diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/statsd/StatsdMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/statsd/StatsdMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
index e000f959c53a..646559b252f6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/statsd/StatsdMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/statsd/StatsdMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock;
 import io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdConfig;
 import io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdMeterRegistry;
+import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.CompositeMeterRegistryAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration;
@@ -59,4 +60,8 @@ public StatsdMeterRegistry statsdMeterRegistry(StatsdConfig statsdConfig, Clock
 		return new StatsdMeterRegistry(statsdConfig, clock);
 	}
 
+	@PreDestroy
+	public void destroy(StatsdMeterRegistry statsdMeterRegistry) {
+		statsdMeterRegistry.close();
+	}
 }