diff --git a/.changelog/24265.txt b/.changelog/24265.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6beab466876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/24265.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+deps: Fixed a bug where restarting Nomad could cause an unrelated process with the same PID as a failed executor to be killed
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 822fa49058f..80d6eca5c24 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/v2 v2.1.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-netaddrs v0.1.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/listenerutil v0.1.9
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/strutil v0.1.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-set/v3 v3.0.0-alpha.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 904101d4a33..1da0bbdba87 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 h1:H5DkEtf6CXdFp0N0Em5UCwQpXMWke8IA0+l
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1/go.mod h1:iw975J/qwKPdAO1clOe2L8331t/9/fmwbPZ6JB6eMoM=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-netaddrs v0.1.0 h1:TnlYvODD4C/wO+j7cX1z69kV5gOzI87u3OcUinANaW8=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-netaddrs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:33+a/emi5R5dqRspOuZKO0E+Tuz5WV1F84eRWALkedA=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.1 h1:P7MR2UP6gNKGPp+y7EZw2kOiq4IR9WiqLvp0XOsVdwI=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.1/go.mod h1:XPHFku2tFo3o3QKFgSYo+cghcUhw1NA1hZyMK0PWAw0=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.2 h1:zdGAEd0V1lCaU0u+MxWQhtSDQmahpkwOun8U8EiRVog=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.6.2/go.mod h1:CkgLQ5CZqNmdL9U9JzM532t8ZiYQ35+pj3b1FD37R0Q=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:9B5zBasrRhHXnJnui7y6sL7es7NDiJgTc6Er0maI1Xs=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.6/go.mod h1:vAew36LZh98gCBJNLH42IQ1ER/9wtLZZ8meHqQvEYWY=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.7 h1:C8hUCYzor8PIfXHa4UrZkU4VvK8o9ISHxT2Q8+VepXU=
diff --git a/plugins/drivers/testutils/testing.go b/plugins/drivers/testutils/testing.go
index adb4521e9cd..8a363cd0ed5 100644
--- a/plugins/drivers/testutils/testing.go
+++ b/plugins/drivers/testutils/testing.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	hclog "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/drivers"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/drivers/fsisolation"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/plugins/shared/hclspec"
-	testing "github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"
 	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
 )
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type DriverHarness struct {
 	drivers.DriverPlugin
 	client *plugin.GRPCClient
 	server *plugin.GRPCServer
-	t      testing.T
+	t      *testing.T
 	logger hclog.Logger
 	impl   drivers.DriverPlugin
 	cgroup string
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type DriverHarness struct {
 func (h *DriverHarness) Impl() drivers.DriverPlugin {
 	return h.impl
 }
-func NewDriverHarness(t testing.T, d drivers.DriverPlugin) *DriverHarness {
+func NewDriverHarness(t *testing.T, d drivers.DriverPlugin) *DriverHarness {
 	logger := testlog.HCLogger(t).Named("driver_harness")
 	pd := drivers.NewDriverPlugin(d, logger)