diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdb15b0f6..ad4b49e80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.44.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0
-	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.1-0.20260602155401-5f791e3ef83b
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.54.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.22.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9319a5eeb..7846b2e22 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1805,8 +1805,9 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
-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/goleak v1.3.1-0.20260602155401-5f791e3ef83b h1:FHYZT12VzXnb6P399kd1i9Ai7aLF+CFSUsOFylDt7Lk=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.1-0.20260602155401-5f791e3ef83b/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0 h1:hyF9dfmbgIX5EfOdasqLsWD6xqpNZlXblLB/Dbnwv3Y=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0/go.mod h1:KiVJ4BqZJaMj4svdfmHM0AUx4NJYO8ZNpPnZn1Z+BBU=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
diff --git a/spinifex/vm/watchdog_test.go b/spinifex/vm/watchdog_test.go
index 0ae9e26e0..386c77cee 100644
--- a/spinifex/vm/watchdog_test.go
+++ b/spinifex/vm/watchdog_test.go
@@ -154,3 +154,44 @@ func assertStuckMarkedFailed(t *testing.T, m *Manager, rt *recordedTransitions,
 	assert.Contains(t, targets, StateTerminated,
 		"terminal transition must land in Terminated")
 }
+
+// deepRecurse recurses past the 100 frames runtime.Stack keeps before it
+// collapses the rest into a literal "...N frames elided..." line. Kept
+// non-inlinable so the recursion reaches the goroutine's stack trace.
+//
+//go:noinline
+func deepRecurse(n int, ready chan<- struct{}, block <-chan struct{}) int {
+	if n <= 0 {
+		close(ready)
+		<-block
+		return 0
+	}
+	return deepRecurse(n-1, ready, block) + n
+}
+
+// TestGoleakParsesElidedFrameStacks guards against goleak's stack parser
+// panicking on the "...N frames elided..." line runtime.Stack emits for
+// goroutines parked past 100 frames deep. v1.3.0 reads it as a function name.
+func TestGoleakParsesElidedFrameStacks(t *testing.T) {
+	ready := make(chan struct{})
+	block := make(chan struct{})
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+
+	// 200 frames guarantees the elided-frames line regardless of the
+	// runtime's exact truncation threshold, while the goroutine stays
+	// parked on <-block so its stack is captured mid-recursion.
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+		deepRecurse(200, ready, block)
+	}()
+	<-ready
+
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		// Find legitimately reports the parked goroutine as a leak;
+		// only a panic escaping the call is a failure here.
+		_ = goleak.Find()
+	})
+
+	close(block)
+	<-done
+}