diff --git a/spring-cloud-vault-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultBootstrapConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-vault-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultBootstrapConfiguration.java
index 8121c816..be914e82 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-vault-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-vault-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/vault/config/VaultBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class VaultBootstrapConfiguration implements InitializingBean {
 
 		ThreadPoolTaskScheduler threadPoolTaskScheduler = new ThreadPoolTaskScheduler();
 		threadPoolTaskScheduler.setPoolSize(2);
+		threadPoolTaskScheduler.setDaemon(true);
 		threadPoolTaskScheduler.setThreadNamePrefix("Spring-Cloud-Vault-");
 
 		return new TaskSchedulerWrapper<>(threadPoolTaskScheduler);