diff --git a/components/engine/pkg/progress/progress.go b/components/engine/pkg/progress/progress.go
index 9aea591954..32300914eb 100644
--- a/components/engine/pkg/progress/progress.go
+++ b/components/engine/pkg/progress/progress.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ type Output interface {
 type chanOutput chan<- Progress
 
 func (out chanOutput) WriteProgress(p Progress) error {
+	// FIXME: workaround for panic in #37735
+	defer func() {
+		recover()
+	}()
 	out <- p
 	return nil
 }