diff --git a/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py b/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
index 324484331..ef15dcce3 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/local_cuda_cluster.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import warnings
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Literal
 
 import dask
 from distributed import LocalCluster, Nanny, Worker
@@ -23,6 +25,13 @@
 )
 
 
+class IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny(Nanny):
+    async def close(  # type:ignore[override]
+        self, timeout: float = 10.0, reason: str = "nanny-close"
+    ) -> Literal["OK"]:
+        return await super().close(timeout=timeout, reason=reason)
+
+
 class LoggedWorker(Worker):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ async def start(self):
         self.data.set_address(self.address)
 
 
-class LoggedNanny(Nanny):
+class LoggedNanny(IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, worker_class=LoggedWorker, **kwargs)
 
@@ -333,13 +342,10 @@ def __init__(
             enable_rdmacm=enable_rdmacm,
         )
 
-        if worker_class is not None:
-            from functools import partial
-
-            worker_class = partial(
-                LoggedNanny if log_spilling is True else Nanny,
-                worker_class=worker_class,
-            )
+        worker_class = partial(
+            LoggedNanny if log_spilling is True else IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
+            worker_class=worker_class,
+        )
 
         self.pre_import = pre_import
 
diff --git a/dask_cuda/tests/test_explicit_comms.py b/dask_cuda/tests/test_explicit_comms.py
index ae4e3332c..d9cd6dfb2 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/tests/test_explicit_comms.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/tests/test_explicit_comms.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import dask_cuda
 from dask_cuda.explicit_comms import comms
 from dask_cuda.explicit_comms.dataframe.shuffle import shuffle as explicit_comms_shuffle
+from dask_cuda.local_cuda_cluster import IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny
 
 mp = mp.get_context("spawn")  # type: ignore
 ucp = pytest.importorskip("ucp")
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def _test_local_cluster(protocol):
         dashboard_address=None,
         n_workers=4,
         threads_per_worker=1,
+        worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
         processes=True,
     ) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster) as client:
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ def _test_dataframe_merge_empty_partitions(nrows, npartitions):
         dashboard_address=None,
         n_workers=npartitions,
         threads_per_worker=1,
+        worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
         processes=True,
     ) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster):
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ def _test_dataframe_shuffle(backend, protocol, n_workers, _partitions):
         dashboard_address=None,
         n_workers=n_workers,
         threads_per_worker=1,
+        worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
         processes=True,
     ) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster) as client:
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ def check_shuffle():
             dashboard_address=None,
             n_workers=2,
             threads_per_worker=1,
+            worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
             processes=True,
         ) as cluster:
             with Client(cluster):
@@ -221,6 +226,7 @@ def _test_dataframe_shuffle_merge(backend, protocol, n_workers):
         dashboard_address=None,
         n_workers=n_workers,
         threads_per_worker=1,
+        worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
         processes=True,
     ) as cluster:
         with Client(cluster):
@@ -327,6 +333,7 @@ def test_lock_workers():
         dashboard_address=None,
         n_workers=4,
         threads_per_worker=5,
+        worker_class=IncreasedCloseTimeoutNanny,
         processes=True,
     ) as cluster:
         ps = []