diff --git a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlers.java b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlers.java
index 61bac51f91..bec6b57489 100644
--- a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlers.java
+++ b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlers.java
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -50,6 +47,7 @@ void waitForFutures(Iterable<F> futures)
 
   /** A {@link Base} implementation for Guava {@link ListenableFuture}. */
   public interface Guava<V> extends Base<ListenableFuture<V>, V> {
+    Executor getCallbackExecutor();
 
     @Override
     default void waitForFutures(Iterable<ListenableFuture<V>> futures)
@@ -73,6 +71,15 @@ default ListenableFuture<V> addCallback(
       // Futures#transform doesn't allow onFailure callback while Futures#addCallback doesn't
       // guarantee that callbacks are called before ListenableFuture#get() unblocks
       SettableFuture<V> f = SettableFuture.create();
+      // if executor rejects the callback, we have to fail the future
+      Executor rejectPropagationExecutor =
+          command -> {
+            try {
+              getCallbackExecutor().execute(command);
+            } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+              f.setException(e);
+            }
+          };
       Futures.addCallback(
           future,
           new FutureCallback<V>() {
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
               }
             }
           },
-          MoreExecutors.directExecutor());
+          rejectPropagationExecutor);
 
       return f;
     }
diff --git a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn.java b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn.java
index 462e7084dc..9e9a05aaa1 100644
--- a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn.java
+++ b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import com.spotify.scio.transforms.BaseAsyncLookupDoFn.CacheSupplier;
 import com.spotify.scio.transforms.BaseAsyncLookupDoFn.Try;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SerializableFunction;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ public abstract class GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn<
         Try<Output>>
     implements FutureHandlers.Guava<BatchResponse> {
 
+  private transient Executor executor;
+
   public GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn(
       int batchSize,
       SerializableFunction<List<Input>, BatchRequest> batchRequestFn,
@@ -67,6 +71,14 @@ public GuavaAsyncBatchLookupDoFn(
         cacheSupplier);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Executor getCallbackExecutor() {
+    if (executor == null) {
+      executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    }
+    return executor;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Try<Output> success(Output output) {
     return new Try<>(output);
diff --git a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncDoFn.java b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncDoFn.java
index 1f93e916c3..e6048b11ff 100644
--- a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncDoFn.java
+++ b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncDoFn.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 package com.spotify.scio.transforms;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFn;
 
 /**
@@ -26,4 +28,14 @@
  */
 public abstract class GuavaAsyncDoFn<InputT, OutputT, ResourceT>
     extends BaseAsyncDoFn<InputT, OutputT, ResourceT, ListenableFuture<OutputT>>
-    implements FutureHandlers.Guava<OutputT> {}
+    implements FutureHandlers.Guava<OutputT> {
+  private transient Executor executor;
+
+  @Override
+  public Executor getCallbackExecutor() {
+    if (executor == null) {
+      executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    }
+    return executor;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn.java b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn.java
index 2a84627d7f..83ac092857 100644
--- a/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn.java
+++ b/scio-core/src/main/java/com/spotify/scio/transforms/GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 package com.spotify.scio.transforms;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFn;
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ public abstract class GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn<A, B, C>
     extends BaseAsyncLookupDoFn<A, B, C, ListenableFuture<B>, BaseAsyncLookupDoFn.Try<B>>
     implements FutureHandlers.Guava<B> {
 
+  private transient Executor executor;
+
   /** Create a {@link GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn} instance. */
   public GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn() {
     super();
@@ -75,6 +79,14 @@ public GuavaAsyncLookupDoFn(
     super(maxPendingRequests, deduplicate, cacheSupplier);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Executor getCallbackExecutor() {
+    if (executor == null) {
+      executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    }
+    return executor;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public BaseAsyncLookupDoFn.Try<B> success(B output) {
     return new Try<>(output);
diff --git a/scio-test/src/test/scala/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlersTest.scala b/scio-test/src/test/scala/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlersTest.scala
index 42a60f4516..d07fede7e2 100644
--- a/scio-test/src/test/scala/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlersTest.scala
+++ b/scio-test/src/test/scala/com/spotify/scio/transforms/FutureHandlersTest.scala
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 package com.spotify.scio.transforms
 
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.{ListenableFuture, SettableFuture}
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.{ListenableFuture, MoreExecutors, SettableFuture}
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 
 import java.time.{Duration => JDuration}
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
+import java.util.concurrent.{CompletableFuture, Executor}
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.concurrent._
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 
 class GuavaFutureHandler extends FutureHandlers.Guava[String] {
+  override def getCallbackExecutor: Executor = MoreExecutors.directExecutor()
   override def getTimeout: JDuration = JDuration.ofMillis(500)
 }
 class JavaFutureHandler extends FutureHandlers.Java[String] {