diff --git a/providers/multiprovider/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/multiprovider/MultiProvider.java b/providers/multiprovider/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/multiprovider/MultiProvider.java
index 2aefe62af..9460115ba 100644
--- a/providers/multiprovider/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/multiprovider/MultiProvider.java
+++ b/providers/multiprovider/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/multiprovider/MultiProvider.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.Metadata;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEvaluation;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.Value;
-import dev.openfeature.sdk.exceptions.GeneralError;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public void initialize(EvaluationContext evaluationContext) throws Exception {
         json.put("name", NAME);
         JSONObject providersMetadata = new JSONObject();
         json.put("originalMetadata", providersMetadata);
-        ExecutorService initPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(INIT_THREADS_COUNT);
+
         Collection<Callable<Boolean>> tasks = new ArrayList<>(providers.size());
         for (FeatureProvider provider : providers.values()) {
             tasks.add(() -> {
@@ -101,12 +100,19 @@ public void initialize(EvaluationContext evaluationContext) throws Exception {
             providerMetadata.put("name", provider.getMetadata().getName());
             providersMetadata.put(provider.getMetadata().getName(), providerMetadata);
         }
-        List<Future<Boolean>> results = initPool.invokeAll(tasks);
-        for (Future<Boolean> result : results) {
-            if (!result.get()) {
-                throw new GeneralError("init failed");
+
+        ExecutorService initPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(INIT_THREADS_COUNT);
+        try {
+            List<Future<Boolean>> results = initPool.invokeAll(tasks);
+            // Wait for all provider initializations to complete.
+            // If any provider.initialize() throws, result.get() will throw ExecutionException.
+            for (Future<Boolean> result : results) {
+                result.get();
             }
+        } finally {
+            initPool.shutdown();
         }
+
         metadataName = json.toString();
     }