diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
index 6ee2ce626e4567f..c03187de85a91c2 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ def __init__(self, exc, tb):
         tb = traceback.format_exception(type(exc), exc, tb)
         tb = ''.join(tb)
         self.exc = exc
+        # Traceback object needs to be garbage-collected as its frames
+        # contain references to all the objects in the exception scope
+        self.exc.__traceback__ = None
         self.tb = '\n"""\n%s"""' % tb
     def __reduce__(self):
         return _rebuild_exc, (self.exc, self.tb)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-18-20-09-29.bpo-46787.juwWc0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-18-20-09-29.bpo-46787.juwWc0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..cf167ff48115b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-18-20-09-29.bpo-46787.juwWc0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :class:`concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor` exception memory leak