diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0324486..b7a514e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+
+## [4.16.1]
+
 - Add Honeybadger and Honeybadger Insights to Appenders doc.
+- Fix regression in `SemanticLogger::Appenders#close`
 
 ## [4.16.0]
 
diff --git a/lib/semantic_logger/appenders.rb b/lib/semantic_logger/appenders.rb
index 3f5f887..1a35256 100644
--- a/lib/semantic_logger/appenders.rb
+++ b/lib/semantic_logger/appenders.rb
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ def close
       closed_appenders = []
       each do |appender|
         logger.trace "Closing appender: #{appender.name}"
-        appenders << appender
         appender.flush
         appender.close
+        closed_appenders << appender
       rescue Exception => e
         logger.error "Failed to close appender: #{appender.name}", e
       end
diff --git a/test/appenders_test.rb b/test/appenders_test.rb
index 6ffdc01..9b9c05c 100644
--- a/test/appenders_test.rb
+++ b/test/appenders_test.rb
@@ -100,5 +100,16 @@ class AppendersTest < Minitest::Test
       #   assert_instance_of SemanticLogger::Appender::Async, appender
       # end
     end
+
+    describe "#close" do
+      it "closes appenders" do
+        appender = appenders.add(file_name: "test.log")
+
+        appenders.close
+
+        assert_equal 0, capture_logger.events.count { |it| it.message.match?(/failed/i) }
+        assert_equal 0, appenders.size
+      end
+    end
   end
 end