diff --git a/lib/galaxy/celery/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/celery/__init__.py
index 11432481529c..dd9f26acd91f 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/celery/__init__.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def init_fork_pool():
 @worker_init.connect
 def setup_worker_pool(sender=None, conf=None, instance=None, **kwargs):
     context = get_context("forkserver")
-    celery_app.fork_pool = pebble.ProcessPool(
+    get_celery_app().fork_pool = pebble.ProcessPool(
         max_workers=sender.concurrency, max_tasks=100, initializer=init_fork_pool, context=context
     )
 
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def setup_worker_pool(sender=None, conf=None, instance=None, **kwargs):
 @worker_shutting_down.connect
 def tear_down_pool(sig, how, exitcode, **kwargs):
     log.debug("shutting down forkserver pool")
+    celery_app = get_celery_app()
     celery_app.fork_pool.stop()
     celery_app.fork_pool.join(timeout=5)
 
@@ -200,14 +201,15 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
         return decorate
 
 
-def init_celery_app():
-    celery_app_kwd: Dict[str, Any] = {
-        "include": TASKS_MODULES,
-        "task_default_queue": DEFAULT_TASK_QUEUE,
-        "task_create_missing_queues": True,
-        "timezone": "UTC",
-    }
-    celery_app = GalaxyCelery("galaxy", **celery_app_kwd)
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def get_celery_app() -> GalaxyCelery:
+    celery_app = GalaxyCelery(
+        "galaxy",
+        include=TASKS_MODULES,
+        task_default_queue=DEFAULT_TASK_QUEUE,
+        task_create_missing_queues=True,
+        timezone="UTC",
+    )
     celery_app.set_default()
     config = get_config()
     config_celery_app(config, celery_app)
@@ -248,6 +250,3 @@ def schedule_task(task, interval):
 
     if beat_schedule:
         celery_app.conf.beat_schedule = beat_schedule
-
-
-celery_app = init_celery_app()
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/celery/tasks.py b/lib/galaxy/celery/tasks.py
index 3b2e4c6272a7..a8ac50cc4d89 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/celery/tasks.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/celery/tasks.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 from galaxy import model
 from galaxy.celery import (
-    celery_app,
     galaxy_task,
+    get_celery_app,
 )
 from galaxy.config import GalaxyAppConfiguration
 from galaxy.datatypes import sniff
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def is_aborted(session: galaxy_scoped_session, job_id: int):
 
 def abort_when_job_stops(function: Callable, session: galaxy_scoped_session, job_id: int, **kwargs) -> Any:
     if not is_aborted(session, job_id):
-        future = celery_app.fork_pool.submit(
+        future = get_celery_app().fork_pool.submit(
             function,
             timeout=None,
             **kwargs,
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
index 0213a797aab4..6bc29f105944 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 )
 
 from galaxy import model
+from galaxy.celery import get_celery_app
 from galaxy.exceptions import ObjectNotFound
 from galaxy.jobs import (
     JobDestination,
@@ -1253,9 +1254,7 @@ def stop(self, job, job_wrapper):
         # If we're stopping a task, then the runner_name may be
         # None, in which case it hasn't been scheduled.
         if self.app.config.enable_celery_tasks and job.tool_id == "__DATA_FETCH__":
-            from galaxy.celery import celery_app
-
-            celery_app.control.revoke(job.job_runner_external_id)
+            get_celery_app().control.revoke(job.job_runner_external_id)
         if (job_runner_name := job.get_job_runner_name()) is not None:
             runner_name = job_runner_name.split(":", 1)[0]
             log.debug(f"Stopping job {job_wrapper.get_id_tag()} in {runner_name} runner")
diff --git a/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py b/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
index 63e33dd5e90a..b55df5c22816 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ def _request_celery_app(self, celery_session_app, celery_config):
             yield
         finally:
             if os.environ.get("GALAXY_TEST_EXTERNAL") is None:
-                from galaxy.celery import celery_app
+                from galaxy.celery import get_celery_app
 
+                celery_app = get_celery_app()
                 celery_app.fork_pool.stop()
                 celery_app.fork_pool.join(timeout=5)
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app/test_celery.py b/test/unit/app/test_celery.py
index db16b23b4b88..a0e594d534f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/test_celery.py
+++ b/test/unit/app/test_celery.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 from galaxy.celery import (
-    celery_app,
     DEFAULT_TASK_QUEUE,
     GalaxyCelery,
+    get_celery_app,
     TASKS_MODULES,
 )
 from galaxy.config import GalaxyAppConfiguration
 
 
 def test_default_configuration():
-    conf = celery_app.conf
+    conf = get_celery_app().conf
     galaxy_conf = GalaxyAppConfiguration(override_tempdir=False)
 
     assert conf.task_default_queue == DEFAULT_TASK_QUEUE