diff --git a/scripts/vitest-process-group.mjs b/scripts/vitest-process-group.mjs
index e0c242668dc..0675ca7139e 100644
--- a/scripts/vitest-process-group.mjs
+++ b/scripts/vitest-process-group.mjs
@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ export function forwardSignalToVitestProcessGroup(params) {
   }
 }
 
+function ensureProcessListenerCapacity(processObject, eventName, additionalListeners = 1) {
+  if (
+    typeof processObject.getMaxListeners !== "function" ||
+    typeof processObject.setMaxListeners !== "function" ||
+    typeof processObject.listenerCount !== "function"
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const currentLimit = processObject.getMaxListeners();
+  if (currentLimit === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const neededLimit = processObject.listenerCount(eventName) + additionalListeners + 1;
+  if (neededLimit > currentLimit) {
+    processObject.setMaxListeners(neededLimit);
+  }
+}
+
 export function installVitestProcessGroupCleanup(params) {
   const processObject = params.processObject ?? process;
   const platform = params.platform ?? process.platform;
@@ -62,12 +82,14 @@ export function installVitestProcessGroupCleanup(params) {
       forward(signal);
     };
     signalHandlers.set(signal, handler);
+    ensureProcessListenerCapacity(processObject, signal);
     processObject.on(signal, handler);
   }
 
   const exitHandler = () => {
     forward(cleanupSignal);
   };
+  ensureProcessListenerCapacity(processObject, "exit");
   processObject.on("exit", exitHandler);
 
   return () => {
diff --git a/test/scripts/vitest-process-group.test.ts b/test/scripts/vitest-process-group.test.ts
index 012f2261acd..75791bdac0c 100644
--- a/test/scripts/vitest-process-group.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/vitest-process-group.test.ts
@@ -96,4 +96,46 @@ describe("vitest process group helpers", () => {
     expect(listeners.get("SIGTERM")?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
     expect(listeners.get("exit")?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it("raises process listener limits for highly parallel cleanup handlers", () => {
+    const listeners = new Map<string, Set<() => void>>();
+    let maxListeners = 10;
+    const fakeProcess = {
+      getMaxListeners: () => maxListeners,
+      setMaxListeners: vi.fn((value: number) => {
+        maxListeners = value;
+        return fakeProcess;
+      }),
+      listenerCount(event: string) {
+        return listeners.get(event)?.size ?? 0;
+      },
+      on(event: string, handler: () => void) {
+        const set = listeners.get(event) ?? new Set();
+        set.add(handler);
+        listeners.set(event, set);
+      },
+      off(event: string, handler: () => void) {
+        listeners.get(event)?.delete(handler);
+      },
+    };
+
+    const teardowns = Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, index) =>
+      installVitestProcessGroupCleanup({
+        child: { pid: 4200 + index },
+        processObject: fakeProcess as unknown as NodeJS.Process,
+        platform: "darwin",
+        kill: vi.fn(),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(maxListeners).toBeGreaterThan(10);
+    expect(fakeProcess.setMaxListeners).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    for (const teardown of teardowns) {
+      teardown();
+    }
+    expect(listeners.get("SIGINT")?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
+    expect(listeners.get("SIGTERM")?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
+    expect(listeners.get("exit")?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
+  });
 });