diff --git a/mage.go b/mage.go
index 0ab03e40..49182c73 100644
--- a/mage.go
+++ b/mage.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build ignore
 // +build ignore
 
 /*
diff --git a/pkg/spdx/document.go b/pkg/spdx/document.go
index e7928c30..e87fa0d4 100644
--- a/pkg/spdx/document.go
+++ b/pkg/spdx/document.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (d *Document) Render() (doc string, err error) {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("rendering file "+file.Name+" :%w", err)
 		}
 		docSb255.WriteString(fileDoc)
-		filesDescribedSb255.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Relationship: %s DESCRIBES %s\n\n", d.ID, file.ID))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&filesDescribedSb255, "Relationship: %s DESCRIBES %s\n\n", d.ID, file.ID)
 	}
 	doc += docSb255.String()
 	filesDescribed += filesDescribedSb255.String()
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (d *Document) Render() (doc string, err error) {
 		}
 
 		docSb266.WriteString(pkgDoc)
-		docSb266.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Relationship: %s DESCRIBES %s\n\n", d.ID, pkg.ID))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&docSb266, "Relationship: %s DESCRIBES %s\n\n", d.ID, pkg.ID)
 	}
 	doc += docSb266.String()
 
diff --git a/pkg/spdx/gomod_test.go b/pkg/spdx/gomod_test.go
index 34083762..043e37d7 100644
--- a/pkg/spdx/gomod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/spdx/gomod_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package spdx
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -49,6 +51,29 @@ func TestToSPDXPackage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPackageFromDirectory_UsesGoModModulePath(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary directory structure with a go.mod at a nested path
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	// Simulate extraction where files are under a subdir
+	sub := filepath.Join(dir, "submodule")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(sub, 0o755))
+	// Write go.mod with module directive
+	gomod := "module example.com/my/module\n"
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(sub, "go.mod"), []byte(gomod), 0o600))
+
+	// Create a dummy file so PackageFromDirectory has something to scan
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(sub, "main.go"), []byte("package main"), 0o600))
+
+	// Call PackageFromDirectory on the parent dir; implementation should
+	// discover go.mod in scanned file tree and use module path.
+	di := &spdxDefaultImplementation{}
+	opts := &Options{IgnorePatterns: []string{}}
+	pkg, err := di.PackageFromDirectory(opts, dir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, pkg)
+	require.Equal(t, "example.com/my/module", pkg.Name)
+}
+
 func TestPackageURL(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		pkg      GoPackage
diff --git a/pkg/spdx/implementation.go b/pkg/spdx/implementation.go
index 4b0a6538..cd475258 100644
--- a/pkg/spdx/implementation.go
+++ b/pkg/spdx/implementation.go
@@ -1028,7 +1028,43 @@ func (di *spdxDefaultImplementation) PackageFromDirectory(opts *Options, dirPath
 
 	pkg = NewPackage()
 	pkg.FilesAnalyzed = true
+	// Default package name is the directory base name. If this directory
+	// (or one of its top-level children created during extraction) contains
+	// a go.mod, prefer the module path defined there so the root package
+	// reflects the module import path instead of a temp dirname.
 	pkg.Name = filepath.Base(dirPath)
+
+	// Look for a go.mod either at the root dirPath or in the scanned file
+	// tree (which may contain a nested module after extraction). Prefer an
+	// explicit go.mod at dirPath if present, otherwise use the first
+	// occurrence from fileList.
+	goModDir := ""
+	if helpers.Exists(filepath.Join(dirPath, GoModFileName)) {
+		goModDir = dirPath
+	} else {
+		for _, p := range fileList {
+			if filepath.Base(p) == GoModFileName {
+				// p is a relative path; derive the directory containing go.mod
+				goModDir = filepath.Join(dirPath, filepath.Dir(p))
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if goModDir != "" {
+		// Try to read the module path from go.mod without doing full module
+		// processing. NewGoModuleFromPath provides a GoModule with the
+		// GoModDefaultImpl which implements OpenModule for parsing only.
+		if gm, err := NewGoModuleFromPath(goModDir); err == nil {
+			if gomod, err := gm.impl.OpenModule(gm.Options()); err == nil {
+				if gomod != nil && gomod.Module != nil && gomod.Module.Mod.Path != "" {
+					pkg.Name = gomod.Module.Mod.Path
+				}
+			} else {
+				logrus.Debugf("unable to parse go.mod for %s: %v", goModDir, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if pkg.Name == "" {
 		pkg.Name = uuid.NewString()
 	}