diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4ac38f75f0..bfa03ea1c9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-FROM golang:1.17.3
+FROM golang:1.17.7
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/descheduler
 COPY . .
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml b/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
index 367da690cd..769df754a9 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: descheduler
-version: 0.23.1
-appVersion: 0.23.0
+version: 0.23.2
+appVersion: 0.23.1
 description: Descheduler for Kubernetes is used to rebalance clusters by evicting pods that can potentially be scheduled on better nodes. In the current implementation, descheduler does not schedule replacement of evicted pods but relies on the default scheduler for that.
 keywords:
 - kubernetes
diff --git a/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go b/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
index 65cbf5f9b9..8dd9bfa29b 100644
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/server.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func NewDeschedulerCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			ctx, done := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
-			defer done()
+
 			pathRecorderMux := mux.NewPathRecorderMux("descheduler")
 			if !s.DisableMetrics {
 				pathRecorderMux.Handle("/metrics", legacyregistry.HandlerWithReset())
@@ -81,15 +81,20 @@ func NewDeschedulerCommand(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 
 			healthz.InstallHandler(pathRecorderMux, healthz.NamedCheck("Descheduler", healthz.PingHealthz.Check))
 
-			if _, err := SecureServing.Serve(pathRecorderMux, 0, ctx.Done()); err != nil {
+			stoppedCh, err := SecureServing.Serve(pathRecorderMux, 0, ctx.Done())
+			if err != nil {
 				klog.Fatalf("failed to start secure server: %v", err)
 				return
 			}
 
-			err := Run(ctx, s)
+			err = Run(ctx, s)
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.ErrorS(err, "descheduler server")
 			}
+
+			done()
+			// wait for metrics server to close
+			<-stoppedCh
 		},
 	}
 	cmd.SetOut(out)
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
index 05239d343d..15ad38a065 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -69,13 +69,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// tie in root ctx with our wait stopChannel
-	stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		<-ctx.Done()
-		close(stopChannel)
-	}()
-	return RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion, stopChannel)
+	return RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion)
 }
 
 type strategyFunction func(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc)
@@ -156,13 +150,16 @@ func cachedClient(
 	return fakeClient, nil
 }
 
-func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion string, stopChannel chan struct{}) error {
+func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion string) error {
 	sharedInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(rs.Client, 0)
 	nodeInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes()
 	podInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
 	namespaceInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Core().V1().Namespaces()
 	priorityClassInformer := sharedInformerFactory.Scheduling().V1().PriorityClasses()
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	// create the informers
 	namespaceInformer.Informer()
 	priorityClassInformer.Informer()
@@ -172,8 +169,8 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 		return fmt.Errorf("build get pods assigned to node function error: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	sharedInformerFactory.Start(stopChannel)
-	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(stopChannel)
+	sharedInformerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
+	sharedInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
 
 	strategyFuncs := map[api.StrategyName]strategyFunction{
 		"RemoveDuplicates":                            strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods,
@@ -223,13 +220,13 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 		nodes, err := nodeutil.ReadyNodes(ctx, rs.Client, nodeInformer, nodeSelector)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.V(1).InfoS("Unable to get ready nodes", "err", err)
-			close(stopChannel)
+			cancel()
 			return
 		}
 
 		if len(nodes) <= 1 {
 			klog.V(1).InfoS("The cluster size is 0 or 1 meaning eviction causes service disruption or degradation. So aborting..")
-			close(stopChannel)
+			cancel()
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -292,9 +289,9 @@ func RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx context.Context, rs *options.DeschedulerServer
 
 		// If there was no interval specified, send a signal to the stopChannel to end the wait.Until loop after 1 iteration
 		if rs.DeschedulingInterval.Seconds() == 0 {
-			close(stopChannel)
+			cancel()
 		}
-	}, rs.DeschedulingInterval, stopChannel)
+	}, rs.DeschedulingInterval, ctx.Done())
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
index 2a9f0256d0..07c9692acc 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler_test.go
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(stopChannel)
-
 	rs, err := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
 	defer close(errChan)
 	go func() {
-		err := RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, dp, "v1beta1", stopChannel)
+		err := RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, dp, "v1beta1")
 		errChan <- err
 	}()
 	select {
@@ -101,3 +98,69 @@ func TestTaintsUpdated(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to evict pod, node taint did not get propagated to descheduler strategies")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRootCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	client := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
+	dp := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{
+		Strategies: api.StrategyList{}, // no strategies needed for this test
+	}
+
+	rs, err := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
+	}
+	rs.Client = client
+	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	defer close(errChan)
+
+	go func() {
+		err := RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, dp, "v1beta1")
+		errChan <- err
+	}()
+	cancel()
+	select {
+	case err := <-errChan:
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unable to run descheduler strategies: %v", err)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Root ctx should have canceled immediately")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRootCancelWithNoInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	n1 := test.BuildTestNode("n1", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	n2 := test.BuildTestNode("n2", 2000, 3000, 10, nil)
+	client := fakeclientset.NewSimpleClientset(n1, n2)
+	dp := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{
+		Strategies: api.StrategyList{}, // no strategies needed for this test
+	}
+
+	rs, err := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to initialize server: %v", err)
+	}
+	rs.Client = client
+	rs.DeschedulingInterval = 0
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	defer close(errChan)
+
+	go func() {
+		err := RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, rs, dp, "v1beta1")
+		errChan <- err
+	}()
+	cancel()
+	select {
+	case err := <-errChan:
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unable to run descheduler strategies: %v", err)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Root ctx should have canceled immediately")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index a832d463bd..59f083bd33 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -984,9 +984,7 @@ func TestDeschedulingInterval(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 			t.Errorf("Error when checking support for eviction: %v", err)
 		}
-
-		stopChannel := make(chan struct{})
-		if err := descheduler.RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, s, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion, stopChannel); err != nil {
+		if err := descheduler.RunDeschedulerStrategies(ctx, s, deschedulerPolicy, evictionPolicyGroupVersion); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Error running descheduler strategies: %+v", err)
 		}
 		c <- true