diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa60819..79da33b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.0.44
+
+* **Ignore SIGTERM in plugin uvicorn Servers**: plugin webservers now keep
+  serving on SIGTERM so their controller container can finish dispatching
+  in-flight work before the pod is SIGKILLed. SIGINT still terminates for
+  local-dev Ctrl-C.
+
 ## 0.0.43
 
 * **Deprecate `wrap_in_fastapi`** - Mark `wrap_in_fastapi` (and the `etl-uvicorn` CLI it backs) as deprecated via PEP 702 `@deprecated`. New plugins should build a FastAPI app directly with explicit handlers for the plugin contract routes.
diff --git a/test/test_signal_handlers.py b/test/test_signal_handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2832e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_signal_handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""Verify the etl_uvicorn module installs a SIGTERM-ignoring handler on uvicorn.Server."""
+
+import asyncio
+import signal
+
+import uvicorn
+
+# Importing the module applies the monkey-patch as a side effect.
+from unstructured_platform_plugins.etl_uvicorn import main  # noqa: F401
+
+
+def test_uvicorn_server_install_signal_handlers_is_patched():
+    assert (
+        uvicorn.Server.install_signal_handlers.__name__
+        == "_install_signal_handlers_ignoring_sigterm"
+    )
+
+
+def test_install_signal_handlers_registers_sigint_only():
+    async def _run() -> None:
+        config = uvicorn.Config(app="fake:app", lifespan="off")
+        server = uvicorn.Server(config=config)
+        server.install_signal_handlers()
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        try:
+            assert loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT) is True
+            assert loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM) is False
+        finally:
+            try:
+                loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT)
+                loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+    asyncio.run(_run())
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
index 9c0e950..3fbbe28 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.43"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.0.44"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/main.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/main.py
index 39f4cb3..600e0c1 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/main.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,34 @@
+import asyncio
+import signal
+import threading
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import IO, Any, Optional
 
 import click
+import uvicorn
 from uvicorn.config import LOGGING_CONFIG, Config, RawConfigParser
 from uvicorn.main import main, run
 
 from unstructured_platform_plugins.etl_uvicorn.api_generator import generate_fast_api
 
 
+def _install_signal_handlers_ignoring_sigterm(self: uvicorn.Server) -> None:
+    # uvicorn's default load-sheds 504 on SIGTERM, which races with controllers
+    # trying to drain in-flight work during pod shutdown. Plugin webservers are
+    # expected to outlive their controller container so SIGKILL — not SIGTERM —
+    # ends the process. SIGINT is preserved so local Ctrl-C still works.
+    if threading.current_thread() is not threading.main_thread():
+        return
+    try:
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_exit, signal.SIGINT, None)
+    except NotImplementedError:
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_exit)
+
+
+uvicorn.Server.install_signal_handlers = _install_signal_handlers_ignoring_sigterm
+
+
 @dataclass
 class CustomConfig:
     log_config: dict[str, Any] | str | RawConfigParser | IO[Any] | None = field(