diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
index 457d65cac2c0..6561b2436edd 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ export function createPool(ctx: Vitest): WorkerPool {
 
   return {
     runTests: runWithFiles('run'),
-    close: async () => {}, // TODO: not sure why this will cause Node crash: pool.destroy(),
+    close: async () => {
+      await Promise.all(pool.threads.map(w => w.terminate()))
+    },
   }
 }