diff --git a/packages/vitest/package.json b/packages/vitest/package.json
index cb1955bcdc50..b470174b0f1c 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/package.json
+++ b/packages/vitest/package.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     "std-env": "^3.3.1",
     "strip-literal": "^1.0.0",
     "tinybench": "^2.3.1",
-    "tinypool": "^0.3.1",
+    "tinypool": "^0.4.0",
     "tinyspy": "^1.0.2",
     "vite": "^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0",
     "vite-node": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index dd1918218d14..020c38f44de0 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ export class Vitest {
     setTimeout(() => {
       this.report('onProcessTimeout').then(() => {
         console.warn(`close timed out after ${this.config.teardownTimeout}ms`)
+        this.state.getProcessTimeoutCauses().forEach(cause => console.warn(cause))
         process.exit()
       })
     }, this.config.teardownTimeout).unref()
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
index eadaf824fcbc..66c897343c34 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export function createThreadsPool(ctx: Vitest, { execArgv, env }: PoolProcessOpt
 
     env,
     execArgv,
+
+    terminateTimeout: ctx.config.teardownTimeout,
   }
 
   if (ctx.config.isolate) {
@@ -87,6 +89,13 @@ export function createThreadsPool(ctx: Vitest, { execArgv, env }: PoolProcessOpt
       try {
         await pool.run(data, { transferList: [workerPort], name })
       }
+      catch (error) {
+        // Worker got stuck and won't terminate - this may cause process to hang
+        if (error instanceof Error && /Failed to terminate worker/.test(error.message))
+          ctx.state.addProcessTimeoutCause(`Failed to terminate worker while running ${files.join(', ')}.`)
+        else
+          throw error
+      }
       finally {
         port.close()
         workerPort.close()
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
index 44315fb52b8b..fb6f8f4f0890 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/state.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class StateManager {
   idMap = new Map<string, Task>()
   taskFileMap = new WeakMap<Task, File>()
   errorsSet = new Set<unknown>()
+  processTimeoutCauses = new Set<string>()
 
   catchError(err: unknown, type: string): void {
     if (isAggregateError(err))
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ export class StateManager {
     return Array.from(this.errorsSet.values())
   }
 
+  addProcessTimeoutCause(cause: string) {
+    this.processTimeoutCauses.add(cause)
+  }
+
+  getProcessTimeoutCauses() {
+    return Array.from(this.processTimeoutCauses.values())
+  }
+
   getPaths() {
     return Array.from(this.pathsSet)
   }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 03704e2c0777..a375a100ede1 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ importers:
       strip-ansi: ^7.0.1
       strip-literal: ^1.0.0
       tinybench: ^2.3.1
-      tinypool: ^0.3.1
+      tinypool: ^0.4.0
       tinyspy: ^1.0.2
       typescript: ^4.9.4
       vite: ^4.0.0
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ importers:
       std-env: 3.3.1
       strip-literal: 1.0.0
       tinybench: 2.3.1
-      tinypool: 0.3.1
+      tinypool: 0.4.0
       tinyspy: 1.0.2
       vite: 4.0.0_@types+node@18.7.13
       vite-node: link:../vite-node
@@ -20168,8 +20168,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-hGYWYBMPr7p4g5IarQE7XhlyWveh1EKhy4wUBS1LrHXCKYgvz+4/jCqgmJqZxxldesn05vccrtME2RLLZNW7iA==}
     dev: false
 
-  /tinypool/0.3.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zLA1ZXlstbU2rlpA4CIeVaqvWq41MTWqLY3FfsAXgC8+f7Pk7zroaJQxDgxn1xNudKW6Kmj4808rPFShUlIRmQ==}
+  /tinypool/0.4.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-2ksntHOKf893wSAH4z/+JbPpi92esw8Gn9N2deXX+B0EO92hexAVI9GIZZPx7P5aYo5KULfeOSt3kMOmSOy6uA==}
     engines: {node: '>=14.0.0'}
     dev: false