diff --git a/storey/flow.py b/storey/flow.py
index f161e232..22fccd57 100644
--- a/storey/flow.py
+++ b/storey/flow.py
@@ -840,9 +840,12 @@ def _init(self):
         self._lazy_init_complete = False
 
     async def _worker(self):
-        event = None
         try:
             while True:
+                # Allow event to be garbage collected
+                job = None  # noqa
+                event = None
+                completed = None  # noqa
                 try:
                     # If we don't handle the event before we remove it from the queue, the effective max_in_flight will
                     # be 1 higher than requested. Hence, we peek.
diff --git a/tests/test_flow.py b/tests/test_flow.py
index a596219c..07263f92 100644
--- a/tests/test_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_flow.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     build_flow,
 )
 from storey.flow import (
+    ConcurrentExecution,
     Context,
     ParallelExecution,
     ParallelExecutionRunnable,
@@ -360,6 +361,50 @@ def test_async_offset_commit_before_termination_with_nosqltarget():
     asyncio.run(async_offset_commit_before_termination_with_nosqltarget())
 
 
+async def async_offset_commit_before_termination_with_concurrent_execution():
+    platform = Committer()
+    context = CommitterContext(platform)
+
+    max_wait_before_commit = 1
+
+    controller = build_flow(
+        [
+            AsyncEmitSource(context=context, explicit_ack=True, max_wait_before_commit=max_wait_before_commit),
+            ConcurrentExecution(event_processor=lambda x: x + 1),
+            Filter(lambda x: x < 3),
+            FlatMap(lambda x: [x, x * 10]),
+            Reduce(0, lambda acc, x: acc + x),
+        ]
+    ).run()
+
+    num_shards = 10
+    num_records_per_shard = 10
+
+    for offset in range(1, num_records_per_shard + 1):
+        for shard in range(num_shards):
+            event = Event(shard)
+            event.shard_id = shard
+            event.offset = offset
+            await controller.emit(event)
+
+    del event
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(max_wait_before_commit + 1)
+
+    try:
+        offsets = copy.copy(platform.offsets)
+        assert offsets == {("/", i): num_records_per_shard for i in range(num_shards)}
+    finally:
+        await controller.terminate()
+    termination_result = await controller.await_termination()
+    assert termination_result == 330
+
+
+# ML-8799
+def test_async_offset_commit_before_termination_with_concurrent_execution():
+    asyncio.run(async_offset_commit_before_termination_with_concurrent_execution())
+
+
 def test_offset_not_committed_prematurely():
     platform = Committer()
     context = CommitterContext(platform)