diff --git a/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go.go b/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go.go
index bd20b3dab7..cf1b9418f2 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -201,6 +202,18 @@ func (ff FileFinder) tryFindGoFile(ctx context.Context, maxAttempts int) (*vcsv1
 		path = path[len(repoPath)+pos:]
 	}
 
+	// strip Go module major version segment (e.g. "v2/"), if present.
+	// GitHub repo paths don't include the major version directory, but Go
+	// symbol paths do (e.g. "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/v2/pkg/foo.go").
+	path = strings.TrimLeft(path, "/")
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(path, '/'); i > 0 {
+		if seg := path[:i]; len(seg) > 1 && seg[0] == 'v' && isDigits(seg[1:]) {
+			if majorVer, _ := strconv.Atoi(seg[1:]); majorVer >= 2 {
+				path = path[i+1:]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// now try to find file in repo
 	path = strings.TrimLeft(path, "/")
 	attempts := 0
@@ -231,3 +244,12 @@ func (ff FileFinder) tryFindGoFile(ctx context.Context, maxAttempts int) (*vcsv1
 		return newFileResponse(content.Content, content.URL)
 	}
 }
+
+func isDigits(s string) bool {
+	for _, c := range s {
+		if c < '0' || c > '9' {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return len(s) > 0
+}
diff --git a/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go_test.go b/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go_test.go
index 3079a2c55c..dcc2ee4bc0 100644
--- a/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go_test.go
+++ b/pkg/frontend/vcs/source/find_go_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,36 @@ func Test_tryFindGoFile(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedSearchedPaths: []string{"main.go"},
 			expectedError:         nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name:                  "path with relative repository prefix and major version",
+			searchedPath:          "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/v2/main.go",
+			rootPath:              "",
+			repo:                  pyroscopeRepo,
+			clientMock:            newMockVCSClient().addFiles(newFile("main.go")),
+			attempts:              1,
+			expectedSearchedPaths: []string{"main.go"},
+			expectedError:         nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "path with absolute repository prefix and major version",
+			searchedPath:          "/Users/pyroscope/git/github.com/grafana/pyroscope/v2/main.go",
+			rootPath:              "",
+			repo:                  pyroscopeRepo,
+			clientMock:            newMockVCSClient().addFiles(newFile("main.go")),
+			attempts:              1,
+			expectedSearchedPaths: []string{"main.go"},
+			expectedError:         nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "path with v1 directory not stripped (legitimate v1/ dir)",
+			searchedPath:          "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/v1/main.go",
+			rootPath:              "",
+			repo:                  pyroscopeRepo,
+			clientMock:            newMockVCSClient().addFiles(newFile("v1/main.go")),
+			attempts:              2,
+			expectedSearchedPaths: []string{"v1/main.go"},
+			expectedError:         nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name:                  "not found, attempts exceeded",
 			searchedPath:          "/var/service1/src/main.go",