diff --git a/.changeset/modern-carrots-deny.md b/.changeset/modern-carrots-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..55877e1f43312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-carrots-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@graphql-mesh/utils": patch
+---
+
+Register terminate handler utility
diff --git a/.changeset/nervous-lions-buy.md b/.changeset/nervous-lions-buy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c78363c42fe55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nervous-lions-buy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+"@graphql-mesh/plugin-prometheus": patch
+"@graphql-mesh/utils": patch
+"@graphql-mesh/plugin-hive": patch
+"@graphql-mesh/cli": patch
+"@graphql-mesh/serve-cli": patch
+---
+
+Terminate handler registry
diff --git a/packages/legacy/cli/src/commands/serve/serve.ts b/packages/legacy/cli/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
index e795d4afc95fd..22a701032bae0 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/cli/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/cli/src/commands/serve/serve.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { process } from '@graphql-mesh/cross-helpers';
 import { createMeshHTTPHandler } from '@graphql-mesh/http';
 import { MeshInstance, ServeMeshOptions } from '@graphql-mesh/runtime';
 import type { Logger } from '@graphql-mesh/types';
+import { registerTerminateHandler } from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
 import { handleFatalError } from '../../handleFatalError.js';
 import { GraphQLMeshCLIParams } from '../../index.js';
-import { registerTerminateHandler } from '../../terminateHandler.js';
 
 function portSelectorFn(sources: [number, number, number], logger: Logger) {
   const port = sources.find(source => Boolean(source)) || 4000;
diff --git a/packages/legacy/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/legacy/cli/src/index.ts
index ca650a4006e1a..e290958ea6593 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ import { fs, path as pathModule, process } from '@graphql-mesh/cross-helpers';
 import { getMesh, GetMeshOptions, MeshInstance, ServeMeshOptions } from '@graphql-mesh/runtime';
 import { FsStoreStorageAdapter, MeshStore } from '@graphql-mesh/store';
 import { Logger, YamlConfig } from '@graphql-mesh/types';
-import { defaultImportFn, DefaultLogger, pathExists, rmdirs, writeFile } from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
+import {
+  defaultImportFn,
+  DefaultLogger,
+  pathExists,
+  registerTerminateHandler,
+  rmdirs,
+  writeFile,
+} from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
 import { printSchemaWithDirectives } from '@graphql-tools/utils';
 import { serveMesh } from './commands/serve/serve.js';
 import { generateTsArtifacts } from './commands/ts-artifacts.js';
 import { findAndParseConfig } from './config.js';
 import { handleFatalError } from './handleFatalError.js';
-import { registerTerminateHandler } from './terminateHandler.js';
 
 export { generateTsArtifacts, serveMesh, findAndParseConfig, handleFatalError };
 
diff --git a/packages/legacy/cli/src/terminateHandler.ts b/packages/legacy/cli/src/terminateHandler.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 00258aa53520e..0000000000000
--- a/packages/legacy/cli/src/terminateHandler.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-const terminateEvents = ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'] as const;
-type TerminateEvents = (typeof terminateEvents)[number];
-type TerminateHandler = (eventName: TerminateEvents) => void;
-const terminateHandlers = new Set<TerminateHandler>();
-for (const eventName of terminateEvents) {
-  process.once(eventName, () => {
-    for (const handler of terminateHandlers) {
-      handler(eventName);
-      terminateHandlers.delete(handler);
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-export function registerTerminateHandler(callback: TerminateHandler) {
-  terminateHandlers.add(callback);
-  return () => {
-    terminateHandlers.delete(callback);
-  };
-}
diff --git a/packages/legacy/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/legacy/utils/src/index.ts
index fee7534c8562f..3c02c17cc830a 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ export * from './sanitize-name-for-graphql.js';
 export * from './with-cancel.js';
 export * from './with-cookies.js';
 export * from './wrapFetchWithHooks.js';
+export * from './registerTerminateHandler.js';
diff --git a/packages/legacy/utils/src/registerTerminateHandler.ts b/packages/legacy/utils/src/registerTerminateHandler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2b176c30bb80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/legacy/utils/src/registerTerminateHandler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const terminateEvents = ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'] as const;
+
+type TerminateEvents = (typeof terminateEvents)[number];
+type TerminateHandler = (eventName: TerminateEvents) => void;
+
+let eventListenerRegistered = false;
+
+const terminateHandlers = new Set<TerminateHandler>();
+
+function registerEventListener() {
+  for (const eventName of terminateEvents) {
+    globalThis.process?.once(eventName, () => {
+      for (const handler of terminateHandlers) {
+        handler(eventName);
+        terminateHandlers.delete(handler);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export function registerTerminateHandler(callback: TerminateHandler) {
+  if (!eventListenerRegistered) {
+    registerEventListener();
+    eventListenerRegistered = true;
+  }
+  terminateHandlers.add(callback);
+  return () => {
+    terminateHandlers.delete(callback);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugins/hive/package.json b/packages/plugins/hive/package.json
index 171fc3dd8f7bc..daf559530aff3 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/hive/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/hive/package.json
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@graphql-hive/client": "^0.28.0",
-    "@graphql-mesh/string-interpolation": "0.5.3"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/http-cache-semantics": "4.0.4"
+    "@graphql-mesh/string-interpolation": "0.5.3",
+    "@graphql-mesh/utils": "^0.97.3"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
diff --git a/packages/plugins/hive/src/index.ts b/packages/plugins/hive/src/index.ts
index 4fc8e09379101..c08f580af89bf 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/hive/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/hive/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createHive, HivePluginOptions, useYogaHive } from '@graphql-hive/client
 import { process } from '@graphql-mesh/cross-helpers';
 import { stringInterpolator } from '@graphql-mesh/string-interpolation';
 import { MeshPlugin, MeshPluginOptions, YamlConfig } from '@graphql-mesh/types';
+import { registerTerminateHandler } from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
 
 export default function useMeshHive(
   pluginOptions: MeshPluginOptions<YamlConfig.HivePlugin>,
@@ -95,12 +96,16 @@ export default function useMeshHive(
     reporting,
     selfHosting,
   });
-  const id = pluginOptions.pubsub.subscribe('destroy', () => {
-    hiveClient
+  function onTerminate() {
+    return hiveClient
       .dispose()
-      .catch(e => pluginOptions.logger.error(`Hive client failed to dispose`, e))
-      .finally(() => pluginOptions.pubsub.unsubscribe(id));
-  });
+      .catch(e => pluginOptions.logger.error(`Hive client failed to dispose`, e));
+  }
+  const id: number = pluginOptions.pubsub.subscribe('destroy', () =>
+    onTerminate().finally(() => pluginOptions.pubsub.unsubscribe(id)),
+  );
+  registerTerminateHandler(onTerminate);
+
   return {
     onPluginInit({ addPlugin }) {
       addPlugin(useYogaHive(hiveClient));
diff --git a/packages/plugins/prometheus/tests/prometheus.spec.ts b/packages/plugins/prometheus/tests/prometheus.spec.ts
index a91876ddaf30f..92db789dcb69a 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/prometheus/tests/prometheus.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/prometheus/tests/prometheus.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 import { createSchema } from 'graphql-yoga';
 import { register as registry } from 'prom-client';
 import { composeSubgraphs } from '@graphql-mesh/fusion-composition';
diff --git a/packages/serve-cli/src/runServeCLI.ts b/packages/serve-cli/src/runServeCLI.ts
index a687df74a4d2d..bf66ace2d90d3 100644
--- a/packages/serve-cli/src/runServeCLI.ts
+++ b/packages/serve-cli/src/runServeCLI.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { dirname, isAbsolute, join, relative } from 'path';
 import { App, SSLApp } from 'uWebSockets.js';
 import { createServeRuntime, UnifiedGraphConfig } from '@graphql-mesh/serve-runtime';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import { DefaultLogger } from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
+import { DefaultLogger, registerTerminateHandler } from '@graphql-mesh/utils';
 import { GitLoader } from '@graphql-tools/git-loader';
 import { GithubLoader } from '@graphql-tools/github-loader';
 import { GraphQLFileLoader } from '@graphql-tools/graphql-file-loader';
@@ -196,23 +196,3 @@ export async function runServeCLI({
     }
   });
 }
-
-const terminateEvents = ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'] as const;
-type TerminateEvents = (typeof terminateEvents)[number];
-type TerminateHandler = (eventName: TerminateEvents) => void;
-const terminateHandlers = new Set<TerminateHandler>();
-for (const eventName of terminateEvents) {
-  process.once(eventName, () => {
-    for (const handler of terminateHandlers) {
-      handler(eventName);
-      terminateHandlers.delete(handler);
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-function registerTerminateHandler(callback: TerminateHandler) {
-  terminateHandlers.add(callback);
-  return () => {
-    terminateHandlers.delete(callback);
-  };
-}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aa37db81d321e..f5346753707c8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5161,6 +5161,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@graphql-hive/client": "npm:^0.28.0"
     "@graphql-mesh/string-interpolation": "npm:0.5.3"
+    "@graphql-mesh/utils": "npm:^0.97.3"
     "@types/http-cache-semantics": "npm:4.0.4"
   peerDependencies:
     "@graphql-mesh/cross-helpers": ^0.4.1