diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ddfd182..13eec73 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/chia-network/chia-exporter
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.16.1
+	github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.17.0
 	github.com/chia-network/go-modules v0.0.8
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1
 	github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang v1.13.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1210e41..5b8069c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
-github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.16.1 h1:oMOfvGodh7aCXX0xGFGU6NtmC+u/bz5BUptUbirH1jI=
-github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.16.1/go.mod h1:npTqaFSjTdMxE7hc0LOmWJmWGqcs+IERarK5fDxXk/I=
+github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.17.0 h1:MwzUxprIDyKNWTbac32BGc8G2p6FH8erbaug64xXl8c=
+github.com/chia-network/go-chia-libs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:npTqaFSjTdMxE7hc0LOmWJmWGqcs+IERarK5fDxXk/I=
 github.com/chia-network/go-modules v0.0.8 h1:VATMxehRISOhaRwPo/GL735IKWW0G7sUYH2OmBofsfE=
 github.com/chia-network/go-modules v0.0.8/go.mod h1:OdvlWftyJc3+i3QYv5cfQsiQASL7Em7fJnzdmPmj07M=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index cd796d8..ac8916b 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ func NewMetrics(port uint16, logLevel log.Level, version string) (*Metrics, erro
 }
 
 func (m *Metrics) setNewClient() error {
+	if m.client != nil {
+		err := m.client.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("Error closing old client", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
 	client, err := rpc.NewClient(rpc.ConnectionModeWebsocket, rpc.WithAutoConfig(), rpc.WithBaseURL(&url.URL{
 		Scheme: "wss",
 		Host:   viper.GetString("hostname"),
@@ -353,7 +359,6 @@ func (m *Metrics) OpenWebsocket() error {
 		for {
 			// If we don't get any events for 5 minutes, we'll reset the connection
 			time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
-
 			if m.lastReceive.Before(time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute)) {
 				cancel()
 				log.Info("Websocket connection seems down. Recreating...")
@@ -372,7 +377,7 @@ func (m *Metrics) OpenWebsocket() error {
 
 				// Got the new connection open, so stop the loop on the old connection
 				// since we called this function again and a new loop was created
-				break
+				return
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -382,9 +387,7 @@ func (m *Metrics) OpenWebsocket() error {
 
 // CloseWebsocket closes the websocket connection
 func (m *Metrics) CloseWebsocket() error {
-	// @TODO reenable once fixed in the upstream dep
-	//return m.client.DaemonService.CloseConnection()
-	return nil
+	return m.client.Close()
 }
 
 // StartServer starts the metrics server