diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
index ced85fea5058..e5b2123078e0 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class HandleExceptions
      *
      * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application
      */
-    protected $app;
+    protected static $app;
 
     /**
      * Bootstrap the given application.
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ public function bootstrap(Application $app)
     {
         self::$reservedMemory = str_repeat('x', 10240);
 
-        $this->app = $app;
+        static::$app = $app;
 
         error_reporting(-1);
 
-        set_error_handler([$this, 'handleError']);
+        set_error_handler($this->forwardsTo('handleError'));
 
-        set_exception_handler([$this, 'handleException']);
+        set_exception_handler($this->forwardsTo('handleException'));
 
-        register_shutdown_function([$this, 'handleShutdown']);
+        register_shutdown_function($this->forwardsTo('handleShutdown'));
 
         if (! $app->environment('testing')) {
             ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public function handleDeprecation($message, $file, $line)
         }
 
         try {
-            $logger = $this->app->make(LogManager::class);
+            $logger = static::$app->make(LogManager::class);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             return;
         }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public function handleDeprecation($message, $file, $line)
      */
     protected function ensureDeprecationLoggerIsConfigured()
     {
-        with($this->app['config'], function ($config) {
+        with(static::$app['config'], function ($config) {
             if ($config->get('logging.channels.deprecations')) {
                 return;
             }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ protected function ensureDeprecationLoggerIsConfigured()
      */
     protected function ensureNullLogDriverIsConfigured()
     {
-        with($this->app['config'], function ($config) {
+        with(static::$app['config'], function ($config) {
             if ($config->get('logging.channels.null')) {
                 return;
             }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public function handleException(Throwable $e)
             //
         }
 
-        if ($this->app->runningInConsole()) {
+        if (static::$app->runningInConsole()) {
             $this->renderForConsole($e);
         } else {
             $this->renderHttpResponse($e);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ protected function renderForConsole(Throwable $e)
      */
     protected function renderHttpResponse(Throwable $e)
     {
-        $this->getExceptionHandler()->render($this->app['request'], $e)->send();
+        $this->getExceptionHandler()->render(static::$app['request'], $e)->send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ protected function fatalErrorFromPhpError(array $error, $traceOffset = null)
         return new FatalError($error['message'], 0, $error, $traceOffset);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Forward a method call to the given method if an application instance exists.
+     *
+     * @return callable
+     */
+    protected function forwardsTo($method)
+    {
+        return fn (...$arguments) => static::$app
+            ? $this->{$method}(...$arguments)
+            : false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine if the error level is a deprecation.
      *
@@ -246,6 +258,16 @@ protected function isFatal($type)
      */
     protected function getExceptionHandler()
     {
-        return $this->app->make(ExceptionHandler::class);
+        return static::$app->make(ExceptionHandler::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear the local application instance from memory.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function forgetApp()
+    {
+        static::$app = null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/TestCase.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/TestCase.php
index 35af3d49bc0e..d7e92b557288 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/TestCase.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/TestCase.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
 use Illuminate\Console\Application as Artisan;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Queue;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
@@ -200,8 +201,8 @@ protected function tearDown(): void
         $this->beforeApplicationDestroyedCallbacks = [];
 
         Artisan::forgetBootstrappers();
-
         Queue::createPayloadUsing(null);
+        HandleExceptions::forgetApp();
 
         if ($this->callbackException) {
             throw $this->callbackException;
diff --git a/tests/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptionsTest.php b/tests/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptionsTest.php
index 6bb1ee150bda..4af5fb06632c 100644
--- a/tests/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptionsTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use ErrorException;
 use Illuminate\Config\Repository as Config;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions;
 use Illuminate\Log\LogManager;
 use Mockery as m;
@@ -208,6 +209,39 @@ public function testIgnoreDeprecationIfLoggerUnresolvable()
             17
         );
     }
+
+    public function testForgetApp()
+    {
+        $appResolver = fn () => with(new ReflectionClass($this->handleExceptions), function ($reflection) {
+            $property = tap($reflection->getProperty('app'))->setAccessible(true);
+
+            return $property->getValue($this->handleExceptions);
+        });
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($appResolver());
+
+        handleExceptions::forgetApp();
+
+        $this->assertNull($appResolver());
+    }
+
+    public function testHandlerForgetsPreviousApp()
+    {
+        $appResolver = fn () => with(new ReflectionClass($this->handleExceptions), function ($reflection) {
+            $property = tap($reflection->getProperty('app'))->setAccessible(true);
+
+            return $property->getValue($this->handleExceptions);
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame($this->container, $appResolver());
+
+        $this->handleExceptions->bootstrap($newApp = tap(m::mock(Application::class), function ($app) {
+            $app->shouldReceive('environment')->once()->andReturn(true);
+        }));
+
+        $this->assertNotSame($this->container, $appResolver());
+        $this->assertSame($newApp, $appResolver());
+    }
 }
 
 class CustomNullHandler extends NullHandler