diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGenerator.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGenerator.java
index 0331b145c10..eb5c736fafb 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGenerator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class ApplicationContextAotGenerator {
 	 */
 	public ClassName processAheadOfTime(GenericApplicationContext applicationContext,
 			GenerationContext generationContext) {
+
 		return withCglibClassHandler(new CglibClassHandler(generationContext), () -> {
 			applicationContext.refreshForAotProcessing(generationContext.getRuntimeHints());
 			ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator codeGenerator =
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessor.java
index 16fbee9bb3a..746e23cfd6f 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public abstract class ContextAotProcessor extends AbstractAotProcessor<ClassName
 	@Override
 	protected ClassName doProcess() {
 		deleteExistingOutput();
-		GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = prepareApplicationContext(getApplicationClass());
-		return performAotProcessing(applicationContext);
+		try (GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = prepareApplicationContext(getApplicationClass())) {
+			return performAotProcessing(applicationContext);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder.java
index 579e73e93fd..80b622b45fb 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder {
 		return (!this.classes.isEmpty() ? new AotContribution(this.classes) : null);
 	}
 
+
 	private static class AotContribution implements BeanFactoryInitializationAotContribution {
 
 		private final Class<?>[] classes;
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ public class ReflectiveProcessorAotContributionBuilder {
 			RuntimeHints runtimeHints = generationContext.getRuntimeHints();
 			registrar.registerRuntimeHints(runtimeHints, this.classes);
 		}
-
 	}
 
+
 	private static class ReflectiveClassPathScanner extends ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider {
 
 		private final @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
index 28901e94d5c..aee1446448a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 	void processGeneratesAssets(@TempDir Path directory) {
 		GenericApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		context.registerBean(SampleApplication.class);
-		ContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class, directory);
+		DemoContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class, directory);
 		ClassName className = processor.process();
+		assertThat(processor.context.isClosed()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(className).isEqualTo(ClassName.get(SampleApplication.class.getPackageName(),
 				"ContextAotProcessorTests_SampleApplication__ApplicationContextInitializer"));
 		assertThat(directory).satisfies(hasGeneratedAssetsForSampleApplication());
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 		Path existingSourceOutput = createExisting(sourceOutput);
 		Path existingResourceOutput = createExisting(resourceOutput);
 		Path existingClassOutput = createExisting(classOutput);
-		ContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class,
+		DemoContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class,
 				sourceOutput, resourceOutput, classOutput);
 		processor.process();
+		assertThat(processor.context.isClosed()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(existingSourceOutput).doesNotExist();
 		assertThat(existingResourceOutput).doesNotExist();
 		assertThat(existingClassOutput).doesNotExist();
@@ -73,13 +75,14 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 	void processWithEmptyNativeImageArgumentsDoesNotCreateNativeImageProperties(@TempDir Path directory) {
 		GenericApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		context.registerBean(SampleApplication.class);
-		ContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class, directory) {
+		DemoContextAotProcessor processor = new DemoContextAotProcessor(SampleApplication.class, directory) {
 			@Override
 			protected List<String> getDefaultNativeImageArguments(String application) {
 				return Collections.emptyList();
 			}
 		};
 		processor.process();
+		assertThat(processor.context.isClosed()).isTrue();
 		assertThat(directory.resolve("resource/META-INF/native-image/com.example/example/native-image.properties"))
 				.doesNotExist();
 		context.close();
@@ -118,6 +121,8 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 
 	private static class DemoContextAotProcessor extends ContextAotProcessor {
 
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context;
+
 		DemoContextAotProcessor(Class<?> application, Path rootPath) {
 			this(application, rootPath.resolve("source"), rootPath.resolve("resource"), rootPath.resolve("class"));
 		}
@@ -141,11 +146,12 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 		protected GenericApplicationContext prepareApplicationContext(Class<?> application) {
 			AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 			context.register(application);
+			this.context = context;
 			return context;
 		}
-
 	}
 
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	static class SampleApplication {
 
@@ -153,7 +159,6 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 		public String testBean() {
 			return "Hello";
 		}
-
 	}
 
 }