diff --git a/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_batch_processor.erl b/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_batch_processor.erl
index 8dea9ae6..32a840b6 100644
--- a/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_batch_processor.erl
+++ b/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_batch_processor.erl
@@ -364,10 +364,15 @@ complete_exporting(Data) ->
                                  handed_off_table=undefined}}.
 
 kill_runner(Data=#data{runner_pid=RunnerPid}) when RunnerPid =/= undefined ->
+    Mon = erlang:monitor(process, RunnerPid),
     erlang:unlink(RunnerPid),
     erlang:exit(RunnerPid, kill),
-    Data#data{runner_pid=undefined,
-              handed_off_table=undefined}.
+    %% Wait for the runner process termination to be sure that
+    %% the export table is destroyed and can be safely recreated
+    receive
+        {'DOWN', Mon, process, RunnerPid, _} ->
+            Data#data{runner_pid=undefined, handed_off_table=undefined}
+    end.
 
 new_export_table(Name) ->
      ets:new(Name, [public,
diff --git a/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_simple_processor.erl b/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_simple_processor.erl
index 84b54d56..eaa5fd83 100644
--- a/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_simple_processor.erl
+++ b/apps/opentelemetry/src/otel_simple_processor.erl
@@ -195,10 +195,15 @@ complete_exporting(Data=#data{current_from=From,
      [{reply, From, ok}]}.
 
 kill_runner(Data=#data{runner_pid=RunnerPid}) when RunnerPid =/= undefined ->
+    Mon = erlang:monitor(process, RunnerPid),
     erlang:unlink(RunnerPid),
     erlang:exit(RunnerPid, kill),
-    Data#data{runner_pid=undefined,
-              handed_off_table=undefined}.
+    %% Wait for the runner process termination to be sure that
+    %% the export table is destroyed and can be safely recreated
+    receive
+        {'DOWN', Mon, process, RunnerPid, _} ->
+            Data#data{runner_pid=undefined, handed_off_table=undefined}
+    end.
 
 new_export_table(Name) ->
      ets:new(Name, [public,
diff --git a/apps/opentelemetry/test/otel_batch_processor_SUITE.erl b/apps/opentelemetry/test/otel_batch_processor_SUITE.erl
index 4034b8ba..ba16c4ca 100644
--- a/apps/opentelemetry/test/otel_batch_processor_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/opentelemetry/test/otel_batch_processor_SUITE.erl
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@
 -include_lib("stdlib/include/assert.hrl").
 -include_lib("common_test/include/ct.hrl").
 
+-include("otel_span.hrl").
 -include_lib("opentelemetry_api/include/opentelemetry.hrl").
 
 all() ->
-    [exporting_timeout_test].
+    [exporting_timeout_test,
+     exporting_runner_timeout_test].
 
 %% verifies that after the runner has to be killed for taking too long
 %% that everything is still functional and the exporter does not crash
 exporting_timeout_test(_Config) ->
     process_flag(trap_exit, true),
 
-    {ok, Pid, _} = otel_batch_processor:start_link(#{reg_name => test_processor,
+    {ok, Pid, _} = otel_batch_processor:start_link(#{name => test_processor,
                                                      resource => otel_resource:create([]),
                                                      exporter => ?MODULE,
                                                      exporting_timeout_ms => 1,
@@ -30,13 +32,47 @@ exporting_timeout_test(_Config) ->
             ok
     end.
 
+exporting_runner_timeout_test(_Config) ->
+    process_flag(trap_exit, true),
+
+    {ok, Pid, #{reg_name := RegName}} = otel_batch_processor:start_link(
+                                          #{name => test_processor1,
+                                            resource => otel_resource:create([]),
+                                            exporter => ?MODULE,
+                                            exporting_timeout_ms => 1,
+                                            scheduled_delay_ms => 1}),
+
+    %% Insert a few spans to make sure runner process will be spawned and killed
+    %% because it hangs for 10 minutes (see export/4 below)
+    true = otel_batch_processor:on_end(generate_span(), #{reg_name => RegName}),
+    true = otel_batch_processor:on_end(generate_span(), #{reg_name => RegName}),
+
+    receive
+        {'EXIT', Pid, _} ->
+            %% test is to ensure we don't hit this
+            ct:fail(batch_processor_crash)
+    after
+        200 ->
+            ok
+    end.
+
 %% exporter behaviour
 
 init(_) ->
     {ok, []}.
 
-export(_, _) ->
+export(_, _, _, _) ->
     timer:sleep(timer:minutes(10)).
 
 shutdown(_) ->
     ok.
+
+%% helpers
+
+generate_span() ->
+    #span{trace_id = otel_id_generator:generate_trace_id(),
+          span_id = otel_id_generator:generate_span_id(),
+          name = "test_span",
+          trace_flags = 1,
+          is_recording = true,
+          instrumentation_scope = #instrumentation_scope{name = "test"}}.