diff --git a/Sources/NIOHTTPServer/NIOHTTPServer+SecureUpgrade.swift b/Sources/NIOHTTPServer/NIOHTTPServer+SecureUpgrade.swift
index 406b334..48ff7b0 100644
--- a/Sources/NIOHTTPServer/NIOHTTPServer+SecureUpgrade.swift
+++ b/Sources/NIOHTTPServer/NIOHTTPServer+SecureUpgrade.swift
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ extension NIOHTTPServer {
                     metadata: ["error": "\(error)"]
                 )
             }
+
+            // The `multiplexer.inbound` iteration exits when our task is cancelled, or when the HTTP/2 stream
+            // multiplexer finishes or throws. In any case, we are done with this connection here, so tear it down.
+            do {
+                try await connectionChannel.close()
+            } catch ChannelError.alreadyClosed {
+                // We swallow the error here because the connection channel may already have closed at this point, e.g.
+                // if the client sent a TCP FIN or a TLS CLOSE_NOTIFY that the event loop processed before we got here.
+            } catch {
+                self.logger.error(
+                    "Error thrown while closing the HTTP/2 connection channel",
+                    metadata: ["error": "\(error)"]
+                )
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Tests/NIOHTTPServerTests/NIOHTTPServer+ServiceLifecycleTests.swift b/Tests/NIOHTTPServerTests/NIOHTTPServer+ServiceLifecycleTests.swift
index 24ac246..5812317 100644
--- a/Tests/NIOHTTPServerTests/NIOHTTPServer+ServiceLifecycleTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/NIOHTTPServerTests/NIOHTTPServer+ServiceLifecycleTests.swift
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import NIOConcurrencyHelpers
 import NIOCore
 import NIOHTTPTypes
 import NIOPosix
+import NIOSSL
 import ServiceLifecycle
 import ServiceLifecycleTestKit
 import Testing
@@ -119,6 +120,91 @@ struct NIOHTTPServiceLifecycleTests {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(
+        "Server closes active connection upon forceful shutdown",
+        arguments: [HTTPVersion.http1_1, HTTPVersion.http2]
+    )
+    @available(anyAppleOS 26.0, *)
+    func testServerClosesActiveConnectionOnForcefulShutdown(httpVersion: HTTPVersion) async throws {
+        let (server, serverChain) = try NIOHTTPServerTests.makeSecureUpgradeServer(logger: self.serverLogger)
+
+        // This promise will be fulfilled when the server receives the first part of the request body. Once this
+        // happens, we cancel the server task and test whether the client's socket channel has closed.
+        let elg = MultiThreadedEventLoopGroup.singletonMultiThreadedEventLoopGroup
+        let firstChunkReadPromise = elg.any().makePromise(of: Void.self)
+
+        let serverService = ClosureService {
+            await #expect(throws: CancellationError.self) {
+                try await server.serve { request, requestContext, requestReader, responseSender in
+                    var requestReader = requestReader
+                    // Read the first chunk, signal `firstChunkReadPromise`, then try to read the second chunk.
+                    let error = try await #require(throws: EitherError<Error, Never>.self) {
+                        try await requestReader.read { _, _ in }
+
+                        firstChunkReadPromise.succeed()
+
+                        // The following call will block: the client will never send a request end part. This is
+                        // intentional because we want to keep the connection alive.
+                        try await requestReader.read { _, _ in }
+                    }
+                    #expect(throws: CancellationError.self) { try error.unwrap() }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        try await withThrowingTaskGroup { group in
+            let serviceGroup = ServiceGroup(services: [serverService], logger: self.serviceGroupLogger)
+            group.addTask { try await serviceGroup.run() }
+
+            let serverAddress = try await server.listeningAddresses.first!
+
+            let tlsConfig = try TLSConfiguration.makeTestClientConfiguration(
+                testTrustRoots: serverChain.chain,
+                applicationProtocol: httpVersion.alpnIdentifier
+            )
+
+            let (clientConnectionChannel, alpnResultFuture) =
+                try await ClientBootstrap(group: .singletonMultiThreadedEventLoopGroup).connect(
+                    to: try .init(ipAddress: serverAddress.host, port: serverAddress.port)
+                ) { socketChannel in
+                    socketChannel.configureTestClientSSLPipeline(tlsConfig: tlsConfig).flatMap {
+                        socketChannel.configureTestSecureUpgradeClientPipeline().map { connectionChannel in
+                            (socketChannel, connectionChannel)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+            let alpnResult = try await alpnResultFuture.get()
+            let clientRequestChannel = try await NegotiatedClientConnection(negotiationResult: alpnResult)
+                .unwrapChannel(expectedHTTPVersion: httpVersion)
+
+            try await clientRequestChannel.executeThenClose { inbound, outbound in
+                try await outbound.write(Self.reqHead)
+
+                // Write the first body part.
+                try await outbound.write(Self.reqBody)
+
+                // Wait until the server has received the first body part.
+                try await firstChunkReadPromise.futureResult.get()
+
+                // Cancel the server task.
+                group.cancelAll()
+                // Wait for the server to shut down.
+                try await group.waitForAll()
+
+                // Wait for the client channel to be fully closed.
+                try await clientRequestChannel.channel.closeFuture.get()
+
+                // We shouldn't be able to complete our request; the server should have shut down.
+                await #expect(throws: ChannelError.ioOnClosedChannel) {
+                    try await outbound.write(Self.reqBody)
+                }
+            }
+
+            try await clientConnectionChannel.closeFuture.get()
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test(
         "Active connection forcefully shutdown when server task cancelled",
         arguments: [HTTPVersion.http1_1, HTTPVersion.http2]