diff --git a/src/buildx/history.ts b/src/buildx/history.ts
index a8c1b6ea..44c2acc8 100644
--- a/src/buildx/history.ts
+++ b/src/buildx/history.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {spawn} from 'child_process';
+import {ChildProcessByStdio, spawn} from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
+import {Readable, Writable} from 'stream';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 
 import {Buildx} from './buildx';
@@ -91,23 +92,32 @@ export class History {
     });
     await Exec.exec('mkfifo', [buildxOutFifoPath]);
 
-    const buildxCmd = await this.buildx.getCommand(['--builder', builderName, 'dial-stdio']);
-
-    core.info(`[command]${buildxCmd.command} ${buildxCmd.args.join(' ')}`);
-    const buildxDialStdioProc = spawn(buildxCmd.command, buildxCmd.args, {
-      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit'],
-      detached: true
-    });
-    fs.createReadStream(buildxInFifoPath).pipe(buildxDialStdioProc.stdin);
-    buildxDialStdioProc.stdout.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(buildxOutFifoPath));
-    buildxDialStdioProc.on('exit', code => {
-      core.info(`Process "buildx dial-stdio" exited with code ${code}`);
-    });
-
     const tmpDockerbuildFilename = path.join(outDir, 'rec.dockerbuild');
     const summaryFilename = path.join(outDir, 'summary.json');
 
+    let buildxDialStdioProc: ChildProcessByStdio<Writable, Readable, null> | undefined;
+    let buildxDialStdioKilled = false;
+    let dockerRunProc: ChildProcessByStdio<Writable, Readable, null> | undefined;
+    let dockerRunProcKilled = false;
+
+    const buildxDialStdioCmd = await this.buildx.getCommand(['--builder', builderName, 'dial-stdio']);
     await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      core.info(`[command]${buildxDialStdioCmd.command} ${buildxDialStdioCmd.args.join(' ')}`);
+      buildxDialStdioProc = spawn(buildxDialStdioCmd.command, buildxDialStdioCmd.args, {
+        stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit'],
+        detached: true
+      });
+      fs.createReadStream(buildxInFifoPath).pipe(buildxDialStdioProc.stdin);
+      buildxDialStdioProc.stdout.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(buildxOutFifoPath));
+      buildxDialStdioProc.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+        buildxDialStdioKilled = true;
+        if (signal) {
+          core.info(`Process "buildx dial-stdio" was killed with signal ${signal}`);
+        } else {
+          core.info(`Process "buildx dial-stdio" exited with code ${code}`);
+        }
+      });
+
       const ebargs: Array<string> = ['--ref-state-dir=/buildx-refs', `--node=${builderName}/${nodeName}`];
       for (const ref of refs) {
         ebargs.push(`--ref=${ref}`);
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ export class History {
         ...ebargs
       ]
       core.info(`[command]docker ${dockerRunArgs.join(' ')}`);
-      const dockerRunProc = spawn('docker', dockerRunArgs, {
+      dockerRunProc = spawn('docker', dockerRunArgs, {
         stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit']
       });
       fs.createReadStream(buildxOutFifoPath).pipe(dockerRunProc.stdin);
@@ -147,12 +157,28 @@ export class History {
         core.error(`Error executing "docker run": ${err}`);
         reject(err);
       });
-      dockerRunProc.on('exit', code => {
-        core.info(`Process "docker run" exited with code ${code}`);
+      dockerRunProc.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
+        dockerRunProcKilled = true;
+        if (signal) {
+          core.info(`Process "docker run" was killed with signal ${signal}`);
+        } else {
+          core.info(`Process "docker run" exited with code ${code}`);
+        }
+      });
+    })
+      .catch(err => {
+        throw err;
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        if (buildxDialStdioProc && !buildxDialStdioKilled) {
+          core.debug('Force terminating "buildx dial-stdio" process');
+          buildxDialStdioProc.kill('SIGKILL');
+        }
+        if (dockerRunProc && !dockerRunProcKilled) {
+          core.debug('Force terminating "docker run" process');
+          dockerRunProc.kill('SIGKILL');
+        }
       });
-    }).catch(err => {
-      throw err;
-    });
 
     let dockerbuildFilename = `${GitHub.context.repo.owner}~${GitHub.context.repo.repo}~${refs[0].substring(0, 6).toUpperCase()}`;
     if (refs.length > 1) {