diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/bootstrap/RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/bootstrap/RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl.java
index 609c043335650..79a69b073fd98 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/bootstrap/RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/bootstrap/RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl.java
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
 
 import io.quarkus.bootstrap.app.RunningQuarkusApplication;
+import io.quarkus.bootstrap.classloading.QuarkusClassLoader;
 
 public class RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl implements RunningQuarkusApplication {
 
     private final Closeable closeTask;
-    private final ClassLoader classLoader;
+    private final QuarkusClassLoader classLoader;
 
     private boolean closing;
 
-    public RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl(Closeable closeTask, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+    public RunningQuarkusApplicationImpl(Closeable closeTask, QuarkusClassLoader classLoader) {
         this.closeTask = closeTask;
         this.classLoader = classLoader;
     }
@@ -30,7 +31,11 @@ public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
     public void close() throws Exception {
         if (!closing) {
             closing = true;
-            closeTask.close();
+            try {
+                closeTask.close();
+            } finally {
+                classLoader.close();
+            }
         }
     }