diff --git a/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_sitemap_request_loader.py b/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_sitemap_request_loader.py
index 84051d2164..0b155fbac2 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_sitemap_request_loader.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/request_loaders/_sitemap_request_loader.py
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ async def abort_loading(self) -> None:
             self._loading_task.cancel()
             with suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
                 await self._loading_task
+            # Let the streaming request shut down gracefully.
+            await asyncio.sleep(0)
 
     async def close(self) -> None:
         """Close the request loader."""