diff --git a/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs b/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
index 6e68db878..3393c2cd0 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
@@ -2580,7 +2580,11 @@ async fn build_0_6_2_node(
 	assert!(balance > 0);
 	let node_id = node_old.node_id();
 
-	node_old.stop().unwrap();
+	// Workaround necessary as v0.6.2's runtime wasn't dropsafe in a tokio context.
+	tokio::task::block_in_place(move || {
+		node_old.stop().unwrap();
+		drop(node_old);
+	});
 
 	(balance, node_id)
 }