diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Aggregation.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Aggregation.java
index c07a58ed8a5..42fa871abeb 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Aggregation.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Aggregation.java
@@ -396,7 +396,16 @@ private HostUDFAggregation(HostUDFWrapper wrapper) {
 
         @Override
         long createNativeInstance() {
-            return Aggregation.createHostUDFAgg(wrapper.udfNativeHandle);
+            long udf = 0;
+            try {
+                udf = wrapper.createUDFInstance();
+                return Aggregation.createHostUDFAgg(udf);
+            } finally {
+                // a new UDF is cloned in `createHostUDFAgg`, here should close the UDF instance.
+                if (udf != 0) {
+                    HostUDFWrapper.closeUDFInstance(udf);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostUDFWrapper.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostUDFWrapper.java
index 124f2c99188..0bd3ccad0d3 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostUDFWrapper.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostUDFWrapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,18 +19,56 @@
 /**
  * A wrapper around native host UDF aggregations.
  * <p>
- * This class is used to store the native handle of a host UDF aggregation and is used as
+ * This class is used to create the native handle of a host UDF aggregation and is used as
  * a proxy object to compute hash code and compare two host UDF aggregations for equality.
  * <p>
  * A new host UDF aggregation implementation must extend this class and override the
- * {@code hashCode} and {@code equals} methods for such purposes.
- * In addition, since this class implements {@code AutoCloseable}, the {@code close} method must
- * also be overridden to automatically delete the native UDF instance upon class destruction.
+ * {@code computeHashCode} and {@code isEqual} methods for such purposes.
+ *
  */
-public abstract class HostUDFWrapper implements AutoCloseable {
-  public final long udfNativeHandle;
+public abstract class HostUDFWrapper {
+
+  /**
+   * Create a derived host UDF native instance.
+   * The instance created by this function MUST be closed by `closeUDFInstance`
+   * <p>Typical usage, refer to Aggregation.java:</p>
+   * <pre>
+   * long udf = 0;
+   * try {
+   *     udf = wrapper.createUDFInstance();
+   *     return Aggregation.createHostUDFAgg(udf);
+   * } finally {
+   *     // a new UDF is cloned in `createHostUDFAgg`, here should close the UDF instance.
+   *     if (udf != 0) {
+   *         HostUDFWrapper.closeUDFInstance(udf);
+   *     }
+   * }
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   */
+  public abstract long createUDFInstance();
+
+  /**
+  * Close the derived UDF instance created by `createUDFInstance`.
+  * @param hostUDFInstance the UDF instance
+  */
+  public static void closeUDFInstance(long hostUDFInstance) {
+    close(hostUDFInstance);
+  }
+
+  public abstract int computeHashCode();
 
-  public HostUDFWrapper(long udfNativeHandle) {
-    this.udfNativeHandle = udfNativeHandle;
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+      return computeHashCode();
   }
+
+  public abstract boolean isEqual(Object obj);
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      return isEqual(obj);
+  }
+
+  static native void close(long hostUDFInstance);
 }
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
index bd1714aa476..3923d8b45e3 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/java/src/main/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ add_library(
   src/DataSourceHelperJni.cpp
   src/HashJoinJni.cpp
   src/HostMemoryBufferNativeUtilsJni.cpp
+  src/HostUDFWrapperJni.cpp
   src/NvcompJni.cpp
   src/NvtxRangeJni.cpp
   src/NvtxUniqueRangeJni.cpp
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/HostUDFWrapperJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/HostUDFWrapperJni.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dd1b483fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/HostUDFWrapperJni.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "cudf_jni_apis.hpp"
+
+#include <cudf/aggregation/host_udf.hpp>
+
+extern "C" {
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_HostUDFWrapper_close(JNIEnv* env,
+                                                                jclass class_object,
+                                                                jlong ptr)
+{
+  try {
+    auto to_del = reinterpret_cast<cudf::host_udf_base*>(ptr);
+    delete to_del;
+  }
+  CATCH_STD(env, );
+}
+
+}  // extern "C"