diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ba932c0..35d744c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cd $BUILD_PATH && wget https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/v${zstd_version}
 
 # Note: if you don't have a good reason, please do not set -DPORTABLE=ON
 # This one is set here on purpose of compatibility with github action runtime processor
-rocksdb_version="9.7.3"
+rocksdb_version="9.8.4"
 cd $BUILD_PATH && wget https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/v${rocksdb_version}.tar.gz && tar xzf v${rocksdb_version}.tar.gz && cd rocksdb-${rocksdb_version}/ && \
     mkdir -p build_place && cd build_place && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $CMAKE_REQUIRED_PARAMS -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$INSTALL_PREFIX -DWITH_TESTS=OFF -DWITH_GFLAGS=OFF \
     -DWITH_BENCHMARK_TOOLS=OFF -DWITH_TOOLS=OFF -DWITH_MD_LIBRARY=OFF -DWITH_RUNTIME_DEBUG=OFF -DROCKSDB_BUILD_SHARED=OFF -DWITH_SNAPPY=ON -DWITH_LZ4=ON -DWITH_ZLIB=ON -DWITH_LIBURING=OFF \
diff --git a/write_batch.go b/write_batch.go
index aacdf21..08d02be 100644
--- a/write_batch.go
+++ b/write_batch.go
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ func (wb *WriteBatch) Clear() {
 // Destroy deallocates the WriteBatch object.
 func (wb *WriteBatch) Destroy() {
 	if wb.c != nil {
+		wb.Clear()
+
 		C.rocksdb_writebatch_destroy(wb.c)
 		wb.c = nil
 	}