diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b3ce85af..6fe155ef1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.5.2</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                     <argLine>
                         ${surefireArgLine}
                     </argLine>
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProvider.java b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProvider.java
index e9cdae55b..659c6ad46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProvider.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package dev.openfeature.sdk;
 
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.internal.TriConsumer;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 /**
  * Abstract EventProvider. Providers must extend this class to support events.
@@ -14,8 +18,10 @@
  *
  * @see FeatureProvider
  */
+@Slf4j
 public abstract class EventProvider implements FeatureProvider {
     private EventProviderListener eventProviderListener;
+    private final ExecutorService emitterExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
 
     void setEventProviderListener(EventProviderListener eventProviderListener) {
         this.eventProviderListener = eventProviderListener;
@@ -46,6 +52,24 @@ void detach() {
         this.onEmit = null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Stop the event emitter executor and block until either termination has completed
+     * or timeout period has elapsed.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void shutdown() {
+        emitterExecutor.shutdown();
+        try {
+            if (!emitterExecutor.awaitTermination(EventSupport.SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                log.warn("Emitter executor did not terminate before the timeout period had elapsed");
+                emitterExecutor.shutdownNow();
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            emitterExecutor.shutdownNow();
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Emit the specified {@link ProviderEvent}.
      *
@@ -56,8 +80,10 @@ public void emit(ProviderEvent event, ProviderEventDetails details) {
         if (eventProviderListener != null) {
             eventProviderListener.onEmit(event, details);
         }
-        if (this.onEmit != null) {
-            this.onEmit.accept(this, event, details);
+
+        final TriConsumer<EventProvider, ProviderEvent, ProviderEventDetails> localOnEmit = this.onEmit;
+        if (localOnEmit != null) {
+            emitterExecutor.submit(() -> localOnEmit.accept(this, event, details));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventSupport.java b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventSupport.java
index d3af45991..5ebe90a4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventSupport.java
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@
 @Slf4j
 class EventSupport {
 
+    public static final int SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 3;
+
     // we use a v4 uuid as a "placeholder" for anonymous clients, since
     // ConcurrentHashMap doesn't support nulls
     private static final String defaultClientUuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-    private static final int SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 3;
     private final Map<String, HandlerStore> handlerStores = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private final HandlerStore globalHandlerStore = new HandlerStore();
     private final ExecutorService taskExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(runnable -> {
         final Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
-        thread.setDaemon(true);
         return thread;
     });
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProviderTest.java
index d8af6e8d3..a159877f0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventProviderTest.java
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.internal.TriConsumer;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.testutils.TestStackedEmitCallsProvider;
+import io.cucumber.java.AfterAll;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 
 class EventProviderTest {
 
+    private static final int TIMEOUT = 300;
+
     private TestEventProvider eventProvider;
 
     @BeforeEach
@@ -21,6 +26,11 @@ void setup() {
         eventProvider.initialize(null);
     }
 
+    @AfterAll
+    public static void resetDefaultProvider() {
+        OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().setProviderAndWait(new NoOpProvider());
+    }
+
     @Test
     @DisplayName("should run attached onEmit with emitters")
     void emitsEventsWhenAttached() {
@@ -34,10 +44,10 @@ void emitsEventsWhenAttached() {
         eventProvider.emitProviderStale(details);
         eventProvider.emitProviderError(details);
 
-        verify(onEmit, times(2)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_READY, details);
-        verify(onEmit, times(1)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED, details);
-        verify(onEmit, times(1)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_STALE, details);
-        verify(onEmit, times(1)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_ERROR, details);
+        verify(onEmit, timeout(TIMEOUT).times(2)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_READY, details);
+        verify(onEmit, timeout(TIMEOUT)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED, details);
+        verify(onEmit, timeout(TIMEOUT)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_STALE, details);
+        verify(onEmit, timeout(TIMEOUT)).accept(eventProvider, ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_ERROR, details);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -75,6 +85,15 @@ void doesNotThrowWhenOnEmitSame() {
         eventProvider.attach(onEmit2); // should not throw, same instance. noop
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @SneakyThrows
+    @Timeout(value = 2, threadMode = Timeout.ThreadMode.SEPARATE_THREAD)
+    @DisplayName("should not deadlock on emit called during emit")
+    void doesNotDeadlockOnEmitStackedCalls() {
+        TestStackedEmitCallsProvider provider = new TestStackedEmitCallsProvider();
+        OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().setProviderAndWait(provider);
+    }
+
     static class TestEventProvider extends EventProvider {
 
         private static final String NAME = "TestEventProvider";
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventsTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventsTest.java
index 02a5953b9..e59024652 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/EventsTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 class EventsTest {
 
-    private static final int TIMEOUT = 300;
+    private static final int TIMEOUT = 500;
     private static final int INIT_DELAY = TIMEOUT / 2;
 
     @AfterAll
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ void matchingStaleEventsMustRunImmediately() {
         OpenFeatureAPI api = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance();
 
         // provider which is already stale
-        TestEventsProvider provider = TestEventsProvider.newInitializedTestEventsProvider();
+        TestEventsProvider provider = new TestEventsProvider(INIT_DELAY);
         Client client = api.getClient(name);
         api.setProviderAndWait(name, provider);
         provider.emitProviderStale(ProviderEventDetails.builder().build());
         assertThat(client.getProviderState()).isEqualTo(ProviderState.STALE);
 
-        // should run even thought handler was added after stale
+        // should run even though handler was added after stale
         client.onProviderStale(handler);
         verify(handler, timeout(TIMEOUT)).accept(any());
     }
@@ -623,13 +623,13 @@ void matchingErrorEventsMustRunImmediately() {
         OpenFeatureAPI api = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance();
 
         // provider which is already in error
-        TestEventsProvider provider = new TestEventsProvider();
+        TestEventsProvider provider = new TestEventsProvider(INIT_DELAY);
         Client client = api.getClient(name);
         api.setProviderAndWait(name, provider);
         provider.emitProviderError(ProviderEventDetails.builder().build());
         assertThat(client.getProviderState()).isEqualTo(ProviderState.ERROR);
 
-        // should run even thought handler was added after error
+        // should run even though handler was added after error
         client.onProviderError(handler);
         verify(handler, timeout(TIMEOUT)).accept(any());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/testutils/TestStackedEmitCallsProvider.java b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/testutils/TestStackedEmitCallsProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1bf65c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/testutils/TestStackedEmitCallsProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package dev.openfeature.sdk.testutils;
+
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.EvaluationContext;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.EventProvider;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.Metadata;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEvaluation;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEvent;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEventDetails;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.Value;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class TestStackedEmitCallsProvider extends EventProvider {
+    private final NestedBlockingEmitter nestedBlockingEmitter = new NestedBlockingEmitter(this::onProviderEvent);
+
+    @Override
+    public Metadata getMetadata() {
+        return () -> getClass().getSimpleName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(EvaluationContext evaluationContext) throws Exception {
+        synchronized (nestedBlockingEmitter) {
+            nestedBlockingEmitter.init();
+            while (!nestedBlockingEmitter.isReady()) {
+                try {
+                    nestedBlockingEmitter.wait();
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void onProviderEvent(ProviderEvent providerEvent) {
+        synchronized (nestedBlockingEmitter) {
+            if (providerEvent == ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_READY) {
+                nestedBlockingEmitter.setReady();
+                /*
+                 * This line deadlocked in the original implementation without the emitterExecutor see
+                 * https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1299
+                 */
+                emitProviderReady(ProviderEventDetails.builder().build());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderEvaluation<Boolean> getBooleanEvaluation(String key, Boolean defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'getBooleanEvaluation'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderEvaluation<String> getStringEvaluation(String key, String defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'getStringEvaluation'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderEvaluation<Integer> getIntegerEvaluation(String key, Integer defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'getIntegerEvaluation'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderEvaluation<Double> getDoubleEvaluation(String key, Double defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'getDoubleEvaluation'");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProviderEvaluation<Value> getObjectEvaluation(String key, Value defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'getObjectEvaluation'");
+    }
+
+    static class NestedBlockingEmitter {
+
+        private final Consumer<ProviderEvent> emitProviderEvent;
+        private volatile boolean isReady;
+
+        public NestedBlockingEmitter(Consumer<ProviderEvent> emitProviderEvent) {
+            this.emitProviderEvent = emitProviderEvent;
+        }
+
+        public void init() {
+            // run init outside monitored thread
+            new Thread(() -> {
+                        try {
+                            Thread.sleep(500);
+                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                        }
+
+                        emitProviderEvent.accept(ProviderEvent.PROVIDER_READY);
+                    })
+                    .start();
+        }
+
+        public boolean isReady() {
+            return isReady;
+        }
+
+        public synchronized void setReady() {
+            isReady = true;
+            this.notifyAll();
+        }
+    }
+}