diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b693d70e2a1..227d32de684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           name: opentelemetry-go-test-output
           path: ${{ env.TEST_RESULTS }}
 
-  compatibility-test:
+  compatibility-matrix:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: ["1.20", 1.19, 1.18]
@@ -150,3 +150,19 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GOARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
         run: make test-short
+
+  test-compatibility:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [compatibility-matrix]
+    steps:
+      - name: Print result
+        run: echo ${{ needs.compatibility-matrix.result }}
+      - name: Interpret result
+        run: |
+          if [[ success == ${{ needs.compatibility-matrix.result }} ]]
+          then
+            echo "All matrix jobs passed!"
+          else
+            echo "One or more matrix jobs failed."
+            false
+          fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39078e56970..7b2fbc36098 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - [bridge/ot] Fall-back to TextMap carrier when it's not ot.HttpHeaders. (#3679)
 - The `Collect` method of the `"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric".Reader` interface is updated to accept the `metricdata.ResourceMetrics` value the collection will be made into. This change is made to enable memory reuse by SDK users. (#3732)
+- Restructure compatibility testing.
 
 ### Fixed