diff --git a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
index 403f708ed..8bf6cf10c 100644
--- a/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
+++ b/lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/MongoClientInterface.js
@@ -1640,10 +1640,13 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
     internalListObject(bucketName, params, extension, vFormat, log, cb) {
         const c = this.getCollection(bucketName);
         const getLatestVersion = this.getLatestVersion;
+        const cbOnce = jsutil.once(cb);
         let stream;
+        let baseStream;
         if (!params.secondaryStreamParams) {
             // listing masters only (DelimiterMaster)
             stream = new MongoReadStream(c, params.mainStreamParams, params.mongifiedSearch);
+            baseStream = stream;
             if (vFormat === BUCKET_VERSIONS.v1) {
                 /**
                  * When listing masters only in v1 we can't just skip PHD
@@ -1685,6 +1688,22 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
                     },
                 });
                 stream = stream.pipe(resolvePhdKey);
+                // Propagate the 'end' event from resolvePhdKey to stream
+                // to properly cleanup resources.
+                resolvePhdKey.on('end', () => {
+                    baseStream.emit('end');
+                });
+                baseStream.on('error', err => {
+                    const logObj = {
+                        rawError: err,
+                        error: err.message,
+                        errorStack: err.stack,
+                    };
+                    log.error(
+                        'internalListObjectV1: error listing objects', logObj);
+                    baseStream.destroy();
+                    return cbOnce(err);
+                });
             }
         } else {
             // listing both master and version keys (delimiterVersion Algo)
@@ -1699,7 +1718,6 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
             extension,
             gte: gteParams,
         });
-        const cbOnce = jsutil.once(cb);
         skip.setListingEndCb(() => {
             stream.emit('end');
             stream.destroy();
@@ -1736,10 +1754,14 @@ class MongoClientInterface {
                 };
                 log.error(
                     'internalListObjectV1: error listing objects', logObj);
+                // call explicitly the destroy method to clean the mongodb cursor
+                stream.destroy();
                 cbOnce(err);
             })
             .on('end', () => {
                 const data = extension.result();
+                // call explicitly the destroy method to clean the mongodb cursor
+                stream.destroy();
                 cbOnce(null, data);
             });
         return undefined;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a58c587ca..ce46184df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=16"
   },
-  "version": "8.1.112",
+  "version": "8.1.113",
   "description": "Common utilities for the S3 project components",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/tests/functional/metadata/mongodb/listObject.spec.js b/tests/functional/metadata/mongodb/listObject.spec.js
index 6dcaa3df1..676e82001 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metadata/mongodb/listObject.spec.js
+++ b/tests/functional/metadata/mongodb/listObject.spec.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const MetadataWrapper =
     require('../../../../lib/storage/metadata/MetadataWrapper');
 const { versioning } = require('../../../../index');
 const { BucketVersioningKeyFormat } = versioning.VersioningConstants;
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const MongoReadStream = require('../../../../lib/storage/metadata/mongoclient/readStream');
 
 const IMPL_NAME = 'mongodb';
 const DB_NAME = 'metadata';
@@ -477,6 +479,50 @@ describe('MongoClientInterface::metadata.listObject', () => {
                     }),
                 ], done);
             });
+
+            it('Should properly destroy the MongoDBReadStream', done => {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
+                const destroyStub = sinon.stub(MongoReadStream.prototype, 'destroy').callsFake(function (...args) {
+                    // You can add extra logic here if needed
+                    MongoReadStream.prototype.destroy.wrappedMethod.apply(this, ...args);
+                });
+                const params = {
+                    listingType: 'DelimiterMaster',
+                    maxKeys: 100,
+                };
+                return metadata.listObject(BUCKET_NAME, params, logger, err => {
+                    assert.ifError(err);
+                    assert(destroyStub.called, 'Destroy should have been called on MongoReadStream');
+                    // Restore original destroy method
+                    destroyStub.restore();
+                    return done();
+                });
+            });
+
+
+            it('Should properly destroy the MongoDBReadStream on error', done => {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
+                const destroyStub = sinon.stub(MongoReadStream.prototype, 'destroy').callsFake(function (...args) {
+                    // You can add extra logic here if needed
+                    MongoReadStream.prototype.destroy.wrappedMethod.apply(this, ...args);
+                });
+                // stub the cursor creation to emit an error
+                // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
+                const readStub = sinon.stub(MongoReadStream.prototype, '_read').callsFake(function () {
+                    this.emit('error', new Error('error'));
+                });
+                const params = {
+                    listingType: 'DelimiterMaster',
+                    maxKeys: 100,
+                };
+                return metadata.listObject(BUCKET_NAME, params, logger, err => {
+                    assert(err, 'Expected an error');
+                    assert(destroyStub.called, 'Destroy should have been called on MongoReadStream');
+                    destroyStub.restore();
+                    readStub.restore();
+                    return done();
+                });
+            });
         });
     });
 });