diff --git a/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunner.java b/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunner.java
index b0491330f59..6a6694f3daf 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunner.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunner.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class ProcessRunner {
 		}
 		catch (InterruptedException ex) {
 			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+			process.destroy();
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Interrupted waiting for %s".formatted(process), ex);
 		}
 	}
@@ -162,11 +163,13 @@ class ProcessRunner {
 					}
 					line = reader.readLine();
 				}
-				this.latch.countDown();
 			}
 			catch (IOException ex) {
 				throw new UncheckedIOException("Failed to read process stream", ex);
 			}
+			finally {
+				this.latch.countDown();
+			}
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunnerTests.java b/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunnerTests.java
index 5fc96511bd3..370bb88551c 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunnerTests.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot-docker-compose/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/docker/compose/core/ProcessRunnerTests.java
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.docker.compose.core;
 
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.process.DisabledIfProcessUnavailable;
 
@@ -29,24 +39,11 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
  * @author Moritz Halbritter
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Sebastien Tardif
  */
-@DisabledIfProcessUnavailable("docker")
 class ProcessRunnerTests {
 
-	private ProcessRunner processRunner = new ProcessRunner();
-
-	@Test
-	void run() {
-		String out = this.processRunner.run("docker", "--version");
-		assertThat(out).isNotEmpty();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void runWhenHasOutputConsumer() {
-		StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
-		this.processRunner.run(output::append, "docker", "--version");
-		assertThat(output.toString()).isNotEmpty();
-	}
+	private final ProcessRunner processRunner = new ProcessRunner();
 
 	@Test
 	void runWhenProcessDoesNotStart() {
@@ -55,14 +52,69 @@ class ProcessRunnerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void runWhenProcessReturnsNonZeroExitCode() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(ProcessExitException.class)
-			.isThrownBy(() -> this.processRunner.run("docker", "-thisdoesntwork"))
-			.satisfies((ex) -> {
-				assertThat(ex.getExitCode()).isGreaterThan(0);
-				assertThat(ex.getStdOut()).isEmpty();
-				assertThat(ex.getStdErr()).isNotEmpty();
-			});
+	@DisabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
+	void runWhenOutputConsumerThrowsDoesNotHang() throws InterruptedException {
+		Thread runner = new Thread(() -> this.processRunner.run((line) -> {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("boom");
+		}, "echo", "hello"), "process-runner-consumer-throw-test");
+		runner.start();
+		runner.join(Duration.ofSeconds(5).toMillis());
+		assertThat(runner.isAlive()).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@DisabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
+	void runWhenInterruptedDestroysChildProcess() throws Exception {
+		Path pidFile = Files.createTempFile("process-runner-", ".pid");
+		Files.delete(pidFile);
+		AtomicReference<Throwable> error = new AtomicReference<>();
+		Thread runner = new Thread(() -> {
+			try {
+				this.processRunner.run("sh", "-c", "echo $$ > '" + pidFile + "'; exec sleep 60");
+			}
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				error.set(ex);
+			}
+		}, "process-runner-interrupt-test");
+		runner.start();
+		Awaitility.await().until(() -> Files.exists(pidFile, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS));
+		long pid = Long.parseLong(Files.readString(pidFile).trim());
+		assertThat(ProcessHandle.of(pid)).isPresent().get().matches(ProcessHandle::isAlive);
+		runner.interrupt();
+		runner.join(Duration.ofSeconds(5).toMillis());
+		assertThat(runner.isAlive()).isFalse();
+		assertThat(error.get()).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
+		assertThat(ProcessHandle.of(pid).map(ProcessHandle::isAlive).orElse(false)).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Nested
+	@DisabledIfProcessUnavailable("docker")
+	class WhenDockerIsAvailable {
+
+		@Test
+		void run() {
+			String out = ProcessRunnerTests.this.processRunner.run("docker", "--version");
+			assertThat(out).isNotEmpty();
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void runWhenHasOutputConsumer() {
+			StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
+			ProcessRunnerTests.this.processRunner.run(output::append, "docker", "--version");
+			assertThat(output.toString()).isNotEmpty();
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void runWhenProcessReturnsNonZeroExitCode() {
+			assertThatExceptionOfType(ProcessExitException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> ProcessRunnerTests.this.processRunner.run("docker", "-thisdoesntwork"))
+				.satisfies((ex) -> {
+					assertThat(ex.getExitCode()).isGreaterThan(0);
+					assertThat(ex.getStdOut()).isEmpty();
+					assertThat(ex.getStdErr()).isNotEmpty();
+				});
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }