diff --git a/.changelog/24991.txt b/.changelog/24991.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e9a190a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/24991.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+docker: Fixed a bug that prevented image_pull_timeout from being applied
+```
diff --git a/drivers/docker/coordinator.go b/drivers/docker/coordinator.go
index 6f013775a..d0a1b38c0 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/coordinator.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/coordinator.go
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ func newPullFuture() *pullFuture {
 	}
 }
 
-// wait waits till the future has a result
-func (p *pullFuture) wait() *pullFuture {
-	<-p.waitCh
+// wait waits till the future has a result or the context is canceled
+func (p *pullFuture) wait(ctx context.Context) *pullFuture {
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		p.err = fmt.Errorf("wait aborted: %w", ctx.Err())
+	case <-p.waitCh:
+		// all good
+	}
 	return p
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ func noopLogEventFn(string, map[string]string) {}
 
 // dockerCoordinatorConfig is used to configure the Docker coordinator.
 type dockerCoordinatorConfig struct {
+	// ctx should be the driver context to handle shutdowns
 	ctx context.Context
 
 	// logger is the logger the coordinator should use
@@ -153,10 +159,11 @@ func (d *dockerCoordinator) PullImage(image string, authOptions *registry.AuthCo
 		d.pullFutures[image] = future
 		go d.pullImageImpl(image, authOptions, pullTimeout, pullActivityTimeout, future)
 	}
+	// We unlock while we wait since this can take a while
 	d.imageLock.Unlock()
 
-	// We unlock while we wait since this can take a while
-	id, user, err := future.wait().result()
+	// passing driver context here to stop waiting at driver shutdown
+	id, user, err := future.wait(d.ctx).result()
 
 	d.imageLock.Lock()
 	defer d.imageLock.Unlock()
@@ -182,7 +189,8 @@ func (d *dockerCoordinator) pullImageImpl(imageID string, authOptions *registry.
 	defer d.clearPullLogger(imageID)
 	// Parse the repo and tag
 	repo, tag := parseDockerImage(imageID)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), pullTimeout)
+
+	pullCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(d.ctx, pullTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	pm := newImageProgressManager(imageID, cancel, pullActivityTimeout, d.handlePullInactivity,
@@ -196,11 +204,11 @@ func (d *dockerCoordinator) pullImageImpl(imageID string, authOptions *registry.
 	}
 
 	pullOptions := image.PullOptions{RegistryAuth: auth.Auth}
-	reader, err := d.client.ImagePull(d.ctx, dockerImageRef(repo, tag), pullOptions)
+	reader, err := d.client.ImagePull(pullCtx, dockerImageRef(repo, tag), pullOptions)
 
-	if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+	if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 		d.logger.Error("timeout pulling container", "image_ref", dockerImageRef(repo, tag))
-		future.set("", "", recoverablePullError(ctx.Err(), imageID))
+		future.set("", "", recoverablePullError(err, imageID))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/docker/coordinator_test.go b/drivers/docker/coordinator_test.go
index 92f6843af..850d1d0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/coordinator_test.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/coordinator_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ func newMockImageClient(idToName map[string]string, pullDelay time.Duration) *mo
 }
 
 func (m *mockImageClient) ImagePull(ctx context.Context, refStr string, opts image.PullOptions) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	time.Sleep(m.pullDelay)
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mockImageClient.ImagePull aborted: %w", ctx.Err())
+	case <-time.After(m.pullDelay):
+	}
 	m.lock.Lock()
 	defer m.lock.Unlock()
 	m.pulled[refStr]++
@@ -361,11 +365,73 @@ func TestDockerCoordinator_PullImage_ProgressError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	coordinator := newDockerCoordinator(config)
 
-	// this error should get set() on the future by pullImageImpl(),
-	// then returned by PullImage()
 	readErr := errors.New("a bad bad thing happened")
 	mock.pullReader = &readErrorer{readErr: readErr}
 
 	_, _, err := coordinator.PullImage("foo", nil, uuid.Generate(), nil, timeout, timeout)
 	must.ErrorIs(t, err, readErr)
 }
+
+func TestDockerCoordinator_PullImage_Timeouts(t *testing.T) {
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name          string
+		driverTimeout time.Duration // used in driver context to simulate driver/agent shutdown
+		pullTimeout   time.Duration // user provided `image_pull_timeout`
+		pullDelay     time.Duration // mock delay - how long it "actually" takes to pull the image
+		expectErr     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "pull completes",
+			pullDelay:     10 * time.Millisecond,
+			pullTimeout:   200 * time.Millisecond,
+			driverTimeout: 400 * time.Millisecond,
+			expectErr:     "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "pull timeout",
+			pullDelay:     400 * time.Millisecond,
+			pullTimeout:   10 * time.Millisecond,
+			driverTimeout: 200 * time.Millisecond,
+			expectErr:     "mockImageClient.ImagePull aborted",
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "driver shutdown",
+			pullDelay:     400 * time.Millisecond,
+			pullTimeout:   200 * time.Millisecond,
+			driverTimeout: 10 * time.Millisecond,
+			expectErr:     "wait aborted",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			driverCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), tc.driverTimeout)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			mapping := map[string]string{"foo:v1": "foo"}
+			mock := newMockImageClient(mapping, tc.pullDelay)
+			config := &dockerCoordinatorConfig{
+				ctx:         driverCtx,
+				logger:      testlog.HCLogger(t),
+				cleanup:     true,
+				client:      mock,
+				removeDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+			}
+			coordinator := newDockerCoordinator(config)
+			progressTimeout := 10 * time.Millisecond // does not apply here
+
+			id, _, err := coordinator.PullImage("foo:v1", nil, uuid.Generate(), nil,
+				tc.pullTimeout, progressTimeout)
+
+			if tc.expectErr == "" {
+				must.NoError(t, err)
+				must.Eq(t, "foo", id)
+			} else {
+				must.ErrorIs(t, err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
+				must.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.expectErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}