diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index eb67dbfaf..cf6d91e27 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -118,6 +118,35 @@ To run tests, use `go test`:
 go test ./...
 ```
 
+> NOTE: In rare cirumstances, you may nedd to change a package using the new
+> "synctest" package in go1.24.
+>
+> If you do not have the "synctest" package enabled, you will not see build or
+> test failures resulting from your change(s), if any, locally, but CI will
+> break.
+>
+> If you see failures in CI, you can either keep pushing changes to see if the
+> CI build passes, or you can enable the "synctest" package locally to see the
+> failures before pushing.
+>
+> To enable the "synctest" package for testing, run the following command:
+>
+> ```shell
+> GOEXPERIMENT=synctest go test ./...
+> ```
+>
+> If you wish to enable synctest for all go commands, you can set the
+> `GOEXPERIMENT` environment variable in your shell profile or by using:
+>
+> ```shell
+> go env -w GOEXPERIMENT=synctest
+> ```
+>
+> Which will enable the "synctest" package for all go commands without needing
+> to set it for all shell sessions.
+>
+> The synctest package is not required for production builds.
+
 ## Library detection
 
 Ollama looks for acceleration libraries in the following paths relative to the `ollama` executable:
diff --git a/server/internal/internal/backoff/backoff_test.go b/server/internal/internal/backoff/backoff_test.go
index bb8438a78..11ace22a8 100644
--- a/server/internal/internal/backoff/backoff_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/internal/backoff/backoff_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build goexperiment.synctest
+
 package backoff
 
 import (
diff --git a/server/internal/internal/syncs/line_test.go b/server/internal/internal/syncs/line_test.go
index d52160260..94114a565 100644
--- a/server/internal/internal/syncs/line_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/internal/syncs/line_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build goexperiment.synctest
+
 package syncs
 
 import (