diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 8d38cd45c7..5b534006a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - '[0-9].[0-9]'
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 1 * * *' # nightly build
+#  schedule:
+#    - cron: '0 1 * * *' # nightly build
 
 permissions:
   contents: read  #  to fetch code (actions/checkout)
diff --git a/redis/asyncio/client.py b/redis/asyncio/client.py
index e56fd022fc..0bd21d3fab 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/client.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/client.py
@@ -1374,10 +1374,16 @@ async def execute(self, raise_on_error: bool = True):
         conn = cast(Connection, conn)
 
         try:
-            return await conn.retry.call_with_retry(
-                lambda: execute(conn, stack, raise_on_error),
-                lambda error: self._disconnect_raise_reset(conn, error),
+            return await asyncio.shield(
+                conn.retry.call_with_retry(
+                    lambda: execute(conn, stack, raise_on_error),
+                    lambda error: self._disconnect_raise_reset(conn, error),
+                )
             )
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            # not supposed to be possible, yet here we are
+            await conn.disconnect(nowait=True)
+            raise
         finally:
             await self.reset()
 
diff --git a/redis/asyncio/cluster.py b/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
index 5a2dffdd1d..569a0765f8 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/cluster.py
@@ -1002,10 +1002,18 @@ async def execute_command(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         await connection.send_packed_command(connection.pack_command(*args), False)
 
         # Read response
+        return await asyncio.shield(
+            self._parse_and_release(connection, args[0], **kwargs)
+        )
+
+    async def _parse_and_release(self, connection, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
-            return await self.parse_response(connection, args[0], **kwargs)
+            return await self.parse_response(connection, *args, **kwargs)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            # should not be possible
+            await connection.disconnect(nowait=True)
+            raise
         finally:
-            # Release connection
             self._free.append(connection)
 
     async def execute_pipeline(self, commands: List["PipelineCommand"]) -> bool:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16a9156641..4314d776b8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     keywords=["Redis", "key-value store", "database"],
     license="MIT",
-    version="4.4.2",
+    version="4.4.3",
     packages=find_packages(
         include=[
             "redis",
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
index 13e5e26ae3..0857c056c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cluster.py
@@ -340,6 +340,23 @@ async def test_from_url(self, request: FixtureRequest) -> None:
         rc = RedisCluster.from_url("rediss://localhost:16379")
         assert rc.connection_kwargs["connection_class"] is SSLConnection
 
+    async def test_asynckills(self, r) -> None:
+
+        await r.set("foo", "foo")
+        await r.set("bar", "bar")
+
+        t = asyncio.create_task(r.get("foo"))
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        t.cancel()
+        try:
+            await t
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            pytest.fail("connection is left open with unread response")
+
+        assert await r.get("bar") == b"bar"
+        assert await r.ping()
+        assert await r.get("foo") == b"foo"
+
     async def test_max_connections(
         self, create_redis: Callable[..., RedisCluster]
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
index bf59dbe6b0..ccd6cdb67a 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ async def test_invalid_response(create_redis):
     await r.connection.disconnect()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
+async def test_asynckills(create_redis):
+
+    for b in [True, False]:
+        r = await create_redis(single_connection_client=b)
+
+        await r.set("foo", "foo")
+        await r.set("bar", "bar")
+
+        t = asyncio.create_task(r.get("foo"))
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        t.cancel()
+        try:
+            await t
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            pytest.fail("connection left open with unread response")
+
+        assert await r.get("bar") == b"bar"
+        assert await r.ping()
+        assert await r.get("foo") == b"foo"
+
+
 @skip_if_server_version_lt("4.0.0")
 @pytest.mark.redismod
 @pytest.mark.onlynoncluster