diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/LocalBookkeeperEnsemble.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/LocalBookkeeperEnsemble.java
index b3c2b8de5bdef..d8c67568304a6 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/LocalBookkeeperEnsemble.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/LocalBookkeeperEnsemble.java
@@ -506,23 +506,47 @@ public void startBK() throws Exception {
     public void stop() throws Exception {
         if (null != streamStorage) {
             log.debug("Local bk stream storage stopping ...");
-            streamStorage.close();
+            try {
+                streamStorage.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to shutdown stream storage");
+            }
         }
 
         log.debug("Local ZK/BK stopping ...");
-        for (LifecycleComponent bookie : bookieComponents) {
-            try {
-                if (bookie != null) {
-                    bookie.close();
+        if (bookieComponents != null) {
+            for (LifecycleComponent bookie : bookieComponents) {
+                try {
+                    if (bookie != null) {
+                        bookie.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to shutdown bookie");
                 }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to shutdown bookie");
             }
         }
 
-        zkc.close();
-        zks.shutdown();
-        serverFactory.shutdown();
+        if (zkc != null) {
+            try {
+                zkc.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to close zk client");
+            }
+        }
+        if (zks != null) {
+            try {
+                zks.shutdown();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to shutdown zk server");
+            }
+        }
+        if (serverFactory != null) {
+            try {
+                serverFactory.shutdown();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn().exception(e).log("failed to shutdown zk server factory");
+            }
+        }
 
         if (zkDataCleanupManager != null) {
             zkDataCleanupManager.shutdown();
@@ -530,7 +554,11 @@ public void stop() throws Exception {
         log.debug("Local ZK/BK stopped");
         for (File managedDir : temporaryDirectories) {
             log.info().attr("directory", managedDir).log("deleting test directory");
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(managedDir);
+            try {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory(managedDir);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn().attr("directory", managedDir).exception(e).log("failed to delete test directory");
+            }
         }
         temporaryDirectories.clear();
     }
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowTopicRealBkTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowTopicRealBkTest.java
index b0e572a826c47..e58b8cdcce730 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowTopicRealBkTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowTopicRealBkTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.TopicName;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.ClusterData;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.policies.data.TenantInfo;
-import org.apache.pulsar.common.util.PortManager;
 import org.apache.pulsar.zookeeper.LocalBookkeeperEnsemble;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -42,14 +41,17 @@
 public class ShadowTopicRealBkTest {
 
     private static final String cluster = "test";
-    private final int zkPort = PortManager.nextLockedFreePort();
-    private final LocalBookkeeperEnsemble bk = new LocalBookkeeperEnsemble(2, zkPort, PortManager::nextLockedFreePort);
+    // Pass 0 for both ZK and bookie ports so the kernel picks free ports at bind time, avoiding
+    // any JVM-vs-OS race on pre-allocated ports. The actual ZK port is read back via
+    // bk.getZookeeperPort().
+    private final LocalBookkeeperEnsemble bk = new LocalBookkeeperEnsemble(2, 0, () -> 0);
     private PulsarService pulsar;
     private PulsarAdmin admin;
 
     @BeforeClass
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         bk.start();
+        final int zkPort = bk.getZookeeperPort();
         final var config = new ServiceConfiguration();
         config.setClusterName(cluster);
         config.setAdvertisedAddress("localhost");
@@ -68,7 +70,11 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
     @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
     public void cleanup() throws Exception {
         if (pulsar != null) {
-            pulsar.close();
+            try {
+                pulsar.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // best effort cleanup; setup may have failed before pulsar was fully initialized
+            }
         }
         bk.stop();
     }