diff --git a/.changelog/24340.txt b/.changelog/24340.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfd0375e267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/24340.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+drivers: Move executor process out of task cgroup after task starts on cgroups v1
+```
diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor.go
index c537d9de52f..97e7e272ab7 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor.go
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) Launch(command *ExecCommand) (*ProcessState, error)
 	}
 
 	// setup containment (i.e. cgroups on linux)
-	if cleanup, err := e.configureResourceContainer(command, os.Getpid()); err != nil {
+	running, cleanup, err := e.configureResourceContainer(command, os.Getpid())
+	if err != nil {
 		e.logger.Error("failed to configure container, process isolation will not work", "error", err)
 		if os.Geteuid() == 0 || e.usesCustomCgroup() {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to configure cgroups: %w", err)
@@ -424,6 +425,12 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) Launch(command *ExecCommand) (*ProcessState, error)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start command path=%q --- args=%q: %v", path, e.childCmd.Args, err)
 	}
 
+	// Run the runningFunc hook after the process starts
+	if err := running(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Wait on the task process
 	go e.wait()
 	return &ProcessState{Pid: e.childCmd.Process.Pid, ExitCode: -1, Time: time.Now()}, nil
 }
diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_basic.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_basic.go
index bb0b42bde96..e96cdcff7ed 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_basic.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_basic.go
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ func NewExecutorWithIsolation(logger hclog.Logger, compute cpustats.Compute) Exe
 	return NewExecutor(logger, compute)
 }
 
-func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureResourceContainer(_ *ExecCommand, _ int) (func(), error) {
-	nothing := func() {}
-	return nothing, nil
+func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureResourceContainer(_ *ExecCommand, _ int) (func() error, func(), error) {
+	cleanup := func() {}
+	running := func() error { return nil }
+	return running, cleanup, nil
 }
 
 func (e *UniversalExecutor) start(command *ExecCommand) error {
diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
index 89c5486038b..5010171dbef 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux.go
@@ -114,53 +114,73 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) statCG(cgroup string) (int, func(), error) {
 	return fd, cleanup, err
 }
 
+// runningFunc is called after task startup and is running.
+//
+// its use case is for moving the executor process out of the task cgroup once
+// the child task process has been started (cgroups v1 only)
+type runningFunc func() error
+
+// cleanupFunc is called after task shutdown
+//
+// its use case is for removing the cgroup from the system once it is no longer
+// being used for running the task
+type cleanupFunc func()
+
 // configureResourceContainer on Linux configures the cgroups to be used to track
 // pids created by the executor
 //
 // pid: pid of the executor (i.e. ourself)
-func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureResourceContainer(command *ExecCommand, pid int) (func(), error) {
+func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureResourceContainer(
+	command *ExecCommand,
+	pid int,
+) (runningFunc, cleanupFunc, error) {
 	cgroup := command.StatsCgroup()
 
 	// ensure tasks get the desired oom_score_adj value set
 	if err := e.setOomAdj(command.OOMScoreAdj); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	// cgCleanup will be called after the task has been launched
+	// deleteCgroup will be called after the task has been launched
 	// v1: remove the executor process from the task's cgroups
 	// v2: let go of the file descriptor of the task's cgroup
-	var cgCleanup func()
+	var (
+		deleteCgroup cleanupFunc
+		moveProcess  runningFunc
+	)
 
 	// manually configure cgroup for cpu / memory constraints
 	switch cgroupslib.GetMode() {
 	case cgroupslib.CG1:
 		if err := e.configureCG1(cgroup, command); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
-		cgCleanup = e.enterCG1(cgroup, command.CpusetCgroup())
+		moveProcess, deleteCgroup = e.enterCG1(cgroup, command.CpusetCgroup())
 	default:
 		e.configureCG2(cgroup, command)
 		// configure child process to spawn in the cgroup
 		// get file descriptor of the cgroup made for this task
 		fd, cleanup, err := e.statCG(cgroup)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		e.childCmd.SysProcAttr.UseCgroupFD = true
 		e.childCmd.SysProcAttr.CgroupFD = fd
-		cgCleanup = cleanup
+		deleteCgroup = cleanup
+		moveProcess = func() error { return nil }
 	}
 
 	e.logger.Info("configured cgroup for executor", "pid", pid)
 
-	return cgCleanup, nil
+	return moveProcess, deleteCgroup, nil
 }
 
 // enterCG1 will write the executor PID (i.e. itself) into the cgroups we
 // created for the task - so that the task and its children will spawn in
 // those cgroups. The cleanup function moves the executor out of the task's
 // cgroups and into the nomad/ parent cgroups.
-func (e *UniversalExecutor) enterCG1(statsCgroup, cpusetCgroup string) func() {
+func (e *UniversalExecutor) enterCG1(statsCgroup, cpusetCgroup string) (runningFunc, cleanupFunc) {
+	ed := cgroupslib.OpenPath(cpusetCgroup)
 	pid := strconv.Itoa(unix.Getpid())
 
 	// write pid to all the normal interfaces
@@ -174,21 +194,27 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) enterCG1(statsCgroup, cpusetCgroup string) func() {
 	}
 
 	// write pid to the cpuset interface, which varies between reserve/share
-	ed := cgroupslib.OpenPath(cpusetCgroup)
 	err := ed.Write("cgroup.procs", pid)
 	if err != nil {
 		e.logger.Warn("failed to write cpuset cgroup", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	// cleanup func that moves executor back up to nomad cgroup
-	return func() {
-		for _, iface := range ifaces {
+	move := func() error {
+		// move the executor back out
+		for _, iface := range append(ifaces, "cpuset") {
 			err := cgroupslib.WriteNomadCG1(iface, "cgroup.procs", pid)
 			if err != nil {
 				e.logger.Warn("failed to move executor cgroup", "interface", iface, "error", err)
+				return err
 			}
 		}
+		return nil
 	}
+
+	// cleanup func does nothing in cgroups v1
+	cleanup := func() {}
+
+	return move, cleanup
 }
 
 func (e *UniversalExecutor) configureCG1(cgroup string, command *ExecCommand) error {
diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux_test.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux_test.go
index 5ff033ef9e1..b3cafa549db 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux_test.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_universal_linux_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package executor
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -127,3 +128,37 @@ func TestUniversalExecutor_setOomAdj(t *testing.T) {
 	oomScoreInt, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(string(oomScore), "\n"))
 	must.Eq(t, execCmd.OOMScoreAdj, int32(oomScoreInt))
 }
+
+func TestUniversalExecutor_cg1_no_executor_pid(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.CgroupsCompatibleV1(t)
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	factory := universalFactory
+	testExecCmd := testExecutorCommand(t)
+	execCmd, allocDir := testExecCmd.command, testExecCmd.allocDir
+	execCmd.Cmd = "sleep"
+	execCmd.Args = []string{"infinity"}
+
+	factory.configureExecCmd(t, execCmd)
+	defer allocDir.Destroy()
+	executor := factory.new(testlog.HCLogger(t), compute)
+	defer executor.Shutdown("", 0)
+
+	p, err := executor.Launch(execCmd)
+	must.NoError(t, err)
+
+	alloc := filepath.Base(allocDir.AllocDirPath())
+
+	ifaces := []string{"cpu", "memory", "freezer"}
+	for _, iface := range ifaces {
+		cgroup := fmt.Sprintf("/sys/fs/cgroup/%s/nomad/%s.web/cgroup.procs", iface, alloc)
+
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(cgroup)
+		must.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// ensure only 1 pid (sleep) is present in this  cgroup
+		pids := strings.Fields(string(content))
+		must.SliceLen(t, 1, pids)
+		must.Eq(t, pids[0], strconv.Itoa(p.Pid))
+	}
+}