diff --git a/aiperf/common/constants.py b/aiperf/common/constants.py
index 97079cb51..5548a3521 100644
--- a/aiperf/common/constants.py
+++ b/aiperf/common/constants.py
@@ -91,5 +91,8 @@
 DEFAULT_WORKER_HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL = 2.0
 """Default interval in seconds between worker health check messages."""
 
+DEFAULT_ZMQ_CONTEXT_TERM_TIMEOUT = 10.0
+"""Default timeout for terminating the ZMQ context in seconds."""
+
 AIPERF_HTTP_CONNECTION_LIMIT = int(os.environ.get("AIPERF_HTTP_CONNECTION_LIMIT", 2500))
 """Maximum number of concurrent connections for HTTP clients."""
diff --git a/aiperf/controller/proxy_manager.py b/aiperf/controller/proxy_manager.py
index c2e142b64..7327f8163 100644
--- a/aiperf/controller/proxy_manager.py
+++ b/aiperf/controller/proxy_manager.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import asyncio
+
 import zmq.asyncio
 
 from aiperf.common.config import ServiceConfig
+from aiperf.common.constants import DEFAULT_ZMQ_CONTEXT_TERM_TIMEOUT
 from aiperf.common.enums import ZMQProxyType
 from aiperf.common.factories import ZMQProxyFactory
 from aiperf.common.hooks import on_init, on_start, on_stop
@@ -47,5 +50,14 @@ async def _stop_proxies(self) -> None:
         self.debug("Stopping all proxies")
         for proxy in self.proxies:
             await proxy.stop()
-        zmq.asyncio.Context.instance().destroy()
         self.debug("All proxies stopped successfully")
+
+        try:
+            self.debug("Terminating ZMQ context")
+            await asyncio.wait_for(
+                asyncio.to_thread(zmq.asyncio.Context.instance().term),
+                timeout=DEFAULT_ZMQ_CONTEXT_TERM_TIMEOUT,
+            )
+            self.debug("ZMQ context terminated successfully")
+        except BaseException as e:
+            self.warning(f"Error terminating ZMQ context: {e}")