diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/Start.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/Start.java
index 6bfc32ba..e10ecda7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/Start.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/Start.java
@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ public void deleteAllInformation() throws StorageQueryException {
                 // this can happen if the db being connected to is not actually present.
                 // So we ignore this since there are tests in which we are adding a non existent db for a tenant,
                 // and we want to not throw errors in the next test wherein this function is called.
+            } else if (e.getMessage() != null && e.getMessage().contains("has been closed")) {
+                // this can happen if the connection pool was already closed, e.g. due to a race condition
+                // during test teardown where a background thread closed the pool. It's safe to ignore.
             } else {
                 throw new StorageQueryException(e);
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/test/TestingProcessManager.java b/src/test/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/test/TestingProcessManager.java
index 7c82f52f..64545625 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/test/TestingProcessManager.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/supertokens/storage/postgresql/test/TestingProcessManager.java
@@ -137,8 +137,10 @@ public void kill(boolean removeAllInfo) throws InterruptedException {
                 try {
                     main.deleteAllInformationForTesting();
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    if (!e.getMessage().contains("Please call initPool before getConnection")) {
-                        // we ignore this type of message because it's due to tests in which the init failed
+                    if (e.getMessage() != null &&
+                            !e.getMessage().contains("Please call initPool before getConnection") &&
+                            !e.getMessage().contains("has been closed")) {
+                        // we ignore these types of messages because they are due to tests in which the init failed
                         // and here we try and delete assuming that init had succeeded.
                         throw new RuntimeException(e);
                     }