diff --git a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
index 744fe705cb70e..b8fbce819041d 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/src/airflow/providers/smtp/hooks/smtp.py
@@ -82,11 +82,17 @@ async def __aenter__(self) -> SmtpHook:
         return await self.aget_conn()
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        self._smtp_client.close()
+        try:
+            self._smtp_client.close()
+        finally:
+            self._smtp_client = None
 
     async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         if self._smtp_client:
-            await self._smtp_client.quit()
+            try:
+                await self._smtp_client.quit()
+            finally:
+                self._smtp_client = None
 
     def _setup_oauth2(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
         """
diff --git a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/hooks/test_smtp.py b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/hooks/test_smtp.py
index e3a3f557f70ea..cab96aeaed9c4 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/hooks/test_smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/hooks/test_smtp.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import smtplib
 import ssl
 import tempfile
+from contextlib import nullcontext
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock, call, patch
@@ -83,6 +84,27 @@ def _create_fake_smtp(mock_smtplib, use_ssl=True):
 
 
 class TestSmtpHook:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("close_fails", [False, True])
+    @patch("smtplib.SMTP_SSL", autospec=True)
+    def test_reconnect_after_context_exit(self, mock_smtp_ssl, close_fails):
+        clients = [mock.create_autospec(smtplib.SMTP, instance=True) for _ in range(2)]
+        mock_smtp_ssl.side_effect = clients
+        if close_fails:
+            clients[0].close.side_effect = OSError("Close failed")
+        hook = SmtpHook()
+
+        with pytest.raises(OSError, match="Close failed") if close_fails else nullcontext():
+            with hook:
+                hook.send_email_smtp(to=TO_EMAIL, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+
+        with hook:
+            hook.send_email_smtp(to=TO_EMAIL, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+
+        assert mock_smtp_ssl.call_count == 2
+        for client in clients:
+            client.sendmail.assert_called_once()
+            client.close.assert_called_once()
+
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def setup_connections(self, create_connection_without_db):
         create_connection_without_db(
@@ -610,6 +632,26 @@ def test_test_connection_handles_noop_responses(self, mock_smtplib, noop_respons
 class TestSmtpHookAsync:
     """Tests for async functionality in SmtpHook."""
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("quit_fails", [False, True])
+    async def test_reconnect_after_context_exit(self, mock_get_connection, mocker, quit_fails):
+        clients = [self._create_fake_async_smtp(Mock()) for _ in range(2)]
+        mock_smtp = mocker.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.hooks.smtp.aiosmtplib.SMTP", side_effect=clients)
+        if quit_fails:
+            clients[0].quit.side_effect = OSError("Quit failed")
+        hook = SmtpHook()
+
+        with pytest.raises(OSError, match="Quit failed") if quit_fails else nullcontext():
+            async with hook:
+                await hook.asend_email_smtp(to=TO_EMAIL, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+
+        async with hook:
+            await hook.asend_email_smtp(to=TO_EMAIL, subject=TEST_SUBJECT, html_content=TEST_BODY)
+
+        assert mock_smtp.call_count == 2
+        for client in clients:
+            client.sendmail.assert_awaited_once()
+            client.quit.assert_awaited_once()
+
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def setup_connections(self, create_connection_without_db):
         create_connection_without_db(
diff --git a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
index 4a5904405f146..02e8734539c44 100644
--- a/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
+++ b/providers/smtp/tests/unit/smtp/notifications/test_smtp.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
+import smtplib
 import tempfile
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from unittest import mock
@@ -94,6 +96,31 @@ def rendered(self) -> str:
 
 
 class TestSmtpNotifier:
+    @mock.patch("smtplib.SMTP_SSL", autospec=True)
+    def test_repeated_notifications_reconnect(self, mock_smtp_ssl, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv(
+            f"AIRFLOW_CONN_{SMTP_CONN_ID.upper()}",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "conn_type": "smtp",
+                    "host": "smtp.example.com",
+                    "port": 465,
+                    "extra": {"disable_tls": True},
+                }
+            ),
+        )
+        clients = [mock.create_autospec(smtplib.SMTP, instance=True) for _ in range(2)]
+        mock_smtp_ssl.side_effect = clients
+        notifier = SmtpNotifier(**NOTIFIER_DEFAULT_PARAMS)
+
+        notifier.notify({})
+        notifier.notify({})
+
+        assert mock_smtp_ssl.call_count == 2
+        for client in clients:
+            client.sendmail.assert_called_once()
+            client.close.assert_called_once()
+
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.smtp.notifications.smtp.SmtpHook")
     def test_notifier(_self, mock_smtphook_hook, create_dag_without_db):
         notifier = send_smtp_notification(**NOTIFIER_DEFAULT_PARAMS)