diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/CHANGELOG.md
index 6eba1b8a641a..25ab4caa1013 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,13 +3,22 @@
 ## 2.1.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
 
 ### New Features
+
 - Exposing CbsAuthorizationType.
 - Exposing ManagementNode that can perform management and metadata operations on an AMQP message broker.
 - AmqpConnection, AmqpSession, AmqpSendLink, and AmqpReceiveLink extend from AsyncCloseable.
 - Delivery outcomes and delivery states are added.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
+
 - Fixed a bug where connection and sessions would not be disposed when their endpoint closed.
+- Fixed a bug where ReactorExecutor did not dispose of its scheduler when "IO Sink was interrupted".
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+- Upgraded `azure-core` from `1.16.0` to `1.17.0`.
+- Upgraded `proton-j` from `0.33.4` to `0.33.8`.
+- Upgraded `qpid-proton-j-extensions` from `1.2.3` to `1.2.4`.
 
 ## 2.0.6 (2021-05-24)
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorConnection.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorConnection.java
index 4e9bf0b850a1..53d5f7a24135 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorConnection.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorConnection.java
@@ -464,17 +464,12 @@ private synchronized void closeConnectionWork() {
         }
 
         connection.close();
+        handler.close();
 
         final ArrayList<Mono<Void>> closingSessions = new ArrayList<>();
         sessionMap.values().forEach(link -> closingSessions.add(link.isClosed()));
 
-        final Mono<Void> closedExecutor;
-        if (executor != null) {
-            closedExecutor = executor.isClosed();
-            executor.close();
-        } else {
-            closedExecutor = Mono.empty();
-        }
+        final Mono<Void> closedExecutor = executor != null ? executor.closeAsync() : Mono.empty();
 
         // Close all the children.
         final Mono<Void> closeSessionsMono = Mono.when(closingSessions)
@@ -491,7 +486,6 @@ private synchronized void closeConnectionWork() {
                     return false;
                 });
 
-                handler.close();
                 subscriptions.dispose();
             }));
 
@@ -521,10 +515,6 @@ private synchronized Connection getOrCreateConnection() throws IOException {
 
             final ReactorExceptionHandler reactorExceptionHandler = new ReactorExceptionHandler();
 
-            reactorProvider.getReactorDispatcher().getShutdownSignal()
-                .subscribe(signal -> reactorExceptionHandler.onConnectionShutdown(signal),
-                    error -> reactorExceptionHandler.onConnectionError(error));
-
             // Use a new single-threaded scheduler for this connection as QPID's Reactor is not thread-safe.
             // Using Schedulers.single() will use the same thread for all connections in this process which
             // limits the scalability of the no. of concurrent connections a single process can have.
@@ -539,6 +529,22 @@ private synchronized Connection getOrCreateConnection() throws IOException {
                 reactorExceptionHandler, pendingTasksDuration,
                 connectionOptions.getFullyQualifiedNamespace());
 
+            // To avoid inconsistent synchronization of executor, we set this field with the closeAsync method.
+            // It will not be kicked off until subscribed to.
+            final Mono<Void> executorCloseMono = executor.closeAsync();
+            reactorProvider.getReactorDispatcher().getShutdownSignal()
+                .flatMap(signal -> {
+                    logger.info("Shutdown signal received from reactor provider.");
+                    reactorExceptionHandler.onConnectionShutdown(signal);
+                    return executorCloseMono;
+                })
+                .onErrorResume(error -> {
+                    logger.info("Error received from reactor provider.", error);
+                    reactorExceptionHandler.onConnectionError(error);
+                    return executorCloseMono;
+                })
+                .subscribe();
+
             executor.start();
         }
 
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorExecutor.java b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorExecutor.java
index 834477d827db..7b47dbc5c4e6 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorExecutor.java
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-amqp/src/main/java/com/azure/core/amqp/implementation/ReactorExecutor.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.azure.core.amqp.AmqpShutdownSignal;
 import com.azure.core.amqp.exception.AmqpErrorContext;
 import com.azure.core.amqp.exception.AmqpException;
+import com.azure.core.util.AsyncCloseable;
 import com.azure.core.util.CoreUtils;
 import com.azure.core.util.logging.ClientLogger;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.engine.HandlerException;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 import reactor.core.publisher.Sinks;
 import reactor.core.scheduler.Scheduler;
 
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.nio.channels.UnresolvedAddressException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
-class ReactorExecutor implements Closeable {
+/**
+ * Schedules the proton-j reactor to continuously run work.
+ */
+class ReactorExecutor implements AsyncCloseable {
     private static final String LOG_MESSAGE = "connectionId[{}], message[{}]";
 
     private final ClientLogger logger = new ClientLogger(ReactorExecutor.class);
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ class ReactorExecutor implements Closeable {
 
     /**
      * Starts the reactor and will begin processing any reactor events until there are no longer any left or {@link
-     * #close()} is called.
+     * #closeAsync()} is called.
      */
     void start() {
         if (hasStarted.getAndSet(true)) {
@@ -142,10 +145,6 @@ private void run() {
         }
     }
 
-    Mono<Void> isClosed() {
-        return isClosedMono.asMono();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Schedules the release of the current reactor after operation timeout has elapsed.
      */
@@ -175,26 +174,27 @@ private void scheduleCompletePendingTasks() {
         }, timeout.toMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        if (isDisposed.getAndSet(true)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (hasStarted.get()) {
-            scheduleCompletePendingTasks();
-        }
-    }
-
     private void close(String reason) {
         logger.verbose("Completing close and disposing scheduler. {}", reason);
-
+        scheduler.dispose();
         isClosedMono.emitEmpty((signalType, emitResult) -> {
             logger.verbose("signalType[{}] emitResult[{}]: Unable to emit close event on reactor", signalType,
                 emitResult);
             return false;
         });
         exceptionHandler.onConnectionShutdown(new AmqpShutdownSignal(false, false, reason));
-        scheduler.dispose();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Mono<Void> closeAsync() {
+        if (isDisposed.getAndSet(true)) {
+            return isClosedMono.asMono();
+        }
+
+        if (hasStarted.get()) {
+            scheduleCompletePendingTasks();
+        }
+
+        return isClosedMono.asMono();
     }
 }