diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/TrampolineUtil.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/TrampolineUtil.scala
index 03f238ba124..a38cf364ba1 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/TrampolineUtil.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/TrampolineUtil.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.json4s.JsonAST
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, SparkEnv, SparkUpgradeException}
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.executor.InputMetrics
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.physical.{BroadcastMode, IdentityBroadcastMode}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.joins.HashedRelationBroadcastMode
@@ -69,4 +70,7 @@ object TrampolineUtil {
                                 cause: Throwable): SparkUpgradeException = {
     new SparkUpgradeException(version, message, cause)
   }
+
+  /** Shuts down and cleans up any existing Spark session */
+  def cleanupAnyExistingSession(): Unit = SparkSession.cleanupAnyExistingSession()
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/SparkQueryCompareTestSuite.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/SparkQueryCompareTestSuite.scala
index 32ddd666067..e1c7e579ea2 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/SparkQueryCompareTestSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/SparkQueryCompareTestSuite.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Row, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan
+import org.apache.spark.sql.rapids.execution.TrampolineUtil
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 object TestResourceFinder {
@@ -225,6 +226,8 @@ trait SparkQueryCompareTestSuite extends FunSuite with Arm {
   : (Array[Row], SparkPlan, Array[Row], SparkPlan) = {
     conf.setIfMissing("spark.sql.shuffle.partitions", "2")
 
+    // force a new session to avoid accidentally capturing a late callback from a previous query
+    TrampolineUtil.cleanupAnyExistingSession()
     ExecutionPlanCaptureCallback.startCapture()
     var cpuPlan: Option[SparkPlan] = null
     val fromCpu =