diff --git a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/publisher/PublisherTest.java b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/publisher/PublisherTest.java
index f06cc0fb..bfcba4e0 100644
--- a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/publisher/PublisherTest.java
+++ b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/publisher/PublisherTest.java
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ public final void testCreate() {
     assertEquals(node.getHandle(), publisher.getNodeReference().get().getHandle());
     assertNotEquals(0, publisher.getNodeReference().get().getHandle());
     assertNotEquals(0, publisher.getHandle());
+    RCLJava.shutdown();
   }
 }
diff --git a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/subscription/SubscriptionTest.java b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/subscription/SubscriptionTest.java
index c7fbbf5d..ee23ff47 100644
--- a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/subscription/SubscriptionTest.java
+++ b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/subscription/SubscriptionTest.java
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ public void accept(final std_msgs.msg.String msg) {}
     assertEquals(node.getHandle(), subscription.getNodeReference().get().getHandle());
     assertNotEquals(0, subscription.getNodeReference().get().getHandle());
     assertNotEquals(0, subscription.getHandle());
+    RCLJava.shutdown();
   }
 }
diff --git a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/timer/TimerTest.java b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/timer/TimerTest.java
index 222c6251..28378805 100644
--- a/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/timer/TimerTest.java
+++ b/rcljava/src/test/java/org/ros2/rcljava/timer/TimerTest.java
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@ public final void testCreate() {
     assertTrue(timer.isCanceled());
 
     assertEquals(4, timerCallback.getCounter());
+    RCLJava.shutdown();
   }
 }