diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59784ad6a..ec6a695c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 - [#965](https://github.com/cosmos/iavl/pull/965) Use expected interface for expected IAVL `Logger`.
+- [#967](https://github.com/cosmos/iavl/pull/967) Close the pruning process when the nodeDB is closed.
 
 ## v1.2.0 May 13, 2024
 
diff --git a/nodedb_test.go b/nodedb_test.go
index c29d5f766..3e88c354f 100644
--- a/nodedb_test.go
+++ b/nodedb_test.go
@@ -442,6 +442,6 @@ func TestCloseNodeDB(t *testing.T) {
 	defer db.Close()
 	opts := DefaultOptions()
 	opts.AsyncPruning = true
-	ndb := newNodeDB(db, 0, opts, log.NewNopLogger())
-	ndb.Close()
+	ndb := newNodeDB(db, 0, opts, NewNopLogger())
+	require.NoError(t, ndb.Close())
 }