diff --git a/src/Dapr.AspNetCore/CloudEventsMiddleware.cs b/src/Dapr.AspNetCore/CloudEventsMiddleware.cs
index b9b64b72c..4a02d40f4 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.AspNetCore/CloudEventsMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.AspNetCore/CloudEventsMiddleware.cs
@@ -48,28 +48,22 @@ public CloudEventsMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, CloudEventsMiddlewareOptions
         this.options = options;
     }
 
-    public Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext httpContext)
+    public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext httpContext)
     {
-        // This middleware unwraps any requests with a cloud events (JSON) content type
-        // and replaces the request body + request content type so that it can be read by a
-        // non-cloud-events-aware piece of code.
-        //
-        // This corresponds to cloud events in the *structured* format:
-        // https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/master/http-transport-binding.md#13-content-modes
-        //
-        // For *binary* format, we don't have to do anything
-        //
-        // We don't support batching.
-        //
-        // The philosophy here is that we don't report an error for things we don't support, because
-        // that would block someone from implementing their own support for it. We only report an error
-        // when something we do support isn't correct.
         if (!MatchesContentType(httpContext, out var charSet))
         {
-            return this.next(httpContext);
+            await this.next(httpContext);
+            return;
         }
 
-        return this.ProcessBodyAsync(httpContext, charSet);
+        try
+        {
+            await this.ProcessBodyAsync(httpContext, charSet);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (httpContext.RequestAborted.IsCancellationRequested && httpContext.Response.HasStarted)
+        {
+            // Swallow
+        }
     }
 
     private async Task ProcessBodyAsync(HttpContext httpContext, string charSet)
@@ -77,7 +71,7 @@ private async Task ProcessBodyAsync(HttpContext httpContext, string charSet)
         JsonElement json;
         if (string.Equals(charSet, Encoding.UTF8.WebName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            json = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<JsonElement>(httpContext.Request.Body);
+            json = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<JsonElement>(httpContext.Request.Body, cancellationToken: httpContext.RequestAborted);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -142,7 +136,7 @@ private async Task ProcessBodyAsync(HttpContext httpContext, string charSet)
             if (isJson || options.SuppressJsonDecodingOfTextPayloads)
             {
                 // Rehydrate body from JSON payload
-                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync<JsonElement>(body, data);
+                await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync<JsonElement>(body, data, cancellationToken: httpContext.RequestAborted);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/test/Dapr.AspNetCore.Test/CloudEventsMiddlewareTest.cs b/test/Dapr.AspNetCore.Test/CloudEventsMiddlewareTest.cs
index 539c97a80..26b70c988 100644
--- a/test/Dapr.AspNetCore.Test/CloudEventsMiddlewareTest.cs
+++ b/test/Dapr.AspNetCore.Test/CloudEventsMiddlewareTest.cs
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ namespace Dapr.AspNetCore.Test;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading;
+using System;
 using Shouldly;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
 using Xunit;
 
 public class CloudEventsMiddlewareTest
@@ -478,4 +481,83 @@ private static string ReadBody(Stream stream, Encoding encoding = null)
         var str = encoding.GetString(bytes);
         return str;
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task InvokeAsync_SwallowsCancellation_WhenResponseHasStarted()
+    {
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+        var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+        var provider = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+        var app = new ApplicationBuilder(provider);
+        app.UseCloudEvents();
+
+        // Register terminal middleware BEFORE building the pipeline
+        app.Run(httpContext =>
+        {
+            // Simulate that the response has already started by replacing the response feature
+            httpContext.Features.Set<IHttpResponseFeature>(new TestHttpResponseFeature { HasStarted = true });
+
+            // Simulate the client disconnecting after the response started
+            cts.Cancel();
+            throw new OperationCanceledException(cts.Token);
+        });
+
+        var pipeline = app.Build();
+
+        var context = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        context.Request.ContentType = "application/cloudevents+json";
+        context.Request.Body = MakeBody("{ \"data\": { \"name\":\"jimmy\" } }");
+        context.RequestAborted = cts.Token;
+
+        // The middleware should catch and swallow the OperationCanceledException
+        // because the response has already started and the request was aborted
+        await pipeline.Invoke(context);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task InvokeAsync_PropagatesCancellation_WhenResponseHasNotStarted()
+    {
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+        var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+        var provider = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+        var app = new ApplicationBuilder(provider);
+        app.UseCloudEvents();
+
+        // Register terminal middleware that cancels BEFORE the response starts
+        app.Run(httpContext =>
+        {
+            // Response has NOT started (default), client disconnects
+            cts.Cancel();
+            throw new OperationCanceledException(cts.Token);
+        });
+
+        var pipeline = app.Build();
+
+        var context = new DefaultHttpContext();
+        context.Request.ContentType = "application/cloudevents+json";
+        context.Request.Body = MakeBody("{ \"data\": { \"name\":\"jimmy\" } }");
+        context.RequestAborted = cts.Token;
+
+        // The middleware should NOT swallow the exception when the response has not started
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => pipeline.Invoke(context));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A test implementation of <see cref="IHttpResponseFeature"/> that allows controlling
+    /// the <see cref="HasStarted"/> property for unit testing.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class TestHttpResponseFeature : IHttpResponseFeature
+    {
+        public int StatusCode { get; set; } = 200;
+        public string ReasonPhrase { get; set; }
+        public IHeaderDictionary Headers { get; set; } = new HeaderDictionary();
+        public Stream Body { get; set; } = new MemoryStream();
+        public bool HasStarted { get; set; }
+        public void OnStarting(Func<object, Task> callback, object state) { }
+        public void OnCompleted(Func<object, Task> callback, object state) { }
+    }
 }