diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
index 6bb9a148884..d1331cd0284 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ case class SparkSQLEngine(spark: SparkSession) extends Serverable("SparkSQLEngin
         info(s"Spark engine is de-registering from engine discovery space.")
         frontendServices.flatMap(_.discoveryService).foreach(_.stop())
         while (backendService.sessionManager.getOpenSessionCount > 0) {
-          Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5))
+          Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10))
         }
         info(s"Spark engine has no open session now, terminating.")
         stop()
@@ -175,12 +175,9 @@ case class SparkSQLEngine(spark: SparkSession) extends Serverable("SparkSQLEngin
         val elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - getStartTime
         if (!shutdown.get && elapsedTime > maxLifetime) {
           if (deregistered.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
-            ThreadUtils.runInNewThread("engine-de-register", isDaemon = false) {
-              // for ETCD, the de-registering process might be blocked, so deregister it async
-              info(s"Spark engine has been running for more than $maxLifetime ms," +
-                s" deregistering from engine discovery space.")
-              frontendServices.flatMap(_.discoveryService).foreach(_.stop())
-            }
+            info(s"Spark engine has been running for more than $maxLifetime ms," +
+              s" deregistering from engine discovery space.")
+            frontendServices.flatMap(_.discoveryService).foreach(_.stop())
           }
 
           if (backendService.sessionManager.getOpenSessionCount <= 0) {
diff --git a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/ServiceDiscovery.scala b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/ServiceDiscovery.scala
index a3f7d282249..c7eee15030f 100644
--- a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/ServiceDiscovery.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/ServiceDiscovery.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ abstract class ServiceDiscovery(
   def stopGracefully(isLost: Boolean = false): Unit = {
     while (fe.be.sessionManager.getOpenSessionCount > 0) {
       info(s"${fe.be.sessionManager.getOpenSessionCount} connection(s) are active, delay shutdown")
-      Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5))
+      Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10))
     }
     isServerLost.set(isLost)
     gracefulShutdownLatch.countDown()
diff --git a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/etcd/EtcdDiscoveryClient.scala b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/etcd/EtcdDiscoveryClient.scala
index 7edc7e8a310..2f27f7b8096 100644
--- a/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/etcd/EtcdDiscoveryClient.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-ha/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/ha/client/etcd/EtcdDiscoveryClient.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.DiscoveryPaths
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.ServiceDiscovery
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.ServiceNodeInfo
 import org.apache.kyuubi.ha.client.etcd.EtcdDiscoveryClient._
+import org.apache.kyuubi.util.ThreadUtils
 
 class EtcdDiscoveryClient(conf: KyuubiConf) extends DiscoveryClient {
 
@@ -381,7 +382,12 @@ class EtcdDiscoveryClient(conf: KyuubiConf) extends DiscoveryClient {
         .filter(_.getEventType == WatchEvent.EventType.DELETE).foreach(_ => {
           warn(s"This Kyuubi instance ${instance} is now de-registered from" +
             s" ETCD. The server will be shut down after the last client session completes.")
-          serviceDiscovery.stopGracefully()
+          // for jetcd, the watcher event process might block the main thread,
+          // so start a new thread to do the de-register work as a workaround,
+          // see details in https://github.com/etcd-io/jetcd/issues/1089
+          ThreadUtils.runInNewThread("deregister-watcher-thread", isDaemon = false) {
+            serviceDiscovery.stopGracefully()
+          }
         })
     }