diff --git a/debian/rabbitmq-server.service b/debian/rabbitmq-server.service
index faa73c1..61235e4 100644
--- a/debian/rabbitmq-server.service
+++ b/debian/rabbitmq-server.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SyslogIdentifier=rabbitmq
 LimitNOFILE=65536
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server
 ExecStartPost=/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-server-wait
-ExecStop=/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl stop
+ExecStop=/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl shutdown
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target