diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34fc5a7c9..b37bf7b18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `EventListener.event_types` and the argument to `BaseEventListenerDriver.handler` being out of sync.
 - Models occasionally hallucinating `memory_name` and `artifact_namespace` into Tool schemas when using `ToolkitTask`.
 - Models occasionally providing overly succinct final answers when using `ToolkitTask`.
+- Exception getting raised in `FuturesExecutorMixin.__del__`.
 
 ## \[0.33.1\] - 2024-10-11
 
diff --git a/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py b/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
index 84a3b6f25..8c309d9b7 100644
--- a/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
+++ b/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 from abc import ABC
 from concurrent import futures
 from typing import Callable, Optional
@@ -23,4 +24,6 @@ def __del__(self) -> None:
         if executor is not None:
             self.futures_executor = None
 
-            executor.shutdown(wait=True)
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                # don't raise exceptions in __del__
+                executor.shutdown(wait=True)