diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/SeleniumHandler.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/SeleniumHandler.java
index a13ddc33ae68d..73dbd2a45aadf 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/SeleniumHandler.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/SeleniumHandler.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Require;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorFilter;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpHandler;
@@ -31,18 +33,27 @@ class SeleniumHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<HttpRequest> {
 
   private static final ExecutorService EXECUTOR = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
   private final HttpHandler seleniumHandler;
+  private Future<?> lastOne;
 
   public SeleniumHandler(HttpHandler seleniumHandler) {
     super(HttpRequest.class);
     this.seleniumHandler = Require.nonNull("HTTP handler", seleniumHandler).with(new ErrorFilter());
+    this.lastOne = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
   }
 
   @Override
   protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, HttpRequest msg) {
-    EXECUTOR.submit(
-        () -> {
-          HttpResponse res = seleniumHandler.execute(msg);
-          ctx.writeAndFlush(res);
-        });
+    lastOne =
+        EXECUTOR.submit(
+            () -> {
+              HttpResponse res = seleniumHandler.execute(msg);
+              ctx.writeAndFlush(res);
+            });
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
+    lastOne.cancel(true);
+    super.channelInactive(ctx);
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/NettyServerTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/NettyServerTest.java
index 04ba014a5be17..fd110c233e80e 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/NettyServerTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/netty/server/NettyServerTest.java
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.config.CompoundConfig;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.config.Config;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.config.MapConfig;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.server.BaseServerOptions;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.server.Server;
 import org.openqa.selenium.net.PortProber;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.ClientConfig;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -141,6 +147,43 @@ void shouldNotBindToHost() {
     assertEquals("anyRandomHost", server.getUrl().getHost());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void doesInterruptPending() throws Exception {
+    CountDownLatch interrupted = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    Config cfg = new MapConfig(ImmutableMap.of());
+    BaseServerOptions options = new BaseServerOptions(cfg);
+
+    Server<?> server =
+        new NettyServer(
+                options,
+                req -> {
+                  try {
+                    Thread.sleep(800);
+                  } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                    interrupted.countDown();
+                  }
+                  return new HttpResponse();
+                })
+            .start();
+    ClientConfig config =
+        ClientConfig.defaultConfig()
+            .readTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(400))
+            .baseUri(server.getUrl().toURI());
+
+    // provoke a client timeout
+    Assertions.assertThrows(
+        TimeoutException.class,
+        () -> {
+          try (HttpClient client = HttpClient.Factory.createDefault().createClient(config)) {
+            HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(DELETE, "/session");
+            request.setHeader("Accept", "*/*");
+            client.execute(request);
+          }
+        });
+
+    assertTrue(interrupted.await(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), "The handling was interrupted");
+  }
+
   private void outputHeaders(HttpResponse res) {
     res.forEachHeader((name, value) -> System.out.printf("%s -> %s\n", name, value));
   }