diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index e0dce5b..2f476f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php-version: [8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
+        php-version: [8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/lib/HttpClient.php b/lib/HttpClient.php
index 7ca81f7..5d11ac8 100644
--- a/lib/HttpClient.php
+++ b/lib/HttpClient.php
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ public function sendRequest(string $path, ?string $payload, array $extraHeaders
             $httpResponse = $this->executePost($ch);
             $responseCode = $httpResponse->getResponseCode();
 
-            //close connection
-            curl_close($ch);
-
             if ($shouldVerify && 200 != $responseCode) {
                 // log error
                 $this->handleError($ch, $responseCode);