diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SessionPool.cs b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SessionPool.cs
index 6f9dd58dd..32696995f 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SessionPool.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SessionPool.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ sealed class SessionPoolSingleton : IDisposable
         }
         ~SessionPoolSingleton()
         {
-            ClearAllPools();
+            // Use async for the finalizer due to possible deadlock
+            // when waiting for the CloseResponse task while closing the session
+            ClearAllPoolsAsync();
         }
 
         public void Dispose()
@@ -203,6 +205,16 @@ internal void ClearAllPools()
             }
         }
 
+        internal async void ClearAllPoolsAsync()
+        {
+            s_logger.Debug("SessionPool::ClearAllPoolsAsync");
+            foreach (SFSession session in _sessionPool)
+            {
+                await session.CloseAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            _sessionPool.Clear();
+        }
+
         public void SetMaxPoolSize(int size)
         {
             _maxPoolSize = size;