diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 11b889b3..45f5c5a6 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ type DMap interface {
 	// Redis client has retransmission logic in case of timeouts, pipeline
 	// can be retransmitted and commands can be executed more than once.
 	Pipeline(opts ...PipelineOption) (*DMapPipeline, error)
+
+	// Close stops background routines and frees allocated resources.
+	Close(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
 // PipelineOption is a function for defining options to control behavior of the Pipeline command.
diff --git a/cluster_client.go b/cluster_client.go
index 288b77f4..b7412a63 100644
--- a/cluster_client.go
+++ b/cluster_client.go
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ func (dm *ClusterDMap) LockWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, key string, timeout,
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// Close stops background routines and frees allocated resources.
+func (dm *ClusterDMap) Close(_ context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Unlock releases the distributed lock associated with the current context by using the provided context for execution.
 func (c *ClusterLockContext) Unlock(ctx context.Context) error {
 	rc, err := c.dm.clusterClient.smartPick(c.dm.name, c.key)
@@ -750,7 +755,7 @@ func WithRoutingTableFetchInterval(interval time.Duration) ClusterClientOption {
 // fetchRoutingTable updates the cluster routing table by fetching the latest version from the cluster.
 // It initializes the partition count if it's the first invocation. Returns an error if fetching fails.
 func (cl *ClusterClient) fetchRoutingTable() error {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(cl.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	routingTable, err := cl.RoutingTable(ctx)
diff --git a/embedded_client.go b/embedded_client.go
index cc7e75a5..a4638566 100644
--- a/embedded_client.go
+++ b/embedded_client.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (e *EmbeddedClient) RefreshMetadata(_ context.Context) error {
 // * Count
 // * Match
 func (dm *EmbeddedDMap) Scan(ctx context.Context, options ...ScanOption) (Iterator, error) {
-	cc, err := NewClusterClient([]string{dm.client.db.rt.This().String()})
+	cc, err := dm.setOrGetClusterClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -280,6 +280,18 @@ func (dm *EmbeddedDMap) Put(ctx context.Context, key string, value interface{},
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Close stops background routines and frees allocated resources.
+func (dm *EmbeddedDMap) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
+	dm.mtx.RLock()
+	clusterClient := dm.clusterClient
+	dm.mtx.RUnlock()
+
+	if clusterClient != nil {
+		return dm.clusterClient.Close(ctx)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (e *EmbeddedClient) NewDMap(name string, options ...DMapOption) (DMap, error) {
 	dm, err := e.db.dmap.NewDMap(name)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/embedded_client_test.go b/embedded_client_test.go
index fd7d8f58..60a8cc11 100644
--- a/embedded_client_test.go
+++ b/embedded_client_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package olric
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -639,3 +640,62 @@ func TestEmbeddedClient_DMap_Put_PX_With_NX(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotZero(t, gr.TTL())
 }
+
+func TestEmbeddedClient_Issue263(t *testing.T) {
+	initNumRoutines := runtime.NumGoroutine()
+
+	cluster := newTestOlricCluster(t)
+	db := cluster.addMember(t)
+
+	e := db.NewEmbeddedClient()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	dm, err := e.NewDMap("mydmap")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create N key-value pairs:
+	const N = 100
+	for i := range N {
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("key-%d", i)
+		value := fmt.Sprintf("value-%d", i)
+		err := dm.Put(ctx, key, value)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	// Iterate M times over N keys:
+	const M = 100
+	for range M {
+		iter, err := dm.Scan(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		for iter.Next() {
+			// Do nothing
+		}
+		iter.Close()
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, dm.Close(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, e.Close(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, db.Shutdown(ctx))
+
+	cancel()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, initNumRoutines, runtime.NumGoroutine())
+
+	runtime.GC()
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+	s := runtime.MemStats{}
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&s)
+
+	const (
+		KB = 1 << 10
+		MB = KB << 10
+	)
+
+	buf := make([]byte, MB)
+	stackSize := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+
+	t.Logf("Non-freed objects: %d\n", s.Mallocs-s.Frees)
+	t.Logf("Mem in use (KB): %d\n", s.HeapAlloc/KB)
+	t.Logf("Go-routines remained: %d\n", runtime.NumGoroutine())
+	t.Logf("Stack traces:\n%s\n", buf[:stackSize])
+}