diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index fc4a32120afa..8b43d6e73e04 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
-* Fixed X (Java/Python) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
+* (Python) Fixed occasional pipeline stuckness that was affecting Python 3.11 users ([#33966](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/33966)).
 
 ## Security Fixes
 * Fixed (CVE-YYYY-NNNN)[https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-YYYY-NNNN] (Java/Python/Go) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/worker_status.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/worker_status.py
index ecd4dc4e02c0..186453ffd375 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/worker_status.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/runners/worker/worker_status.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 """Worker status api handler for reporting SDK harness debug info."""
 
+import gc
 import logging
 import queue
 import sys
@@ -53,11 +54,23 @@
 LOG_LULL_FULL_THREAD_DUMP_LULL_S = 20 * 60
 
 
+def _current_frames():
+  # Work around https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/106883
+  if (sys.version_info.minor == 11 and sys.version_info.major == 3 and
+      gc.isenabled()):
+    gc.disable()
+    frames = sys._current_frames()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    gc.enable()
+    return frames
+  else:
+    return sys._current_frames()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+
+
 def thread_dump():
   """Get a thread dump for the current SDK worker harness. """
   # deduplicate threads with same stack trace
   stack_traces = defaultdict(list)
-  frames = sys._current_frames()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+  frames = _current_frames()
 
   for t in threading.enumerate():
     try:
@@ -269,7 +282,7 @@ def _log_lull_sampler_info(self, sampler_info, instruction):
   def _get_stack_trace(self, sampler_info):
     exec_thread = getattr(sampler_info, 'tracked_thread', None)
     if exec_thread is not None:
-      thread_frame = sys._current_frames().get(exec_thread.ident)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+      thread_frame = _current_frames().get(exec_thread.ident)
       return '\n'.join(
           traceback.format_stack(thread_frame)) if thread_frame else ''
     else: