diff --git a/common/autoware_node/CMakeLists.txt b/common/autoware_node/CMakeLists.txt
index 007167fef5..0d5577f336 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/autoware_node/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
     target_include_directories(${TEST_NAME} PRIVATE src/include)
     target_link_libraries(${TEST_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME})
     ament_target_dependencies(${TEST_NAME}
-      rclcpp
-      rclcpp_lifecycle)
+      rclcpp)
   endforeach()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/common/autoware_node/README.md b/common/autoware_node/README.md
index 28e39e54ea..3fe0108183 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/README.md
+++ b/common/autoware_node/README.md
@@ -8,16 +8,7 @@
 
 AN is an `autoware.core` package designed to provide a base class for all future nodes in the
 system.
-It also inherits all lifecycle control capabilities of the base
-class [LifecycleNode](https://docs.ros2.org/latest/api/rclcpp_lifecycle/classrclcpp__lifecycle_1_1LifecycleNode.html)
 
 ## Usage
 
 Check the [autoware_test_node](../../demos/autoware_test_node/README.md) package for an example of how to use `autoware::Node`.
-
-## Design
-
-### Lifecycle
-
-AN inherits from ROS 2 [rclcpp_lifecycle::LifecycleNode](https://design.ros2.org/articles/node_lifecycle.html) and has
-all the basic functions of it.
diff --git a/common/autoware_node/include/autoware/node/node.hpp b/common/autoware_node/include/autoware/node/node.hpp
index 4531bf48c7..369e39b6b1 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/include/autoware/node/node.hpp
+++ b/common/autoware_node/include/autoware/node/node.hpp
@@ -17,24 +17,19 @@
 
 #include "autoware/node/visibility_control.hpp"
 
-#include <rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp>
+#include <rclcpp/node.hpp>
 
 #include <string>
 
 namespace autoware::node
 {
-using CallbackReturn = rclcpp_lifecycle::node_interfaces::LifecycleNodeInterface::CallbackReturn;
-
-class Node : public rclcpp_lifecycle::LifecycleNode
+class Node : public rclcpp::Node
 {
 public:
   AUTOWARE_NODE_PUBLIC
   explicit Node(
     const std::string & node_name, const std::string & ns = "",
     const rclcpp::NodeOptions & options = rclcpp::NodeOptions());
-
-protected:
-  CallbackReturn on_shutdown(const rclcpp_lifecycle::State & state) override;
 };
 }  // namespace autoware::node
 
diff --git a/common/autoware_node/package.xml b/common/autoware_node/package.xml
index 8a328c0105..19eb4a0273 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/package.xml
+++ b/common/autoware_node/package.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <name>autoware_node</name>
   <version>0.2.0</version>
   <description>Autoware Node is an Autoware.Core package designed to provide a base class for all nodes in the system.</description>
-  <maintainer email="mfc@autoware.org">M. Fatih Cırıt</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="mfc@autoware.org">Mete Fatih Cırıt</maintainer>
   <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake_auto</buildtool_depend>
   <buildtool_depend>autoware_cmake</buildtool_depend>
 
-  <depend>rclcpp_lifecycle</depend>
+  <depend>rclcpp</depend>
 
   <test_depend>ament_cmake_ros</test_depend>
   <test_depend>autoware_lint_common</test_depend>
diff --git a/common/autoware_node/src/node.cpp b/common/autoware_node/src/node.cpp
index 385d3731d0..d02341fcbe 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/src/node.cpp
+++ b/common/autoware_node/src/node.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #include <autoware/node/node.hpp>
-#include <rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp>
+#include <rclcpp/node.hpp>
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -21,18 +21,10 @@ namespace autoware::node
 {
 Node::Node(
   const std::string & node_name, const std::string & ns, const rclcpp::NodeOptions & options)
-: LifecycleNode(node_name, ns, options)
+: rclcpp::Node(node_name, ns, options)
 {
   RCLCPP_DEBUG(
     get_logger(), "Node %s constructor was called.",
     get_node_base_interface()->get_fully_qualified_name());
 }
-
-CallbackReturn Node::on_shutdown(const rclcpp_lifecycle::State & state)
-{
-  RCLCPP_DEBUG(
-    get_logger(), "Node %s shutdown was called with state %s.",
-    get_node_base_interface()->get_fully_qualified_name(), state.label().c_str());
-  return CallbackReturn::SUCCESS;
-}
 }  // namespace autoware::node
diff --git a/common/autoware_node/test/test_an_init_shutdown.cpp b/common/autoware_node/test/test_an_init_shutdown.cpp
index 1224c17c92..01fd5127fe 100644
--- a/common/autoware_node/test/test_an_init_shutdown.cpp
+++ b/common/autoware_node/test/test_an_init_shutdown.cpp
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
 #include <autoware/node/node.hpp>
 #include <rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp>
 
-#include <lifecycle_msgs/msg/state.hpp>
-
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <string>
 
 class AutowareNodeInitShutdown : public ::testing::Test
 {
@@ -31,30 +30,44 @@ class AutowareNodeInitShutdown : public ::testing::Test
   rclcpp::NodeOptions node_options_an_;
 };
 
+// Helper function to wait until the executor starts spinning with a timeout.
+bool wait_for_executor_spinning(
+  const std::shared_ptr<rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor> & executor,
+  std::chrono::milliseconds timeout)
+{
+  auto start_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  while (!executor->is_spinning()) {
+    if (std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - start_time > timeout) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1));
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 TEST_F(AutowareNodeInitShutdown, NodeInitShutdown)
 {
-  autoware::node::Node::SharedPtr autoware_node =
-    std::make_shared<autoware::node::Node>("test_node", "test_ns", node_options_an_);
+  const std::string node_name = "test_node";
+  const std::string node_ns = "test_ns";
+
+  auto autoware_node = std::make_shared<autoware::node::Node>(node_name, node_ns, node_options_an_);
 
   auto executor = std::make_shared<rclcpp::executors::SingleThreadedExecutor>();
   executor->add_node(autoware_node->get_node_base_interface());
 
-  std::thread thread_spin = std::thread([&executor]() { executor->spin(); });
-
-  ASSERT_EQ(
-    autoware_node->get_current_state().id(),
-    lifecycle_msgs::msg::State::PRIMARY_STATE_UNCONFIGURED);
+  // Start the executor in a separate thread.
+  std::thread executor_thread([executor]() { executor->spin(); });
 
-  auto state = autoware_node->shutdown();
+  ASSERT_EQ(autoware_node->get_fully_qualified_name(), "/" + node_ns + "/" + node_name);
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(state.id(), lifecycle_msgs::msg::State::PRIMARY_STATE_FINALIZED);
+  // Wait until the executor starts spinning (timeout after 2 seconds).
+  ASSERT_TRUE(wait_for_executor_spinning(executor, std::chrono::milliseconds(2000)))
+    << "Executor did not start spinning within the expected timeout.";
 
-  // wait until executor is spinning
-  while (!executor->is_spinning()) {
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1));
-  }
-  executor->cancel();  // make sure cancel is called after spin
-  if (thread_spin.joinable()) {
-    thread_spin.join();
+  executor->cancel();
+  if (executor_thread.joinable()) {
+    executor_thread.join();
   }
+
+  ASSERT_FALSE(executor->is_spinning());
 }
diff --git a/demos/autoware_test_node/README.md b/demos/autoware_test_node/README.md
index 91a07cd710..1d1f5bf856 100644
--- a/demos/autoware_test_node/README.md
+++ b/demos/autoware_test_node/README.md
@@ -7,47 +7,3 @@ This package contains a simple example of how to use `autoware::Node`.
 ```bash
 ros2 launch autoware_test_node autoware_test_node.launch.xml
 ```
-
-### Lifecycle control
-
-Information on Lifecycle nodes can be found [here](https://design.ros2.org/articles/node_lifecycle.html).
-
-Output a list of nodes with lifecycle:
-
-```console
-$ ros2 lifecycle nodes
-/test_ns1/test_node1
-```
-
-Get the current state of a node:
-
-```console
-$ ros2 lifecycle get /test_ns1/test_node1
-unconfigured [1]
-```
-
-List the available transitions for the node:
-
-```console
-$ ros2 lifecycle list /test_ns1/test_node1
-- configure [1]
- Start: unconfigured
- Goal: configuring
-- shutdown [5]
- Start: unconfigured
- Goal: shuttingdown
-```
-
-Shutdown the node:
-
-```console
-$ ros2 lifecycle set /test_ns1/test_node1 shutdown
-Transitioning successful
-```
-
-```console
-$ ros2 lifecycle get /test_ns1/test_node1
-finalized [4]
-```
-
-The node will remain alive in the `finalized` state until it is killed by the user.
diff --git a/demos/autoware_test_node/package.xml b/demos/autoware_test_node/package.xml
index ccf92468ab..8e573f435c 100644
--- a/demos/autoware_test_node/package.xml
+++ b/demos/autoware_test_node/package.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <name>autoware_test_node</name>
   <version>0.2.0</version>
   <description>Test package for Autoware Node.</description>
-  <maintainer email="mfc@autoware.org">M. Fatih Cırıt</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="mfc@autoware.org">Mete Fatih Cırıt</maintainer>
   <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake_auto</buildtool_depend>
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   <depend>autoware_node</depend>
   <depend>rclcpp</depend>
   <depend>rclcpp_components</depend>
-  <depend>rclcpp_lifecycle</depend>
 
   <export>
     <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
diff --git a/demos/autoware_test_node/src/include/test_node.hpp b/demos/autoware_test_node/src/include/test_node.hpp
index 027171d2d8..03d2f31d49 100644
--- a/demos/autoware_test_node/src/include/test_node.hpp
+++ b/demos/autoware_test_node/src/include/test_node.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #define TEST_NODE_HPP_
 
 #include <autoware/node/node.hpp>
-#include <rclcpp_lifecycle/lifecycle_node.hpp>
 
 namespace autoware::test_node
 {