diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61ae01217bb..dd4936ec369 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 * Enchancement: Simplify Sentry configuration in Spring integration (#1259)
 * Fix: Fix SentryTransaction#getStatus NPE (#1273)
 * Enchancement: Optimize SentryTracingFilter when hub is disabled.
+* Fix: Interrupt the thread in QueuedThreadPoolExecutor (#1276)
 * Fix: SentryTransaction#finish should not clear another transaction from the scope (#1278)
 
 Breaking Changes:
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/QueuedThreadPoolExecutor.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/QueuedThreadPoolExecutor.java
index 5b6651b7ae4..df8cef6b3dc 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/QueuedThreadPoolExecutor.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/transport/QueuedThreadPoolExecutor.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void waitTillIdle(final long timeoutMillis) {
       unfinishedTasksCount.waitTillZero(timeoutMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       logger.log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "Failed to wait till idle", e);
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
     }
   }