diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a0e1f175..f7206dd05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## neptune-client 0.13.4
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix issue that prevented waiting for subprocesses to finish after receiving stop signal from backend ([#774](https://github.com/neptune-ai/neptune-client/pull/774));
+  Timeout now overridable using environment var `NEPTUNE_SUBPROCESS_KILL_TIMEOUT`
+
 ## neptune-client 0.13.3
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/neptune/new/envs.py b/neptune/new/envs.py
index 80f56e619..7718d59a4 100644
--- a/neptune/new/envs.py
+++ b/neptune/new/envs.py
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@
 NEPTUNE_RETRIES_TIMEOUT_ENV = "NEPTUNE_RETRIES_TIMEOUT"
 
 NEPTUNE_SYNC_BATCH_TIMEOUT_ENV = "NEPTUNE_SYNC_BATCH_TIMEOUT"
+
+NEPTUNE_SUBPROCESS_KILL_TIMEOUT = "NEPTUNE_SUBPROCESS_KILL_TIMEOUT"
diff --git a/neptune/new/internal/utils/process_killer.py b/neptune/new/internal/utils/process_killer.py
index d82b5df20..5106d8021 100644
--- a/neptune/new/internal/utils/process_killer.py
+++ b/neptune/new/internal/utils/process_killer.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import os
 import signal
 
+from neptune.new.envs import NEPTUNE_SUBPROCESS_KILL_TIMEOUT
+
 try:
     import psutil
 
@@ -25,22 +27,24 @@
     PSUTIL_INSTALLED = False
 
 
-KILL_TIMEOUT = 5
+KILL_TIMEOUT = int(os.getenv(NEPTUNE_SUBPROCESS_KILL_TIMEOUT, "5"))
 
 
 def kill_me():
     if PSUTIL_INSTALLED:
         process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
         try:
-            children = _get_process_children(process) + [process]
+            children = _get_process_children(process)
         except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
             children = []
 
-        for process in children:
-            _terminate(process)
+        for child_proc in children:
+            _terminate(child_proc)
         _, alive = psutil.wait_procs(children, timeout=KILL_TIMEOUT)
-        for process in alive:
-            _kill(process)
+        for child_proc in alive:
+            _kill(child_proc)
+        # finish with terminating self
+        _terminate(process)
     else:
         os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGINT)