diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/pom.xml
index 6b6b76244dbb7..fc8925de66143 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/tibber/internal/handler/TibberHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/tibber/internal/handler/TibberHandler.java
index e9cfa029829e9..7317b5f89e35b 100755
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/tibber/internal/handler/TibberHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.tibber/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/tibber/internal/handler/TibberHandler.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ public class TibberHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
     private @Nullable Session session;
     private @Nullable WebSocketClient client;
     private @Nullable ScheduledFuture<?> pollingJob;
+    private @Nullable Future<?> sessionFuture;
     private String rtEnabled = "false";
 
     public TibberHandler(Thing thing) {
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ public void open() {
             }
             try {
                 logger.debug("Connecting Websocket connection");
-                client.connect(socket, new URI(SUBSCRIPTION_URL), newRequest);
+                sessionFuture = client.connect(socket, new URI(SUBSCRIPTION_URL), newRequest);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 logger.warn("Websocket Connect Exception: {}", e.getMessage());
             } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
@@ -354,6 +356,16 @@ public void close() {
             this.session = null;
             this.socket = null;
         }
+        if (sessionFuture != null && !sessionFuture.isDone()) {
+            sessionFuture.cancel(true);
+        }
+        if (client != null && client.isStarted()) {
+            try {
+                client.stop();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.warn("Failed to stop websocket client: {}", e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public boolean isConnected() {