diff --git a/durabletask/worker.py b/durabletask/worker.py
index 0ec2f66..e10538c 100644
--- a/durabletask/worker.py
+++ b/durabletask/worker.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from threading import Event, Thread
 from types import GeneratorType
-from typing import Any, Generator, Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Any, Generator, Iterator, Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
 
 import grpc
 from google.protobuf import empty_pb2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # If `opentelemetry-sdk` is available, enable the tracer
 try:
     from opentelemetry import trace
-    from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import TraceContextTextMapPropagator
+    from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext TraceContextTextMapPropagator
 
     otel_propagator = TraceContextTextMapPropagator()
     otel_tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class TaskHubGrpcWorker:
             activity function.
     """
 
-    _response_stream: Optional[grpc.Future] = None
+    _response_stream: Optional[Iterator[Any]] = None
     _interceptors: Optional[list[shared.ClientInterceptor]] = None
 
     def __init__(
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ def create_fresh_connection():
 
         def invalidate_connection():
             nonlocal current_channel, current_stub, current_reader_thread
-            # Cancel the response stream first to signal the reader thread to stop
+            # Close the response stream first to signal the reader thread to stop
             if self._response_stream is not None:
                 try:
-                    self._response_stream.cancel()
+                    self._response_stream.close()
                 except Exception:
                     pass
                 self._response_stream = None
@@ -740,7 +740,10 @@ def stop(self):
 
         self._logger.info("Stopping gRPC worker...")
         if self._response_stream is not None:
-            self._response_stream.cancel()
+            try:
+                self._response_stream.close()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self._logger.exception(f"Error stopping response stream: {e}")
         self._shutdown.set()
         # Explicitly close the gRPC channel to ensure OTel interceptors and other resources are cleaned up
         if self._current_channel is not None: