diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index ee1f67caba..35f4e8df38 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ from awx.main.utils import (
     get_awx_version,
     deepmerge,
     parse_yaml_or_json,
+    cleanup_new_process,
 )
 from awx.main.utils.execution_environments import get_default_execution_environment, get_default_pod_spec
 from awx.main.utils.ansible import read_ansible_config
@@ -2989,6 +2990,7 @@ class AWXReceptorJob:
 
     # Spawned in a thread so Receptor can start reading before we finish writing, we
     # write our payload to the left side of our socketpair.
+    @cleanup_new_process
     def transmit(self, _socket):
         if not settings.IS_K8S and self.work_type == 'local':
             self.runner_params['only_transmit_kwargs'] = True
@@ -2999,6 +3001,7 @@ class AWXReceptorJob:
             # Socket must be shutdown here, or the reader will hang forever.
             _socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
 
+    @cleanup_new_process
     def processor(self, resultfile):
         return ansible_runner.interface.run(
             streamer='process',
@@ -3040,6 +3043,7 @@ class AWXReceptorJob:
 
         return work_type
 
+    @cleanup_new_process
     def cancel_watcher(self, processor_future):
         while True:
             if processor_future.done():
diff --git a/awx/main/utils/common.py b/awx/main/utils/common.py
index b9690fd641..543f351d4e 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/common.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/common.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignObjectRel, ManyToManyField
 from django.db.models.fields.related_descriptors import ForwardManyToOneDescriptor, ManyToManyDescriptor
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.db.models import Q
+from django.db import connection as django_connection
+from django.core.cache import cache as django_cache
 
 # Django REST Framework
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'create_temporary_fifo',
     'truncate_stdout',
     'deepmerge',
+    'cleanup_new_process',
 ]
 
 
@@ -1019,3 +1022,17 @@ def deepmerge(a, b):
         return a
     else:
         return b
+
+
+def cleanup_new_process(func):
+    """
+    Cleanup django connection, cache connection, before executing new thread or processes entry point, func.
+    """
+
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper_cleanup_new_process(*args, **kwargs):
+        django_connection.close()
+        django_cache.close()
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper_cleanup_new_process