diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
index 8759adc2e976..4c828036fd03 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ private ThreadPoolExecutor getThreadPool(int maxThreads, int coreThreads, String
     }
     ThreadPoolExecutor tpe =
       new ThreadPoolExecutor(coreThreads, maxThreads, keepAliveTime, TimeUnit.SECONDS, workQueue,
-        new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat(toString() + nameHint + "-pool-%d")
+        new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setDaemon(true).setNameFormat(toString() + nameHint + "-pool-%d")
           .setUncaughtExceptionHandler(Threads.LOGGING_EXCEPTION_HANDLER).build());
     tpe.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true);
     return tpe;