diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/GpuTimeZoneDB.java b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/GpuTimeZoneDB.java
index 0eb56100e4..b63a9dc282 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/GpuTimeZoneDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/jni/GpuTimeZoneDB.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
   public static void shutdown() {
     if (instance.isLoaded()) {
       instance.close();
+      // Recreate a new instance to reload the database if necessary
+      instance = new GpuTimeZoneDB();
     }
   }