diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6eb49b22..fd3fd117 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ See the [documentation on Initializer's logging properties](readme/rtprops.md#lo
 #### Version 2.7.0
 * Added support for 'queues' domain.
 * Added support for 'addresshierarchy' domain.
-* Fix for Liquibase Loader to ensure compatibility with OpenMRS versions 2.5.5+
-* Fix for OCL Loader to ensure it throws an Exception if the OCL import fails
+* Fix for Liquibase Loader to ensure compatibility with OpenMRS versions 2.5.5+.
+* Fix for OCL Loader to ensure it throws an Exception if the OCL import fails.
+* Fix for Validator to not encounter failure upon repeated execution on the same JVM process.
 
 #### Version 2.6.0
 * Added support for 'cohorttypes' and 'cohortattributetypes' domains.
diff --git a/validator/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/initializer/validator/ConfigurationTester.java b/validator/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/initializer/validator/ConfigurationTester.java
index 442f816a..585467bb 100644
--- a/validator/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/initializer/validator/ConfigurationTester.java
+++ b/validator/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/initializer/validator/ConfigurationTester.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.dbunit.DatabaseUnitException;
@@ -53,12 +56,15 @@
 import org.testcontainers.containers.MySQLContainer;
 import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcessException;
 
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = DirtiesContext.ClassMode.AFTER_CLASS)
 public class ConfigurationTester extends DomainBaseModuleContextSensitiveTest {
 	
 	protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigurationTester.class);
 	
 	private static MySQLContainer mysqlContainer = new MySQLContainer("mysql:5.7.31");
 	
+	private static ConfigurableApplicationContext storedApplicationContext;
+	
 	private String configDirPath;
 	
 	private String cielFilePath;
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ public static void setupMySqlDb() throws IOException {
 		mysqlContainer.withPassword("");
 		mysqlContainer.withCommand("mysqld --character-set-server=utf8 --collation-server=utf8_general_ci");
 		mysqlContainer.start();
+		
 	}
 	
 	protected void setupDatabaseProps(Properties props) throws ManagedProcessException, URISyntaxException {
@@ -233,6 +240,7 @@ public void conclude() throws URISyntaxException {
 		}
 		Assert.assertThat(sb.toString(), Validator.errors, is(empty()));
 		super.getConnection();
+		storedApplicationContext = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) applicationContext;
 	}
 	
 	@AfterClass
@@ -240,5 +248,8 @@ public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
 		if (null != mysqlContainer) {
 			mysqlContainer.stop();
 		}
+		if (null != storedApplicationContext) {
+			storedApplicationContext.close();
+		}
 	}
 }