diff --git a/pkg/api/controller.go b/pkg/api/controller.go
index a7348cd1..e501589a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/api/controller.go
@@ -455,12 +455,18 @@ func (c *Controller) LoadNewConfig(newConfig *config.Config) {
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) Shutdown() {
+	// stop all background tasks
 	c.StopBackgroundTasks()
 
 	if c.Server != nil {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		_ = c.Server.Shutdown(ctx)
 	}
+
+	// close metadb
+	if c.MetaDB != nil {
+		c.MetaDB.Close()
+	}
 }
 
 // Will stop scheduler and wait for all tasks to finish their work.
diff --git a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
index 41f28fd3..32be0b77 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/boltdb/boltdb.go
@@ -2102,3 +2102,10 @@ func resetBucket(transaction *bbolt.Tx, bucketName string) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func (bdw *BoltDB) Close() error {
+	err := bdw.DB.Close()
+	bdw.DB = nil
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
index 2eb0b63f..9e2e31c4 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/dynamodb/dynamodb.go
@@ -2274,3 +2274,7 @@ func (dwr *DynamoDB) getDBVersion() (string, error) {
 
 	return version, nil
 }
+
+func (dwr *DynamoDB) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta.go b/pkg/meta/meta.go
index 5eabf7dd..522a5390 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta.go
@@ -147,3 +147,7 @@ func toStringIfOk(cacheDriverConfig map[string]interface{},
 
 	return str, true
 }
+
+func Close(metadb mTypes.MetaDB) error {
+	return metadb.Close()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/meta/redis/redis.go b/pkg/meta/redis/redis.go
index 97ca5807..b8d623f9 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/redis/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/redis/redis.go
@@ -2321,3 +2321,10 @@ func unmarshalProtoRepoBlobs(repo string, repoBlobsBytes []byte) (*proto_go.Repo
 func join(xs ...string) string {
 	return strings.Join(xs, ":")
 }
+
+func (rc *RedisDB) Close() error {
+	err := rc.Client.Close()
+	rc.Client = nil
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/meta/types/types.go b/pkg/meta/types/types.go
index 3b53ba63..f6bbcdba 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/types/types.go
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ type MetaDB interface { //nolint:interfacebloat
 	ImageTrustStore() ImageTrustStore
 
 	SetImageTrustStore(imgTrustStore ImageTrustStore)
+
+	// Close will close the db
+	Close() error
 }
 
 type UserDB interface { //nolint:interfacebloat
diff --git a/pkg/test/mocks/repo_db_mock.go b/pkg/test/mocks/repo_db_mock.go
index 53ca5f2a..86a1e242 100644
--- a/pkg/test/mocks/repo_db_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/test/mocks/repo_db_mock.go
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ type MetaDBMock struct {
 	GetAllRepoNamesFn func() ([]string, error)
 
 	ResetDBFn func() error
+
+	CloseFn func() error
 }
 
 func (sdm MetaDBMock) DeleteRepoMeta(repo string) error {
@@ -461,3 +463,11 @@ func (sdm MetaDBMock) ResetRepoReferences(repo string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (sdm MetaDBMock) Close() error {
+	if sdm.CloseFn != nil {
+		return sdm.CloseFn()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}