diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e05b32e5309..7806c1dd54e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ check-contrib:
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/memorylimiterextension=$(CURDIR)/extension/memorylimiterextension  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension=$(CURDIR)/extension/zpagesextension  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate=$(CURDIR)/featuregate  \
+		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates=$(CURDIR)/internal/featuregates \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol=$(CURDIR)/otelcol  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol/otelcoltest=$(CURDIR)/otelcol/otelcoltest  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata=$(CURDIR)/pdata  \
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
index 91c70f9845f..3d8d36729c6 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var (
 		"/extension/auth",
 		"/extension/zpagesextension",
 		"/featuregate",
+		"/internal/featuregates",
 		"/processor",
 		"/processor/batchprocessor",
 		"/processor/memorylimiterprocessor",
diff --git a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
index 260429422c1..39c7645efec 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/extension/auth
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/extension/zpagesextension
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/featuregate
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/internal/featuregates
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/otelcol
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol/otelcoltest => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/otelcol/otelcoltest
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/pdata
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod b/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
index 391e95aa41e..2aef11aaa2c 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
@@ -90,3 +91,5 @@ retract (
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
index be9be01815d..01253a71db4 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ providers:
 
 replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol => ../../otelcol
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ../../config/configauth
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index 018d55d98e5..7bfd15d7031 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service v0.104.0 // indirect
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol => ../../otelcol
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
diff --git a/config/configauth/go.mod b/config/configauth/go.mod
index 83af8506079..ba1c767c25c 100644
--- a/config/configauth/go.mod
+++ b/config/configauth/go.mod
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -52,3 +53,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../../extension
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/config/configgrpc/go.mod b/config/configgrpc/go.mod
index 3fc8ec0466a..1f5ae0c4b6a 100644
--- a/config/configgrpc/go.mod
+++ b/config/configgrpc/go.mod
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ../configauth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../configcompression
diff --git a/config/confighttp/go.mod b/config/confighttp/go.mod
index ae7a408c9d9..42d67a43947 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/go.mod
+++ b/config/confighttp/go.mod
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ../configauth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../configcompression
diff --git a/config/internal/go.mod b/config/internal/go.mod
index dcc3ba5ac7c..7c7af60e026 100644
--- a/config/internal/go.mod
+++ b/config/internal/go.mod
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/confmap.go b/confmap/confmap.go
index 62c8fdd6068..c7c89df28bb 100644
--- a/confmap/confmap.go
+++ b/confmap/confmap.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/confmap"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/v2"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal"
 	encoder "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal/mapstructure"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func decodeConfig(m *Conf, result any, errorUnused bool, skipTopLevelUnmarshaler
 		ErrorUnused:      errorUnused,
 		Result:           result,
 		TagName:          "mapstructure",
-		WeaklyTypedInput: !internal.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled(),
+		WeaklyTypedInput: !featuregates.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled(),
 		MatchName:        caseSensitiveMatchName,
 		DecodeHook: mapstructure.ComposeDecodeHookFunc(
 			expandNilStructPointersHookFunc(),
diff --git a/confmap/converter/expandconverter/go.mod b/confmap/converter/expandconverter/go.mod
index f0d150834bb..5fb77056d7b 100644
--- a/confmap/converter/expandconverter/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/converter/expandconverter/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
@@ -25,20 +25,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../../component
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../..
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../..
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../../config/configtelemetry
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../../pdata/testdata
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../../pdata
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../../consumer
-
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../../pdata/pprofile
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/expand.go b/confmap/expand.go
index efc4bb95911..8372ef120d2 100644
--- a/confmap/expand.go
+++ b/confmap/expand.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates"
 )
 
 // schemePattern defines the regexp pattern for scheme names.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (mr *Resolver) findAndExpandURI(ctx context.Context, input string) (any, bo
 	}
 
 	var repl string
-	if internal.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled() {
+	if featuregates.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled() {
 		repl, err = expanded.AsString()
 	} else {
 		repl, err = toString(expanded)
diff --git a/confmap/go.mod b/confmap/go.mod
index 128fbdb14f1..114b54b6b74 100644
--- a/confmap/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/confmap v0.1.0
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/v2 v2.1.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
 )
 
 retract (
@@ -29,3 +30,5 @@ retract (
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/internal/e2e/go.mod b/confmap/internal/e2e/go.mod
index 8ebcdd4800a..088c78d31d0 100644
--- a/confmap/internal/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/internal/e2e/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/envprovider v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -32,3 +33,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider => ../../pro
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/envprovider => ../../provider/envprovider
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/internal/e2e/types_test.go b/confmap/internal/e2e/types_test.go
index a7d0a6e31ee..edd767f3ce4 100644
--- a/confmap/internal/e2e/types_test.go
+++ b/confmap/internal/e2e/types_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/envprovider"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates"
 )
 
 type TargetField string
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ func TestStrictTypeCasting(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	previousValue := internal.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled()
-	err := featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(internal.StrictlyTypedInputID, true)
+	previousValue := featuregates.StrictlyTypedInputGate.IsEnabled()
+	err := featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(featuregates.StrictlyTypedInputID, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {
-		err := featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(internal.StrictlyTypedInputID, previousValue)
+		err := featuregate.GlobalRegistry().Set(featuregates.StrictlyTypedInputID, previousValue)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}()
 
diff --git a/confmap/internal/featuregate.go b/confmap/internal/featuregate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e9b9ea8745..00000000000
--- a/confmap/internal/featuregate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package internal // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/internal"
-
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
-
-const StrictlyTypedInputID = "confmap.strictlyTypedInput"
-
-var StrictlyTypedInputGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(StrictlyTypedInputID,
-	featuregate.StageAlpha,
-	featuregate.WithRegisterFromVersion("v0.103.0"),
-	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("Makes type casting rules during configuration unmarshaling stricter. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/rfcs/env-vars.md for more details."),
-)
diff --git a/confmap/provider/envprovider/go.mod b/confmap/provider/envprovider/go.mod
index cd17275e2b1..791fe154a78 100644
--- a/confmap/provider/envprovider/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/provider/envprovider/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/provider/fileprovider/go.mod b/confmap/provider/fileprovider/go.mod
index 3c24a90ceb5..2692eb0cb2b 100644
--- a/confmap/provider/fileprovider/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/provider/fileprovider/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/provider/httpprovider/go.mod b/confmap/provider/httpprovider/go.mod
index ab8c89e2735..c113c149f80 100644
--- a/confmap/provider/httpprovider/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/provider/httpprovider/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/provider/httpsprovider/go.mod b/confmap/provider/httpsprovider/go.mod
index b66db34aaf0..5758eb43ee1 100644
--- a/confmap/provider/httpsprovider/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/provider/httpsprovider/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/confmap/provider/yamlprovider/go.mod b/confmap/provider/yamlprovider/go.mod
index f3c856c1061..dac45209c9a 100644
--- a/confmap/provider/yamlprovider/go.mod
+++ b/confmap/provider/yamlprovider/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
index 3efa2191275..1423c7eb006 100644
--- a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector => ../
diff --git a/connector/go.mod b/connector/go.mod
index efec0be694c..a3ea7d52721 100644
--- a/connector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/go.mod
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../pdata
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../pdata/testdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
index 14091280956..b811e43120b 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
diff --git a/exporter/go.mod b/exporter/go.mod
index 5c565aeae6e..897c40a9b9e 100644
--- a/exporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/go.mod
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../confmap
diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod b/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
index b119eccc5f0..77ba2dc5e67 100644
--- a/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
diff --git a/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod b/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
index fad8fe237d0..bf83c0aa815 100644
--- a/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver => ../../receiver
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../..
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index 31916bc491c..5a0839b891d 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.8.0 // indirect
@@ -135,3 +136,5 @@ retract (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry => ../../config/configretry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
index a63a5739ce6..e0247c06c26 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 // indirect
@@ -131,3 +132,5 @@ retract (
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry => ../../config/configretry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/extension/auth/go.mod b/extension/auth/go.mod
index 2af234e1c6c..4b810c91ded 100644
--- a/extension/auth/go.mod
+++ b/extension/auth/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -62,3 +63,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/extension/ballastextension/go.mod b/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
index 4b173a57d26..93ef8228d88 100644
--- a/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
diff --git a/extension/go.mod b/extension/go.mod
index efd236fcd58..0df2f37ad79 100644
--- a/extension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/go.mod
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -59,3 +60,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../pdata
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/extension/memorylimiterextension/go.mod b/extension/memorylimiterextension/go.mod
index c4e978ed9d6..2194c7fad89 100644
--- a/extension/memorylimiterextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/memorylimiterextension/go.mod
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
index 72b3bacf385..5697df6b93e 100644
--- a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 // indirect
@@ -119,3 +120,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../auth
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp => ../../config/confighttp
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/filter/go.mod b/filter/go.mod
index f7ae2122b35..24da688f69e 100644
--- a/filter/go.mod
+++ b/filter/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
@@ -26,3 +27,5 @@ require (
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../confmap
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../featuregate
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index db1d6895d6f..10aa90ed23d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.4.0 // indirect
@@ -109,3 +110,5 @@ retract (
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ./pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ./internal/featuregates
diff --git a/internal/e2e/go.mod b/internal/e2e/go.mod
index 14a87a26d9c..5df26309380 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/internal/e2e/go.mod
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.52.0 // indirect
@@ -145,3 +146,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ../../exporter
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../featuregates
diff --git a/internal/featuregates/Makefile b/internal/featuregates/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ded7a36092d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/featuregates/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include ../../Makefile.Common
diff --git a/internal/featuregates/featuregates.go b/internal/featuregates/featuregates.go
index e74c75fe481..2cf0e081317 100644
--- a/internal/featuregates/featuregates.go
+++ b/internal/featuregates/featuregates.go
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ var UseUnifiedEnvVarExpansionRules = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister("
 	featuregate.StageBeta,
 	featuregate.WithRegisterFromVersion("v0.103.0"),
 	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("`${FOO}` will now be expanded as if it was `${env:FOO}` and no longer expands $ENV syntax. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/rfcs/env-vars.md for more details. When this feature gate is stable, expandconverter will be removed."))
+
+const StrictlyTypedInputID = "confmap.strictlyTypedInput"
+
+var StrictlyTypedInputGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(StrictlyTypedInputID,
+	featuregate.StageAlpha,
+	featuregate.WithRegisterFromVersion("v0.103.0"),
+	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("Makes type casting rules during configuration unmarshaling stricter. See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/rfcs/env-vars.md for more details."),
+)
diff --git a/internal/featuregates/go.mod b/internal/featuregates/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec1b35fdd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/featuregates/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates
+
+go 1.21.0
+
+require go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+)
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
diff --git a/internal/featuregates/go.sum b/internal/featuregates/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3ebd41c2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/featuregates/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+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=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/otelcol/go.mod b/otelcol/go.mod
index e67e1767f0b..76a97a4f195 100644
--- a/otelcol/go.mod
+++ b/otelcol/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.104.0
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.104.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service v0.104.0
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
@@ -145,3 +146,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../config/conf
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls => ../config/configtls
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque => ../config/configopaque
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod b/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
index d63ae65f645..aa7d16ace30 100644
--- a/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
+++ b/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.104.0 // indirect
@@ -163,3 +164,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ../../exporter
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv => ../../semconv
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ../../extension/auth
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
index eacb3f12edd..6271ff8032b 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor => ../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
diff --git a/processor/go.mod b/processor/go.mod
index a5b1da649d7..7004061e549 100644
--- a/processor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/go.mod
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../pdata/testdata
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../pdata/pprofile
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../config/configtelemetry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
index c27bff150b3..4c507704423 100644
--- a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ require (
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor => ../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
diff --git a/receiver/go.mod b/receiver/go.mod
index 881a9d968f0..4e272137d21 100644
--- a/receiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/go.mod
@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ retract v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../config/configtelemetry
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
index 486d8d37834..773526ba6b4 100644
--- a/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.50.0 // indirect
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/con
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../..
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
index 23659973de9..a3045af3e76 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.52.0 // indirect
@@ -135,3 +136,5 @@ retract (
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/service/go.mod b/service/go.mod
index b3a1ef95dab..ab10298b758 100644
--- a/service/go.mod
+++ b/service/go.mod
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.104.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.104.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.52.0 // indirect
@@ -153,3 +154,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls => ../config/configtls
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../config/configcompression
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates => ../internal/featuregates
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 782277f7abe..e22abc194fd 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module-sets:
     version: v0.104.0
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector
+      - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/featuregates
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/builder
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/mdatagen
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component