diff --git a/python/src/utils.rs b/python/src/utils.rs
index 3b0a0b0041..b063b64d08 100644
--- a/python/src/utils.rs
+++ b/python/src/utils.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ pub fn rt() -> &'static Runtime {
         Some(pid) if pid == &std::process::id() => {} // Reuse the static runtime.
         Some(pid) => {
             panic!(
-                "Forked process detected - current PID is {} but the tokio runtime was by {}. The tokio runtime 
-                does not support forked processes https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/4301. If you are seeing this 
-                message while using Python multithreading make sure to use the `spawn` or `forkserver` mode.", 
+                "Forked process detected - current PID is {} but the tokio runtime was created by {}. The tokio \
+                runtime does not support forked processes https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/4301. If you are \
+                seeing this message while using Python multithreading make sure to use the `spawn` or `forkserver` \
+                mode.", 
                 pid, std::process::id()
             );
         }
diff --git a/python/tests/test_table_read.py b/python/tests/test_table_read.py
index 6ab5030c8a..cc36fc0274 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_table_read.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_table_read.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from itertools import product
 import os
 from datetime import date, datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from random import random
 from threading import Barrier, Thread
-from typing import Any, List, Tuple
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Type
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from deltalake._util import encode_partition_value
@@ -19,14 +18,15 @@
 else:
     _has_pandas = True
 
+import multiprocessing
+from concurrent.futures import Executor, ProcessPoolExecutor, ThreadPoolExecutor
+
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.dataset as ds
 import pytest
 from pyarrow.dataset import ParquetReadOptions
 from pyarrow.fs import LocalFileSystem, SubTreeFileSystem
 
-import multiprocessing
-import threading
 from deltalake import DeltaTable
 
 
@@ -59,22 +59,51 @@ def test_read_simple_table_to_dict():
     dt = DeltaTable(table_path)
     assert dt.to_pyarrow_dataset().to_table().to_pydict() == {"id": [5, 7, 9]}
 
-def recursively_read_simple_table(thread_or_process_class, depth):
-    print(thread_or_process_class, depth)
-    test_read_simple_table_to_dict()
+
+class _SerializableException(BaseException):
+    pass
+
+
+def _recursively_read_simple_table(executor_class: Type[Executor], depth):
+    try:
+        test_read_simple_table_to_dict()
+    except BaseException as e:  # Ideally this would catch `pyo3_runtime.PanicException` but its seems that is not possible.
+        # Re-raise as something that can be serialized and therefore sent back to parent processes.
+        raise _SerializableException(f"Seraializatble exception: {e}") from e
+
     if depth == 0:
         return
-    
-    process_or_thread = thread_or_process_class(target=recursively_read_simple_table, args=(thread_or_process_class, depth - 1))
-    process_or_thread.start()
-    process_or_thread.join()
+    # We use concurrent.futures.Executors instead of `threading.Thread` or `multiprocessing.Process` to that errors
+    # are re-rasied in the parent process/thread when we call `future.result()`.
+    with executor_class(max_workers=1) as executor:
+        future = executor.submit(
+            _recursively_read_simple_table, executor_class, depth - 1
+        )
+        future.result()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("thread_or_process_class, multiprocessing_start_method", [(threading.Thread, None), (multiprocessing.Process, "forkserver"), (multiprocessing.Process, "spawn"), (multiprocessing.Process, "fork")])
-def test_read_simple_in_threads_and_processes(thread_or_process_class, multiprocessing_start_method):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "executor_class,multiprocessing_start_method,expect_panic",
+    [
+        (ThreadPoolExecutor, None, False),
+        (ProcessPoolExecutor, "forkserver", False),
+        (ProcessPoolExecutor, "spawn", False),
+        (ProcessPoolExecutor, "fork", True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_read_simple_in_threads_and_processes(
+    executor_class, multiprocessing_start_method, expect_panic
+):
     if multiprocessing_start_method is not None:
         multiprocessing.set_start_method(multiprocessing_start_method, force=True)
-    recursively_read_simple_table(thread_or_process_class=thread_or_process_class, depth=10)
+    if expect_panic:
+        with pytest.raises(
+            _SerializableException,
+            match="The tokio runtime does not support forked processes",
+        ):
+            _recursively_read_simple_table(executor_class=executor_class, depth=5)
+    else:
+        _recursively_read_simple_table(executor_class=executor_class, depth=5)
 
 
 def test_read_simple_table_by_version_to_dict():