diff --git a/src/main/scala/higherkindness/rules_scala/common/worker/FutureTaskWaitOnCancel.scala b/src/main/scala/higherkindness/rules_scala/common/worker/FutureTaskWaitOnCancel.scala
index 2b4e36d3..aa07eb85 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/higherkindness/rules_scala/common/worker/FutureTaskWaitOnCancel.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/higherkindness/rules_scala/common/worker/FutureTaskWaitOnCancel.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ private class CallableLockedWhileRunning[S](callable: Callable[S]) extends Calla
   override def call(): S = {
     isRunning.lock()
     try {
+      // Clear any stale interrupt flag from a previous task. `FutureTask` deliberately doesn't clear the interrupt flag
+      // once task cancellation is complete because thread interruption could be used as an "an independent mechanism
+      // for a task to communicate with its caller".
+      // https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blame/jdk-21%2B35/src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/concurrent/FutureTask.java#L390
+      Thread.interrupted()
+
       callable.call()
     } finally {
       isRunning.unlock()
diff --git a/tests/cancellation/BUILD b/tests/cancellation/BUILD
index ecb51cfd..a9ceefac 100644
--- a/tests/cancellation/BUILD
+++ b/tests/cancellation/BUILD
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ scala_test(
         "@rules_scala_annex//third_party/bazel/src/main/protobuf:worker_protocol_java_proto",
     ],
 )
+
+scala_test(
+    name = "cancellabletask-spec",
+    srcs = ["CancellableTaskSpec.scala"],
+    scala_toolchain_name = "test_zinc_2_13",
+    tags = ["manual"],
+    deps = [
+        "@annex_test//:org_scalactic_scalactic_2_13",
+        "@annex_test//:org_scalatest_scalatest_core_2_13",
+        "@annex_test//:org_scalatest_scalatest_flatspec_2_13",
+        "@rules_scala_annex//src/main/scala/higherkindness/rules_scala/common/worker",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/tests/cancellation/CancellableTaskSpec.scala b/tests/cancellation/CancellableTaskSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9abc1371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cancellation/CancellableTaskSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package anx.cancellation
+
+import higherkindness.rules_scala.common.worker.CancellableTask
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, ExecutionContext}
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+
+class CancellableTaskSpec extends AnyFlatSpec {
+  "CancellableTask" should "not leak a stale interrupt flag to the next task on the same thread" in {
+    val threadPool = new ForkJoinPool(1)
+    val executionContext = ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(threadPool)
+
+    try {
+      val task1 = CancellableTask((_: () => Boolean) => Thread.currentThread().interrupt())
+      val task2 = CancellableTask { (_: () => Boolean) =>
+        if (Thread.interrupted()) {
+          throw new InterruptedException("Stale interrupt flag leaked from a previous task!")
+        }
+      }
+
+      task1.execute(executionContext)
+      task2.execute(executionContext)
+
+      Await.result(task2.future, Duration.Inf)
+    } finally {
+      threadPool.shutdown()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cancellation/test b/tests/cancellation/test
index 9ce6985a..75fa6a1a 100755
--- a/tests/cancellation/test
+++ b/tests/cancellation/test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 . "$(dirname "$0")"/../common.sh
 
-bazel test :cancel-spec
+bazel test :cancel-spec :cancellabletask-spec