERIFYGOVERSION)
+	$(VERIFYGOVERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/internal/semconv/test/go.mod b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/internal/semconv/test/go.mod
index 06ac658cbd5..c992780520d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/internal/semconv/test/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/internal/semconv/test/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace/internal/semconv/test
 
-go 1.23.6
+go 1.23.0
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace => ../../../
 
diff --git a/tools/verifygoversion/main.go b/tools/verifygoversion/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa130c32378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/verifygoversion/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+package main // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/tools/verifygoversion"
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var expectedGoVersion string
+
+func main() {
+	expectedGoVersion = os.Getenv("MINIMUM_GO_VERSION")
+	if expectedGoVersion == "" {
+		log.Fatal("MINIMUM_GO_VERSION environment variable is not set")
+	}
+
+	root, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Current working directory:", root)
+
+	if err := verifyGoVersion(root); err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func verifyGoVersion(root string) error {
+	var modFiles []string
+
+	err := filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !info.IsDir() && filepath.Base(path) == "go.mod" {
+			modFiles = append(modFiles, path)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error walking the path %q: %v", root, err)
+	}
+	if len(modFiles) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("there is no go.mod file in the current directory")
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range modFiles {
+		bytes, err := os.ReadFile(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("error reading %s: %v", file, err))
+		}
+
+		content := string(bytes)
+		if strings.Contains(content, "toolchain") {
+			err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("toolchain is not supported in %s", file))
+		}
+
+		contents := strings.Split(content, "\n")
+		goVersionFound := false
+
+		for _, line := range contents {
+			line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+			if strings.HasPrefix(line, "go ") {
+				goVersionFound = true
+				if line != expectedGoVersion {
+					err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("expected %s in %s, but found %s", expectedGoVersion, file, line))
+				}
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !goVersionFound {
+			err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("expected %s in %s, but not found", expectedGoVersion, file))
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Verification failed:", err)
+		} else {
+			log.Println("Verification succeeded:", file)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err
+}