diff --git a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/inbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/inbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
index be233487be5..d9b3ce87ac2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/inbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/inbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  *
  * It is recommended to have the {@link MqttConnectionOptions#setAutomaticReconnect(boolean)}
  * set to true to let an internal {@link IMqttAsyncClient} instance to handle reconnects.
- * Otherwise, the manual restart of this component can only handle reconnects, e.g. via
+ * Otherwise, only the manual restart of this component can handle reconnects, e.g. via
  * {@link MqttConnectionFailedEvent} handling on disconnection.
  *
  * See {@link #setPayloadType} for more information about type conversion.
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ protected void doStop() {
 		String[] topics = getTopic();
 		try {
 			this.mqttClient.unsubscribe(topics).waitForCompletion(getCompletionTimeout());
+			this.mqttClient.disconnect().waitForCompletion(getCompletionTimeout());
 		}
 		catch (MqttException ex) {
 			logger.error(ex, () -> "Error unsubscribing from " + Arrays.toString(topics));
@@ -199,6 +200,17 @@ protected void doStop() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void destroy() {
+		super.destroy();
+		try {
+			this.mqttClient.close(true);
+		}
+		catch (MqttException ex) {
+			logger.error(ex, "Failed to close 'MqttAsyncClient'");
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void addTopic(String topic, int qos) {
 		this.topicLock.lock();
diff --git a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/outbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/outbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageHandler.java
index 2eb23d67b6a..10318d98c50 100644
--- a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/outbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/outbound/Mqttv5PahoMessageHandler.java
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 /**
  * The {@link AbstractMqttMessageHandler} implementation for MQTT v5.
  *
+ * It is recommended to have the {@link MqttConnectionOptions#setAutomaticReconnect(boolean)}
+ * set to true to let an internal {@link IMqttAsyncClient} instance to handle reconnects.
+ * Otherwise, only the manual restart of this component can handle reconnects, e.g. via
+ * {@link MqttConnectionFailedEvent} handling on disconnection.
+ *
+ *
  * @author Artem Bilan
  *
  * @since 5.5.5
@@ -159,7 +165,11 @@ protected void doStart() {
 			this.mqttClient.connect(this.connectionOptions).waitForCompletion(getCompletionTimeout());
 		}
 		catch (MqttException ex) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot connect 'MqttAsyncClient' for: " + getComponentName(), ex);
+			ApplicationEventPublisher applicationEventPublisher = getApplicationEventPublisher();
+			if (applicationEventPublisher != null) {
+				applicationEventPublisher.publishEvent(new MqttConnectionFailedEvent(this, ex));
+			}
+			logger.error(ex, "MQTT client failed to connect. Will retry if 'ConnectionOptions.isAutomaticReconnect()'.");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ protected void doStop() {
 	public void destroy() {
 		super.destroy();
 		try {
-			this.mqttClient.close();
+			this.mqttClient.close(true);
 		}
 		catch (MqttException ex) {
 			logger.error(ex, "Failed to close 'MqttAsyncClient'");
diff --git a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/Mqttv5BackToBackTests.java b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/Mqttv5BackToBackTests.java
index 6cd1b1e9e02..1fc4a34e763 100644
--- a/spring-integration-mqtt/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/Mqttv5BackToBackTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-mqtt/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mqtt/Mqttv5BackToBackTests.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Artem Bilan
  *
- * @since 4.0
+ * @since 5.5.5
  *
  */
 @SpringJUnitConfig
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ public IntegrationFlow mqttInFlow() {
 			messageProducer.setMessageConverter(mqttStringToBytesConverter());
 			messageProducer.setManualAcks(true);
 
-			return IntegrationFlows.from(
-							messageProducer)
+			return IntegrationFlows.from(messageProducer)
 					.channel(c -> c.queue("fromMqttChannel"))
 					.get();
 		}
diff --git a/src/reference/asciidoc/mqtt.adoc b/src/reference/asciidoc/mqtt.adoc
index e250a9ef8f1..77c5749b080 100644
--- a/src/reference/asciidoc/mqtt.adoc
+++ b/src/reference/asciidoc/mqtt.adoc
@@ -494,4 +494,7 @@ public IntegrationFlow mqttInFlow() {
 
 IMPORTANT: The `org.springframework.integration.mqtt.support.MqttMessageConverter` cannot be used with the `Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter` since its contract is aimed only for the MQTT v3 protocol.
 
-See more information in the `Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter` javadocs and its superclass.
\ No newline at end of file
+See more information in the `Mqttv5PahoMessageDrivenChannelAdapter` javadocs and its superclass.
+
+IMPORTANT: It is recommended to have the `MqttConnectionOptions#setAutomaticReconnect(boolean)` set to true to let an internal `IMqttAsyncClient` instance to handle reconnects.
+Otherwise, only the manual restart of these channel adapters can handle reconnects, e.g. via `MqttConnectionFailedEvent` handling on disconnection.
\ No newline at end of file