diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-apples-attack.md b/.changeset/yellow-apples-attack.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be9455f631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-apples-attack.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+"@medusajs/cache-redis": patch
+"@medusajs/event-bus-redis": patch
+"medusa-test-utils": patch
+"@medusajs/modules-sdk": patch
+"@medusajs/types": patch
+"@medusajs/workflow-engine-redis": patch
+---
+
+chore: medusa shutdown
diff --git a/packages/cache-redis/src/services/redis-cache.ts b/packages/cache-redis/src/services/redis-cache.ts
index b562ef8415..7872a6567d 100644
--- a/packages/cache-redis/src/services/redis-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-redis/src/services/redis-cache.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ class RedisCacheService implements ICacheService {
     this.TTL = options.ttl ?? DEFAULT_CACHE_TIME
     this.namespace = options.namespace || DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
   }
+
+  __hooks = {
+    onApplicationShutdown: async () => {
+      this.redis.disconnect()
+    },
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set a key/value pair to the cache.
    * If the ttl is 0 it will act like the value should not be cached at all.
diff --git a/packages/event-bus-redis/src/services/event-bus-redis.ts b/packages/event-bus-redis/src/services/event-bus-redis.ts
index a3e98c9b94..270349dfb1 100644
--- a/packages/event-bus-redis/src/services/event-bus-redis.ts
+++ b/packages/event-bus-redis/src/services/event-bus-redis.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ export default class RedisEventBusService extends AbstractEventBusModuleService
   protected readonly moduleOptions_: EventBusRedisModuleOptions
   // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
   protected readonly moduleDeclaration_: InternalModuleDeclaration
+  protected readonly eventBusRedisConnection_: Redis
 
   protected queue_: Queue
+  protected bullWorker_: Worker
 
   constructor(
     { logger, eventBusRedisConnection }: InjectedDependencies,
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ export default class RedisEventBusService extends AbstractEventBusModuleService
     // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-rest-params
     super(...arguments)
 
+    this.eventBusRedisConnection_ = eventBusRedisConnection
+
     this.moduleOptions_ = moduleOptions
     this.logger_ = logger
 
@@ -44,14 +48,26 @@ export default class RedisEventBusService extends AbstractEventBusModuleService
     // Register our worker to handle emit calls
     const shouldStartWorker = moduleDeclaration.worker_mode !== "server"
     if (shouldStartWorker) {
-      new Worker(moduleOptions.queueName ?? "events-queue", this.worker_, {
-        prefix: `${this.constructor.name}`,
-        ...(moduleOptions.workerOptions ?? {}),
-        connection: eventBusRedisConnection,
-      })
+      this.bullWorker_ = new Worker(
+        moduleOptions.queueName ?? "events-queue",
+        this.worker_,
+        {
+          prefix: `${this.constructor.name}`,
+          ...(moduleOptions.workerOptions ?? {}),
+          connection: eventBusRedisConnection,
+        }
+      )
     }
   }
 
+  __hooks = {
+    onApplicationShutdown: async () => {
+      await this.bullWorker_.close(true)
+      await this.queue_.close()
+      this.eventBusRedisConnection_.disconnect()
+    },
+  }
+
   /**
    * Emit a single event
    * @param {string} eventName - the name of the event to be process.
diff --git a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/init-modules.ts b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/init-modules.ts
index 4e4c4ad02b..e7f0e73756 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/init-modules.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/init-modules.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import {
   MedusaModuleConfig,
   ModuleJoinerConfig,
 } from "@medusajs/modules-sdk"
-import { ContainerRegistrationKeys, ModulesSdkUtils } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import {
+  ContainerRegistrationKeys,
+  ModulesSdkUtils,
+  promiseAll,
+} from "@medusajs/utils"
 
 export interface InitModulesOptions {
   injectedDependencies?: Record<string, unknown>
@@ -48,8 +52,11 @@ export async function initModules({
 
   async function shutdown() {
     if (shouldDestroyConnectionAutomatically) {
-      await (sharedPgConnection as any).context?.destroy()
-      await (sharedPgConnection as any).destroy()
+      await promiseAll([
+        (sharedPgConnection as any).context?.destroy(),
+        (sharedPgConnection as any).destroy(),
+        medusaApp.onApplicationShutdown(),
+      ])
     } else {
       if (!preventConnectionDestroyWarning) {
         console.info(
diff --git a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner-utils/bootstrap-app.js b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner-utils/bootstrap-app.js
index 09029ebef8..552acb4dc1 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner-utils/bootstrap-app.js
+++ b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner-utils/bootstrap-app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const path = require("path")
 const express = require("express")
 const getPort = require("get-port")
-const { isObject } = require("@medusajs/utils")
+const { isObject, promiseAll } = require("@medusajs/utils")
+const { GracefulShutdownServer } = require("medusa-core-utils")
 
 async function bootstrapApp({ cwd, env = {} } = {}) {
   const app = express()
@@ -12,20 +13,17 @@ async function bootstrapApp({ cwd, env = {} } = {}) {
 
   const loaders = require("@medusajs/medusa/dist/loaders").default
 
-  const { container, dbConnection, pgConnection, disposeResources } =
-    await loaders({
-      directory: path.resolve(cwd || process.cwd()),
-      expressApp: app,
-      isTest: false,
-    })
+  const { container, shutdown } = await loaders({
+    directory: path.resolve(cwd || process.cwd()),
+    expressApp: app,
+    isTest: false,
+  })
 
   const PORT = await getPort()
 
   return {
-    disposeResources,
+    shutdown,
     container,
-    db: dbConnection,
-    pgConnection,
     app,
     port: PORT,
   }
@@ -37,10 +35,16 @@ module.exports = {
     env = {},
     skipExpressListen = false,
   } = {}) => {
-    const { app, port, container, db, pgConnection } = await bootstrapApp({
+    const {
+      app,
+      port,
+      container,
+      shutdown: medusaShutdown,
+    } = await bootstrapApp({
       cwd,
       env,
     })
+
     let expressServer
 
     if (skipExpressListen) {
@@ -48,13 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
     const shutdown = async () => {
-      await Promise.all([
-        container.dispose(),
-        expressServer.close(),
-        db?.destroy(),
-        pgConnection?.context?.destroy(),
-        container.dispose(),
-      ])
+      await promiseAll([expressServer.shutdown(), medusaShutdown()])
 
       if (typeof global !== "undefined" && global?.gc) {
         global.gc()
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
     return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      expressServer = app.listen(port, async (err) => {
+      const server = app.listen(port, async (err) => {
         if (err) {
           await shutdown()
           return reject(err)
@@ -74,6 +72,8 @@ module.exports = {
           port,
         })
       })
+
+      expressServer = GracefulShutdownServer.create(server)
     })
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner.ts b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner.ts
index bdb4a6462a..5c221e64d3 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa-test-utils/src/medusa-test-runner.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const dbTestUtilFactory = (): any => ({
   shutdown: async function (dbName: string) {
     await this.db_?.destroy()
     await this.pgConnection_?.context?.destroy()
+    await this.pgConnection_?.destroy()
 
     return await dropDatabase(
       { databaseName: dbName, errorIfNonExist: false },
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export function medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
 
   const cwd = process.cwd()
 
-  let shutdown: () => Promise<void>
+  let shutdown = async () => void 0
   let dbUtils = dbTestUtilFactory()
   let container: ContainerLike
   let apiUtils: any
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ export function medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
     getContainer: () => container,
   } as MedusaSuiteOptions
 
+  let isFirstTime = true
+
   const beforeAll_ = async () => {
     await dbUtils.create(dbName)
     const { dbDataSource, pgConnection } = await initDb({
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ export function medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
     dbUtils.pgConnection_ = pgConnection
 
     const {
-      shutdown: shutdown_,
+      shutdown: serverShutdown,
       container: container_,
       port,
     } = await startBootstrapApp({
@@ -164,13 +167,26 @@ export function medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
       env,
     })
 
-    apiUtils = axios.create({ baseURL: `http://localhost:${port}` })
+    const cancelTokenSource = axios.CancelToken.source()
+    apiUtils = axios.create({
+      baseURL: `http://localhost:${port}`,
+      cancelToken: cancelTokenSource.token,
+    })
 
     container = container_
-    shutdown = shutdown_
+    shutdown = async () => {
+      await serverShutdown()
+      cancelTokenSource.cancel("Request canceled by shutdown")
+    }
   }
 
   const beforeEach_ = async () => {
+    // The beforeAll already run everything, so lets not re run the loaders for the first iteration
+    if (isFirstTime) {
+      isFirstTime = false
+      return
+    }
+
     const container = options.getContainer()
     const copiedContainer = createMedusaContainer({}, container)
 
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start-cluster.js b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start-cluster.js
index 19c8c0fb30..efd9026257 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start-cluster.js
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start-cluster.js
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ export default async function ({ port, cpus, directory }) {
 
       const app = express()
 
-      const { dbConnection } = await loaders({ directory, expressApp: app })
+      const { dbConnection, shutdown } = await loaders({
+        directory,
+        expressApp: app,
+      })
       const serverActivity = Logger.activity(`Creating server`)
       const server = GracefulShutdownServer.create(
         app.listen(port, (err) => {
@@ -70,7 +73,9 @@ export default async function ({ port, cpus, directory }) {
         server
           .shutdown()
           .then(() => {
-            process.exit(0)
+            shutdown().then(() => {
+              process.exit(0)
+            })
           })
           .catch((e) => {
             process.exit(1)
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.js b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.js
index 9e421fed45..e3bbda43cc 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.js
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/commands/start.js
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
     const app = express()
 
     try {
-      const { dbConnection, configModule, container } = await loaders({
+      const { dbConnection, shutdown } = await loaders({
         directory,
         expressApp: app,
       })
 
-      let server
       const serverActivity = Logger.activity(`Creating server`)
-      server = GracefulShutdownServer.create(
+      const server = GracefulShutdownServer.create(
         app.listen(port, (err) => {
           if (err) {
             return
@@ -42,7 +41,9 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
           .shutdown()
           .then(() => {
             Logger.info("Gracefully stopping the server.")
-            process.exit(0)
+            shutdown().then(() => {
+              process.exit(0)
+            })
           })
           .catch((e) => {
             Logger.error("Error received when shutting down the server.", e)
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/express.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/express.ts
index cd68d6ea94..b5feb0adac 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/express.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/express.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ type Options = {
   configModule: ConfigModule
 }
 
-export default async ({ app, configModule }: Options): Promise<Express> => {
+export default async ({ app, configModule }: Options): Promise<{
+  app: Express,
+  shutdown: () => Promise<void>
+}> => {
   let sameSite: string | boolean = false
   let secure = false
   if (
@@ -38,9 +41,11 @@ export default async ({ app, configModule }: Options): Promise<Express> => {
     store: null,
   }
 
+  let redisClient
+
   if (configModule?.projectConfig?.redis_url) {
     const RedisStore = createStore(session)
-    const redisClient = new Redis(
+    redisClient = new Redis(
       configModule.projectConfig.redis_url, 
       configModule.projectConfig.redis_options ?? {}
     )
@@ -63,5 +68,9 @@ export default async ({ app, configModule }: Options): Promise<Express> => {
     res.status(200).send("OK")
   })
 
-  return app
+  const shutdown = async () => {
+    redisClient?.disconnect()
+  }
+
+  return { app, shutdown }
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
index bbc0003650..e7a0f0779b 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
 import { ConfigModule, MODULE_RESOURCE_TYPE } from "@medusajs/types"
 import {
   ContainerRegistrationKeys,
-  MedusaV2Flag,
   isString,
+  MedusaV2Flag, promiseAll,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { asValue } from "awilix"
 import { Express, NextFunction, Request, Response } from "express"
@@ -97,18 +97,21 @@ async function loadMedusaV2({
 
   container.register({
     [ContainerRegistrationKeys.LOGGER]: asValue(Logger),
-    featureFlagRouter: asValue(featureFlagRouter),
+    [ContainerRegistrationKeys.FEATURE_FLAG_ROUTER]: asValue(featureFlagRouter),
     [ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE]: asValue(configModule),
-    ["remoteQuery"]: asValue(null),
+    [ContainerRegistrationKeys.REMOTE_QUERY]: asValue(null),
   })
 
-  await loadMedusaApp({
+  const { onApplicationShutdown: medusaAppOnApplicationShutdown } = await loadMedusaApp({
     configModule,
     container,
   })
 
+  let expressShutdown = async () => {}
+
   if (shouldStartAPI) {
-    await expressLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
+    const { shutdown } = await expressLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
+    expressShutdown = shutdown
 
     expressApp.use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
       req.scope = container.createScope() as MedusaContainer
@@ -145,11 +148,21 @@ async function loadMedusaV2({
 
   await createDefaultsWorkflow(container).run()
 
+  const shutdown = async () => {
+    await promiseAll([
+      container.dispose(),
+      pgConnection?.context?.destroy(),
+      expressShutdown(),
+      medusaAppOnApplicationShutdown()
+    ])
+  }
+
   return {
     configModule,
     container,
     app: expressApp,
     pgConnection,
+    shutdown,
   }
 }
 
@@ -163,6 +176,7 @@ export default async ({
   dbConnection?: Connection
   app: Express
   pgConnection: unknown
+  shutdown: () => Promise<void>
 }> => {
   const configModule = loadConfig(rootDirectory)
   const featureFlagRouter = featureFlagsLoader(configModule, Logger)
@@ -197,7 +211,7 @@ export default async ({
     featureFlagRouter: asValue(featureFlagRouter),
   })
 
-  await redisLoader({ container, configModule, logger: Logger })
+  const { shutdown: redisShutdown } = await redisLoader({ container, configModule, logger: Logger })
 
   const modelsActivity = Logger.activity(`Initializing models${EOL}`)
   track("MODELS_INIT_STARTED")
@@ -257,7 +271,7 @@ export default async ({
   track("MODULES_INIT_STARTED")
 
   // Move before services init once all modules are migrated and do not rely on core resources anymore
-  await loadMedusaApp({
+  const { onApplicationShutdown: medusaAppOnApplicationShutdown } = await loadMedusaApp({
     configModule,
     container,
   })
@@ -267,7 +281,7 @@ export default async ({
 
   const expActivity = Logger.activity(`Initializing express${EOL}`)
   track("EXPRESS_INIT_STARTED")
-  await expressLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
+  const { shutdown: expressShutdown } = await expressLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
   await passportLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
   const exAct = Logger.success(expActivity, "Express intialized") || {}
   track("EXPRESS_INIT_COMPLETED", { duration: exAct.duration })
@@ -324,11 +338,23 @@ export default async ({
     Logger.success(searchActivity, "Indexing event emitted") || {}
   track("SEARCH_ENGINE_INDEXING_COMPLETED", { duration: searchAct.duration })
 
+  async function shutdown() {
+    await promiseAll([
+      container.dispose(),
+      dbConnection?.destroy(),
+      pgConnection?.context?.destroy(),
+      redisShutdown(),
+      expressShutdown(),
+      medusaAppOnApplicationShutdown(),
+    ])
+  }
+
   return {
     configModule,
     container,
     dbConnection,
     app: expressApp,
     pgConnection,
+    shutdown,
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/medusa-app.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/medusa-app.ts
index 45df6f0f71..e1311b3270 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/medusa-app.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/medusa-app.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ export async function runModulesLoader({
   }
   container: MedusaContainer
 }): Promise<void> {
-  const featureFlagRouter = container.resolve<FlagRouter>("featureFlagRouter")
   const injectedDependencies = {
     [ContainerRegistrationKeys.PG_CONNECTION]: container.resolve(
       ContainerRegistrationKeys.PG_CONNECTION
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/redis.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/redis.ts
index 45d12c46b2..5d89aad40d 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/redis.ts
@@ -15,23 +15,25 @@ async function redisLoader({
   container,
   configModule,
   logger,
-}: Options): Promise<void> {
+}: Options): Promise<{ shutdown: () => Promise<void> }> {
+  let client!: Redis | FakeRedis
+
   if (configModule.projectConfig.redis_url) {
-    const redisClient = new Redis(configModule.projectConfig.redis_url, {
+    client = new Redis(configModule.projectConfig.redis_url, {
       // Lazy connect to properly handle connection errors
       lazyConnect: true,
       ...(configModule.projectConfig.redis_options ?? {}),
     })
 
     try {
-      await redisClient.connect()
+      await client.connect()
       logger?.info(`Connection to Redis established`)
     } catch (err) {
       logger?.error(`An error occurred while connecting to Redis:${EOL} ${err}`)
     }
 
     container.register({
-      redisClient: asValue(redisClient),
+      redisClient: asValue(client),
     })
   } else {
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
@@ -43,12 +45,18 @@ async function redisLoader({
     logger.info("Using fake Redis")
 
     // Economical way of dealing with redis clients
-    const client = new FakeRedis()
+    client = new FakeRedis()
 
     container.register({
       redisClient: asValue(client),
     })
   }
+
+  return {
+    shutdown: async () => {
+      client.disconnect()
+    },
+  }
 }
 
 export default redisLoader
diff --git a/packages/modules-sdk/src/loaders/utils/load-internal.ts b/packages/modules-sdk/src/loaders/utils/load-internal.ts
index bbe11a5122..2c4db5cfc3 100644
--- a/packages/modules-sdk/src/loaders/utils/load-internal.ts
+++ b/packages/modules-sdk/src/loaders/utils/load-internal.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ export async function loadInternalModule(
   migrationOnly?: boolean,
   loaderOnly?: boolean
 ): Promise<{ error?: Error } | void> {
-  const registrationName = resolution.definition.registrationName
+  const registrationName = !loaderOnly
+    ? resolution.definition.registrationName
+    : resolution.definition.registrationName + "__loaderOnly"
 
   const { resources } =
     resolution.moduleDeclaration as InternalModuleDeclaration
@@ -122,11 +124,8 @@ export async function loadInternalModule(
     }
   }
 
-  if (loaderOnly) {
-    return
-  }
-
   const moduleService = loadedModule.service
+
   container.register({
     [registrationName]: asFunction((cradle) => {
       ;(moduleService as any).__type = MedusaModuleType
@@ -137,6 +136,12 @@ export async function loadInternalModule(
       )
     }).singleton(),
   })
+
+  if (loaderOnly) {
+    // The expectation is only to run the loader as standalone, so we do not need to register the service and we need to cleanup all services
+    const service = container.resolve(registrationName)
+    await service.__hooks?.onApplicationShutdown()
+  }
 }
 
 export async function loadModuleMigrations(
diff --git a/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-app.ts b/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-app.ts
index b01f135e85..80baeb7b32 100644
--- a/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-app.ts
+++ b/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-app.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   isObject,
   isString,
   ModulesSdkUtils,
+  promiseAll,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { asValue } from "awilix"
 import {
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ export type MedusaAppOutput = {
   entitiesMap?: Record<string, any>
   notFound?: Record<string, Record<string, string>>
   runMigrations: RunMigrationFn
+  onApplicationShutdown: () => Promise<void>
 }
 
 export type MedusaAppOptions = {
@@ -237,19 +239,16 @@ async function MedusaApp_({
   migrationOnly = false,
   loaderOnly = false,
   workerMode = "server",
-}: MedusaAppOptions & { migrationOnly?: boolean } = {}): Promise<{
-  modules: Record<string, LoadedModule | LoadedModule[]>
-  link: RemoteLink | undefined
-  query: (
-    query: string | RemoteJoinerQuery | object,
-    variables?: Record<string, unknown>,
-    options?: RemoteJoinerOptions
-  ) => Promise<any>
-  entitiesMap?: Record<string, any>
-  notFound?: Record<string, Record<string, string>>
-  runMigrations: RunMigrationFn
-}> {
+}: MedusaAppOptions & {
+  migrationOnly?: boolean
+} = {}): Promise<MedusaAppOutput> {
   const sharedContainer_ = createMedusaContainer({}, sharedContainer)
+  const onApplicationShutdown = async () => {
+    await promiseAll([
+      MedusaModule.onApplicationShutdown(),
+      sharedContainer_.dispose(),
+    ])
+  }
 
   const modules: MedusaModuleConfig =
     modulesConfig ??
@@ -312,6 +311,7 @@ async function MedusaApp_({
 
   if (loaderOnly) {
     return {
+      onApplicationShutdown,
       modules: allModules,
       link: undefined,
       query: async () => {
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ async function MedusaApp_({
   }
 
   return {
+    onApplicationShutdown,
     modules: allModules,
     link: remoteLink,
     query,
diff --git a/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-module.ts b/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-module.ts
index dabe000523..59237a65f9 100644
--- a/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-module.ts
+++ b/packages/modules-sdk/src/medusa-module.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "@medusajs/types"
 import {
   createMedusaContainer,
+  promiseAll,
   simpleHash,
   stringifyCircular,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
@@ -116,6 +117,20 @@ export class MedusaModule {
       }
     }
   }
+  public static async onApplicationShutdown(): Promise<void> {
+    await promiseAll(
+      [...MedusaModule.instances_.values()].map(instances => {
+        return Object.values(instances).map((instance: IModuleService) => {
+            return instance.__hooks?.onApplicationShutdown
+              ?.bind(instance)()
+              .catch(() => {
+                // The module should handle this and log it
+                return void 0
+              })
+        })
+      }).flat()
+    )
+  }
 
   public static clearInstances(): void {
     MedusaModule.instances_.clear()
diff --git a/packages/types/src/modules-sdk/index.ts b/packages/types/src/modules-sdk/index.ts
index 4aaf939a71..7ffc938e61 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/modules-sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/modules-sdk/index.ts
@@ -294,5 +294,6 @@ export interface IModuleService {
    */
   __hooks?: {
     onApplicationStart?: () => Promise<void>
+    onApplicationShutdown?: () => Promise<void>
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/loaders/redis.ts b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/loaders/redis.ts
index 8321a6d147..51c0cc3a66 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/loaders/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/loaders/redis.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ export default async ({
     redisPublisher: asValue(redisPublisher),
     redisSubscriber: asValue(redisSubscriber),
     redisQueueName: asValue(queueName),
+    redisDisconnectHandler: asValue(async () => {
+      connection.disconnect()
+      workerConnection.disconnect()
+      redisPublisher.disconnect()
+      redisSubscriber.disconnect()
+    }),
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflow-orchestrator.ts b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflow-orchestrator.ts
index 8df4e3be02..40d12b1bb1 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflow-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflow-orchestrator.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   TransactionStep,
 } from "@medusajs/orchestration"
 import { ContainerLike, Context, MedusaContainer } from "@medusajs/types"
-import { InjectSharedContext, MedusaContext, isString } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import { InjectSharedContext, isString, MedusaContext } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import {
   FlowRunOptions,
   MedusaWorkflow,
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export class WorkflowOrchestratorService {
   protected redisSubscriber: Redis
   private subscribers: Subscribers = new Map()
 
+  protected redisDistributedTransactionStorage_: RedisDistributedTransactionStorage
+
   constructor({
     redisDistributedTransactionStorage,
     redisPublisher,
@@ -92,6 +94,9 @@ export class WorkflowOrchestratorService {
     redisDistributedTransactionStorage.setWorkflowOrchestratorService(this)
     DistributedTransaction.setStorage(redisDistributedTransactionStorage)
 
+    this.redisDistributedTransactionStorage_ =
+      redisDistributedTransactionStorage
+
     this.redisSubscriber.on("message", async (_, message) => {
       const { instanceId, data } = JSON.parse(message)
 
@@ -99,6 +104,10 @@ export class WorkflowOrchestratorService {
     })
   }
 
+  async onApplicationShutdown() {
+    await this.redisDistributedTransactionStorage_.onApplicationShutdown()
+  }
+
   @InjectSharedContext()
   async run<T = unknown>(
     workflowIdOrWorkflow: string | ReturnWorkflow<any, any, any>,
diff --git a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflows-module.ts b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflows-module.ts
index 8701e6d26d..d0fb245f83 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflows-module.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/services/workflows-module.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {
 import {
   InjectManager,
   InjectSharedContext,
+  isString,
   MedusaContext,
   MedusaError,
-  isString,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import type {
   IWorkflowEngineService,
@@ -26,30 +26,41 @@ type InjectedDependencies = {
   baseRepository: DAL.RepositoryService
   workflowExecutionService: ModulesSdkTypes.InternalModuleService<any>
   workflowOrchestratorService: WorkflowOrchestratorService
+  redisDisconnectHandler: () => Promise<void>
 }
 
 export class WorkflowsModuleService implements IWorkflowEngineService {
   protected baseRepository_: DAL.RepositoryService
   protected workflowExecutionService_: ModulesSdkTypes.InternalModuleService<any>
   protected workflowOrchestratorService_: WorkflowOrchestratorService
+  protected redisDisconnectHandler_: () => Promise<void>
 
   constructor(
     {
       baseRepository,
       workflowExecutionService,
       workflowOrchestratorService,
+      redisDisconnectHandler,
     }: InjectedDependencies,
     protected readonly moduleDeclaration: InternalModuleDeclaration
   ) {
     this.baseRepository_ = baseRepository
     this.workflowExecutionService_ = workflowExecutionService
     this.workflowOrchestratorService_ = workflowOrchestratorService
+    this.redisDisconnectHandler_ = redisDisconnectHandler
   }
 
   __joinerConfig(): ModuleJoinerConfig {
     return joinerConfig
   }
 
+  __hooks = {
+    onApplicationShutdown: async () => {
+      await this.workflowOrchestratorService_.onApplicationShutdown()
+      await this.redisDisconnectHandler_()
+    },
+  }
+
   @InjectManager("baseRepository_")
   async retrieveWorkflowExecution(
     idOrObject:
@@ -191,7 +202,7 @@ export class WorkflowsModuleService implements IWorkflowEngineService {
     transactionId: string,
     @MedusaContext() context: Context = {}
   ) {
-    return this.workflowOrchestratorService_.getRunningTransaction(
+    return await this.workflowOrchestratorService_.getRunningTransaction(
       workflowId,
       transactionId,
       context
@@ -211,7 +222,7 @@ export class WorkflowsModuleService implements IWorkflowEngineService {
     },
     @MedusaContext() context: Context = {}
   ) {
-    return this.workflowOrchestratorService_.setStepSuccess(
+    return await this.workflowOrchestratorService_.setStepSuccess(
       {
         idempotencyKey,
         stepResponse,
@@ -234,7 +245,7 @@ export class WorkflowsModuleService implements IWorkflowEngineService {
     },
     @MedusaContext() context: Context = {}
   ) {
-    return this.workflowOrchestratorService_.setStepFailure(
+    return await this.workflowOrchestratorService_.setStepFailure(
       {
         idempotencyKey,
         stepResponse,
diff --git a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
index 821703e396..6717f0bd1e 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export class RedisDistributedTransactionStorage extends DistributedTransactionSt
     )
   }
 
+  async onApplicationShutdown() {
+    await this.queue.close()
+    await this.worker.close(true)
+  }
+
   setWorkflowOrchestratorService(workflowOrchestratorService) {
     this.workflowOrchestratorService_ = workflowOrchestratorService
   }