diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f3364ccf..08a282f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0 h1:GlRw1BRJxkpqUCBKzKOw098ed57fEsKeNjpTe3cSjK4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0/go.mod h1:YZ7TlrGPkiz6ku9fK3TLD/pl3CpsiFyu8N92HLgmosI=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.0 h1:WOcxcdHcvdgThNXjw0t76K42FXTU7HpNQWHpA2HHNlg=
diff --git a/pkg/lockfile/lockfile.go b/pkg/lockfile/lockfile.go
index 643fbe58..0ea225e5 100644
--- a/pkg/lockfile/lockfile.go
+++ b/pkg/lockfile/lockfile.go
@@ -55,13 +55,27 @@ func Write(dirPath string, displayer loghelper.Displayer) func() {
 	})
 }
 
-func CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(clean func()) {
+// the returned function may be used to avoid goroutine leak
+// (also avoid conflicting behavior with versionmanager/proxy.transmitIncreasingSignal).
+func CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(clean func()) func() {
 	signalChan := make(chan os.Signal)
+	endChan := make(chan struct{})
 	signal.Notify(signalChan, os.Interrupt)
 	go func() {
-		for range signalChan {
-			clean()
-			os.Exit(1)
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-signalChan:
+				clean()
+				os.Exit(1)
+			case <-endChan:
+				signal.Stop(signalChan)
+
+				break
+			}
 		}
 	}()
+
+	return sync.OnceFunc(func() { //nolint
+		endChan <- struct{}{}
+	})
 }
diff --git a/versionmanager/manager.go b/versionmanager/manager.go
index 26f25ab0..ca39e93f 100644
--- a/versionmanager/manager.go
+++ b/versionmanager/manager.go
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ func (m VersionManager) Uninstall(requestedVersion string) error {
 	}
 
 	deleteLock := lockfile.Write(installPath, m.conf.Displayer)
-	lockfile.CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(deleteLock)
+	disableExit := lockfile.CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(deleteLock)
+	defer disableExit()
 	defer deleteLock()
 
 	cleanedVersion := parsedVersion.String()
@@ -333,7 +334,8 @@ func (m VersionManager) installSpecificVersion(version string, proxyCall bool) e
 	}
 
 	deleteLock := lockfile.Write(installPath, m.conf.Displayer)
-	lockfile.CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(deleteLock)
+	disableExit := lockfile.CleanAndExitOnInterrupt(deleteLock)
+	defer disableExit()
 	defer deleteLock()
 
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(installPath)