diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
index 677af9a0394..79f38ce35a4 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSQLSessionManager.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.kyuubi.engine.spark.session
 import java.util.concurrent.{ScheduledExecutorService, TimeUnit}
 
 import org.apache.hive.service.rpc.thrift.TProtocolVersion
+import org.apache.spark.api.python.KyuubiPythonGatewayServer
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 
 import org.apache.kyuubi.KyuubiSQLException
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ class SparkSQLSessionManager private (name: String, spark: SparkSession)
 
   override def stop(): Unit = {
     super.stop()
+    KyuubiPythonGatewayServer.shutdown()
     userIsolatedSparkSessionThread.foreach(_.shutdown())
   }
 
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/KyuubiPythonGatewayServer.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/KyuubiPythonGatewayServer.scala
index 7e15ffe05a6..8cf8d685c86 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/KyuubiPythonGatewayServer.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/KyuubiPythonGatewayServer.scala
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ object KyuubiPythonGatewayServer extends Logging {
 
   val CONNECTION_FILE_PATH = Utils.createTempDir() + "/connection.info"
 
-  def start(): Unit = {
+  private var gatewayServer: Py4JServer = _
+
+  def start(): Unit = synchronized {
 
     val sparkConf = new SparkConf()
-    val gatewayServer: Py4JServer = new Py4JServer(sparkConf)
+    gatewayServer = new Py4JServer(sparkConf)
 
     gatewayServer.start()
     val boundPort: Int = gatewayServer.getListeningPort
@@ -65,4 +67,11 @@ object KyuubiPythonGatewayServer extends Logging {
       System.exit(1)
     }
   }
+
+  def shutdown(): Unit = synchronized {
+    if (gatewayServer != null) {
+      logInfo("shutting down the python gateway server.")
+      gatewayServer.shutdown()
+    }
+  }
 }