diff --git a/tests/pytest/test.py b/tests/pytest/test.py
index a9da8e5671a588409954735f79c7323136aa5c4c..678bd873368325d97783fac1e0f94cd76be38cef 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/test.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/test.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             processID = subprocess.check_output(usePortPID, shell=True)
 
             if processID:
-                killCmd = "kill -9 %s" % processID
+                killCmd = "kill -TERM %s" % processID
                 os.system(killCmd)
             fuserCmd = "fuser -k -n tcp %d" % port
             os.system(fuserCmd)