diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
index 37bd9024284..9de71b05382 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint-checks.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.x'
 
     - name: Run DCO check
-      run: python3 scripts/dco_check.py -b main -v --exclude-pattern '@users\.noreply\.github\.com'
+      run: python3 scripts/lint/dco_check.py -b main -v --exclude-pattern '@users\.noreply\.github\.com'
       env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5757700bc3..20d412d35f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -134,18 +134,18 @@ cover: nocover
 .PHONY: nocover
 nocover:
 	@echo Verifying that all packages have test files to count in coverage
-	@scripts/check-test-files.sh $(ALL_PKGS)
+	@scripts/lint/check-test-files.sh $(ALL_PKGS)
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt: $(GOFUMPT)
 	@echo Running import-order-cleanup on ALL_SRC ...
-	@./scripts/import-order-cleanup.py -o inplace -t $(ALL_SRC)
+	@./scripts/lint/import-order-cleanup.py -o inplace -t $(ALL_SRC)
 	@echo Running gofmt on ALL_SRC ...
 	@$(GOFMT) -e -s -l -w $(ALL_SRC)
 	@echo Running gofumpt on ALL_SRC ...
 	@$(GOFUMPT) -e -l -w $(ALL_SRC)
 	@echo Running updateLicense.py on ALL_SRC ...
-	@./scripts/updateLicense.py $(ALL_SRC) $(SCRIPTS_SRC)
+	@./scripts/lint/updateLicense.py $(ALL_SRC) $(SCRIPTS_SRC)
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: lint-license lint-imports lint-semconv lint-goversion lint-goleak lint-go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ lint: lint-license lint-imports lint-semconv lint-goversion lint-goleak lint-go
 .PHONY: lint-license
 lint-license:
 	@echo Verifying that all files have license headers
-	@./scripts/updateLicense.py $(ALL_SRC) $(SCRIPTS_SRC) > $(FMT_LOG)
+	@./scripts/lint/updateLicense.py $(ALL_SRC) $(SCRIPTS_SRC) > $(FMT_LOG)
 	@[ ! -s "$(FMT_LOG)" ] || (echo "License check failures, run 'make fmt'" | cat - $(FMT_LOG) && false)
 
 .PHONY: lint-nocommit
@@ -169,21 +169,21 @@ lint-nocommit:
 .PHONY: lint-imports
 lint-imports:
 	@echo Verifying that all Go files have correctly ordered imports
-	@./scripts/import-order-cleanup.py -o stdout -t $(ALL_SRC) > $(IMPORT_LOG)
+	@./scripts/lint/import-order-cleanup.py -o stdout -t $(ALL_SRC) > $(IMPORT_LOG)
 	@[ ! -s "$(IMPORT_LOG)" ] || (echo "Import ordering failures, run 'make fmt'" | cat - $(IMPORT_LOG) && false)
 
 .PHONY: lint-semconv
 lint-semconv:
-	./scripts/check-semconv-version.sh
+	./scripts/lint/check-semconv-version.sh
 
 .PHONY: lint-goversion
 lint-goversion:
-	./scripts/check-go-version.sh
+	./scripts/lint/check-go-version.sh
 
 .PHONY: lint-goleak
 lint-goleak:
 	@echo Verifying that all packages with tests have goleak in their TestMain
-	@scripts/check-goleak-files.sh $(ALL_PKGS)
+	@scripts/lint/check-goleak-files.sh $(ALL_PKGS)
 
 .PHONY: lint-go
 lint-go: $(LINT)
diff --git a/scripts/check-go-version.sh b/scripts/lint/check-go-version.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/check-go-version.sh
rename to scripts/lint/check-go-version.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check-goleak-files.sh b/scripts/lint/check-goleak-files.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/check-goleak-files.sh
rename to scripts/lint/check-goleak-files.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check-semconv-version.sh b/scripts/lint/check-semconv-version.sh
similarity index 89%
rename from scripts/check-semconv-version.sh
rename to scripts/lint/check-semconv-version.sh
index e5ed500a1ff..0acf7316a05 100755
--- a/scripts/check-semconv-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint/check-semconv-version.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ if [ "$count" -gt 1 ]; then
         printf "%-70s | %s\n" "$file_name" "$version"
     done < <(find_files)
     printf "Error: %d different semconv versions detected.\n" "$count"
-    echo "Run ./scripts/update-semconv-version.sh to update semconv to latest version."
+    echo "Run ./scripts/lint/update-semconv-version.sh to update semconv to latest version."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/check-test-files.sh b/scripts/lint/check-test-files.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/check-test-files.sh
rename to scripts/lint/check-test-files.sh
diff --git a/scripts/dco_check.py b/scripts/lint/dco_check.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/dco_check.py
rename to scripts/lint/dco_check.py
diff --git a/scripts/import-order-cleanup.py b/scripts/lint/import-order-cleanup.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/import-order-cleanup.py
rename to scripts/lint/import-order-cleanup.py
diff --git a/scripts/replace_license_headers.py b/scripts/lint/replace_license_headers.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/replace_license_headers.py
rename to scripts/lint/replace_license_headers.py
diff --git a/scripts/update-semconv-version.sh b/scripts/lint/update-semconv-version.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/update-semconv-version.sh
rename to scripts/lint/update-semconv-version.sh
diff --git a/scripts/updateLicense.py b/scripts/lint/updateLicense.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/updateLicense.py
rename to scripts/lint/updateLicense.py