diff --git a/debian/ngcp-sems.service b/debian/ngcp-sems.service
index 2b13f40e..32b63cb0 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-sems.service
+++ b/debian/ngcp-sems.service
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PassEnvironment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 PIDFile=/run/ngcp-sems/ngcp-sems.pid
 Restart=always
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ngcp-sems -u sems -g sems -P /run/ngcp-sems/ngcp-sems.pid -f /etc/ngcp-sems/sems.conf
-KillSignal=SIGKILL
+KillSignal=SIGTERM
 SuccessExitStatus=SIGKILL
 TimeoutStopSec=10
 LimitNOFILE=100000