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diff --git a/‎java/src/org/openqa/selenium/os/ExternalProcess.java‎
Lines changed: 31 additions & 13 deletions b/‎java/src/org/openqa/selenium/os/ExternalProcess.java‎
Lines changed: 31 additions & 13 deletions
@@ -290,24 +290,42 @@ public void shutdown() {
    * @param timeout the duration for a process to terminate before destroying it forcibly.
    */
   public void shutdown(Duration timeout) {
-    if (process.supportsNormalTermination()) {
-      process.destroy();
+    try {
+      if (process.supportsNormalTermination()) {
+        process.destroy();
 
-      try {
-        if (process.waitFor(timeout.toMillis(), MILLISECONDS)) {
-          worker.join();
-          return;
+        try {
+          if (process.waitFor(timeout.toMillis(), MILLISECONDS)) {
+            // the outer finally block will take care of the worker
+            return;
+          }
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+          Thread.interrupted();
         }
+      }
+
+      process.destroyForcibly();
+      try {
+        process.waitFor(timeout.toMillis(), MILLISECONDS);
       } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
         Thread.interrupted();
       }
-    }
-
-    process.destroyForcibly();
-    try {
-      worker.join();
-    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
-      Thread.interrupted();
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        // the worker might not stop even when process.destroyForcibly is called
+        worker.join(8000);
+      } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+        Thread.interrupted();
+      } finally {
+        // if already stopped interrupt is ignored, otherwise raises I/O exceptions in the worker
+        worker.interrupt();
+        try {
+          // now we might be able to join
+          worker.join(2000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+          Thread.interrupted();
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }