diff --git a/test/cases/aws.sh b/test/cases/aws.sh
index e4bed8cd8..1aad19c95 100755
--- a/test/cases/aws.sh
+++ b/test/cases/aws.sh
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ $AWS_CMD ec2 describe-images \
 AMI_IMAGE_ID=$(jq -r '.Images[].ImageId' "$AMI_DATA")
 
 # Stop watching the worker journal.
-sudo kill ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
+sudo pkill -P ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
 
 # NOTE(mhayden): Getting TagSpecifications to play along with bash's
 # parsing of curly braces and square brackets is nuts, so we just write some
diff --git a/test/cases/ostree-ng.sh b/test/cases/ostree-ng.sh
index 783cbb4dc..e059a6343 100755
--- a/test/cases/ostree-ng.sh
+++ b/test/cases/ostree-ng.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ build_image() {
     fi
 
     # Stop watching the worker journal.
-    sudo kill ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
+    sudo pkill -P ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
 }
 
 # Wait for the ssh server up to be.
diff --git a/test/cases/ostree.sh b/test/cases/ostree.sh
index fd1a275fd..f3514812c 100755
--- a/test/cases/ostree.sh
+++ b/test/cases/ostree.sh
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ build_image() {
     fi
 
     # Stop watching the worker journal.
-    sudo kill ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
+    sudo pkill -P ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
 }
 
 # Wait for the ssh server up to be.
diff --git a/test/cases/vmware.sh b/test/cases/vmware.sh
index 76f56411d..a6fa5b368 100755
--- a/test/cases/vmware.sh
+++ b/test/cases/vmware.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ if [[ $COMPOSE_STATUS != FINISHED ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Stop watching the worker journal.
-sudo kill ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
+sudo pkill -P ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
 
 greenprint "👷🏻 Building VM in vSphere"
 $GOVC_CMD vm.create -u "${GOVMOMI_USERNAME}":"${GOVMOMI_PASSWORD}"@"${GOVMOMI_URL}" \
diff --git a/tools/libvirt_test.sh b/tools/libvirt_test.sh
index 2e91da321..9572c3ac9 100755
--- a/tools/libvirt_test.sh
+++ b/tools/libvirt_test.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ if [[ $COMPOSE_STATUS != FINISHED ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Stop watching the worker journal.
-sudo kill ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
+sudo pkill -P ${WORKER_JOURNAL_PID}
 
 # Download the image.
 greenprint "📥 Downloading the image"