diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/JUnitPlatformProvider.java b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/JUnitPlatformProvider.java
index c8df55be6a..9f075c7918 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/JUnitPlatformProvider.java
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/JUnitPlatformProvider.java
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 import static java.util.Optional.of;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
-import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.TESTNG_GROUPS_PROP;
-import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.TESTNG_EXCLUDEDGROUPS_PROP;
-import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.INCLUDE_JUNIT5_ENGINES_PROP;
 import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.EXCLUDE_JUNIT5_ENGINES_PROP;
+import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.INCLUDE_JUNIT5_ENGINES_PROP;
+import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.TESTNG_EXCLUDEDGROUPS_PROP;
+import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter.ProviderParameterNames.TESTNG_GROUPS_PROP;
 import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.report.ConsoleOutputCapture.startCapture;
 import static org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.TestsToRun.fromClass;
 import static org.apache.maven.surefire.shared.utils.StringUtils.isBlank;
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.testset.TestListResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.testset.TestSetFailedException;
 import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.ScanResult;
+import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.SurefireReflectionException;
 import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.TestsToRun;
 import org.apache.maven.surefire.shared.utils.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.platform.engine.DiscoverySelector;
@@ -104,7 +105,24 @@ public JUnitPlatformProvider( ProviderParameters parameters )
     @Override
     public Iterable<Class<?>> getSuites()
     {
-        return scanClasspath();
+        try
+        { 
+            return scanClasspath();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if ( launcher instanceof AutoCloseable )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    ( (AutoCloseable) launcher ).close();
+                }
+                catch ( Exception e )
+                {
+                    throw new SurefireReflectionException( e );
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -138,6 +156,17 @@ else if ( forkTestSet == null )
         finally
         {
             runResult = reporterFactory.close();
+            if ( launcher instanceof AutoCloseable )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    ( (AutoCloseable) launcher ).close();
+                }
+                catch ( Exception e )
+                {
+                    throw new SurefireReflectionException( e );
+                }
+            }
         }
         return runResult;
     }
diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/LazyLauncher.java b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/LazyLauncher.java
index 45c9c4913f..caf28b95c3 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/LazyLauncher.java
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-junit-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/junitplatform/LazyLauncher.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.junit.platform.launcher.Launcher;
 import org.junit.platform.launcher.LauncherDiscoveryRequest;
 import org.junit.platform.launcher.TestExecutionListener;
@@ -29,8 +30,9 @@
  * Launcher proxy which delays the most possible the initialization of the real JUnit
  * Launcher in order to avoid stream/stdout corruption due to early logging.
  */
-class LazyLauncher implements Launcher
+class LazyLauncher implements Launcher, AutoCloseable
 {
+    private AutoCloseable launcherSession;
 
     private Launcher launcher;
 
@@ -57,8 +59,26 @@ private Launcher launcher()
     {
         if ( launcher == null )
         {
-            launcher = LauncherFactory.create();
+            try
+            {
+                Class<?> sessionClass = Class.forName( "org.junit.platform.launcher.LauncherSession" );
+                launcherSession = ReflectionUtils.invokeGetter( LauncherFactory.class, null, "openSession" ); 
+                launcher = ReflectionUtils.invokeGetter( sessionClass, launcherSession, "getLauncher" );
+            }
+            catch ( ClassNotFoundException e )
+            {
+                launcher = LauncherFactory.create();
+            }
         }
         return launcher;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception
+    {
+        if ( launcherSession != null )
+        {
+            launcherSession.close();
+        }
+    }
 }