diff --git a/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
index aa037d9f6..a2e4e1ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pdr_plugin_ci_workflow.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install -r $PDRPATH/requirements.txt
         pip install pylint
         pip install pytest-cov
-    
+
     - name: Run PyLint
       run: pylint --rcfile=$PDRPATH/.pylintrc $PDRPATH
 
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "Test exclusion list REST API methods"
         sleep 10
         pytest -s $PDRPATH/tests/exclude_list_rest_api_tests.py --cov=$PDRPATH
-        echo "Terminating standalone PDR process"
-        pkill -9 -f isolation_algo.py 2>/dev/null || true
+        sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
 
     - name: Run full simulation test
       timeout-minutes: 10
@@ -50,5 +49,4 @@ jobs:
         sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
         echo "Starting simulated test"
         python $PDRPATH/tests/simulation_telemetry.py
-        echo "Terminating standalone PDR process"
-        pkill -9 -f isolation_algo.py 2>/dev/null || true
+        sudo bash $PDRPATH/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
diff --git a/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
index a875cfc75..e461532e8 100644
--- a/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
+++ b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/run_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ else
     echo -e '\n[Common]\nTEST_MODE=True\n' >> "$CONFIG_FILE"
 fi
 
-"Terminating standalone PDR process"
-pkill -9 -f isolation_algo.py 2>/dev/null || true
-sleep 10
-
+bash $PLUGIN_DIR/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
 echo "Starting standalone PDR process"
 python $PLUGIN_DIR/ufm_sim_web_service/isolation_algo.py >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+sleep 10
+if ! pgrep -x isolation_algo.py> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Failed to start standalone PDR process"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d49c04239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/pdr_deterministic_plugin/.pytest/terminate_pdr_standalone_pytest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+echo "Terminating standalone PDR process"
+ps -ef | grep isolation_algo.py | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9 $1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+sleep 10
+if pgrep -x isolation_algo.py> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Failed to terminate standalone PDR process"
+    exit 1
+fi