diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/monitoring/service.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/monitoring/service.ts
index 4a2a155b681b..75f5e28c1b66 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/monitoring/service.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/monitoring/service.ts
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ export class MonitoringService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Stop sending client stats
+   * Stop sending client stats and wait for any pending request to complete
    */
-  close(): void {
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.status === Status.Closed) return;
     this.status = Status.Closed;
 
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export class MonitoringService {
     }
     if (this.pendingRequest) {
       this.fetchAbortController?.abort(FetchAbortReason.Close);
+      await this.pendingRequest;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/node/nodejs.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/node/nodejs.ts
index 0a3c321d16c7..56e33c3179de 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/node/nodejs.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/node/nodejs.ts
@@ -360,9 +360,12 @@ export class BeaconNode {
       if (this.restApi) await this.restApi.close();
       await this.network.close();
       if (this.metricsServer) await this.metricsServer.close();
-      if (this.monitoring) this.monitoring.close();
+      if (this.monitoring) await this.monitoring.close();
       await this.chain.persistToDisk();
       await this.chain.close();
+      // Abort signal last: close() calls above clear intervals/timeouts so no new
+      // operations get scheduled. If we aborted first, a still-pending interval could
+      // fire and schedule a new operation after abort, leaving it stuck and delaying shutdown.
       if (this.controller) this.controller.abort();
       await sleep(DELAY_BEFORE_CLOSING_DB_MS);
       await this.db.close();