diff --git a/ext/dapr-ext-workflow/dapr/ext/workflow/_durabletask/client.py b/ext/dapr-ext-workflow/dapr/ext/workflow/_durabletask/client.py
index 72fcb2f89..29f77da9f 100644
--- a/ext/dapr-ext-workflow/dapr/ext/workflow/_durabletask/client.py
+++ b/ext/dapr-ext-workflow/dapr/ext/workflow/_durabletask/client.py
@@ -168,10 +168,11 @@ def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
-        try:
-            self.close()
-        finally:
-            return False
+        # close() is best-effort and swallows its own errors, so a plain call is safe here.
+        # Returning False (i.e., not suppressing the original exception) is the same behavior
+        # as the previous try/finally, without the `return in finally` SyntaxWarning on Python 3.14+.
+        self.close()
+        return False
 
     def close(self) -> None:
         """Close the underlying gRPC channel."""