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 | Version                                                                                          | Release date   |
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
+| [4.8.3](#483-2025-12-23)                                                                         | December 2025  |
 | [4.8.2](#482-2025-12-22)                                                                         | December 2025  |
 | [4.8.1](#481-2024-10-25)                                                                         | October 2024   |
 | [4.8.0](#480-2024-09-21)                                                                         | September 2024 |
@@ -50,6 +51,21 @@
 | [2.1.0](#210-2018-03-29)                                                                         | March 2018     |
 
 
+## [4.8.3](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/compare/socket.io@4.8.2...socket.io@4.8.3) (2025-12-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* do not throw when calling io.close() on a stopped server ([9581f9b](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/9581f9bcfd0c0fa8cb16eae1604c6a727af21efa))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- [`engine.io@~6.6.0`](https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/releases/tag/6.6.0) (no change)
+- [`ws@~8.18.3`](https://github.com/websockets/ws/releases/tag/8.18.3) (no change)
+
+
+
 ## [4.8.2](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/compare/socket.io@4.8.1...socket.io@4.8.2) (2025-12-22)
 
 The `url.parse()` function is now deprecated and has been replaced by `new URL()` (see [8af7019](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/commit/8af70195bb8c5bc3efe9685997ab6373fb8b1ca9)).
 
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 {
   "name": "socket.io",
-  "version": "4.8.2",
+  "version": "4.8.3",
   "description": "node.js realtime framework server",
   "keywords": [
     "realtime",
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	`3`	`+ "version": "4.8.3",`
`4`	`4`	`"description": "node.js realtime framework server",`
`5`	`5`	`"keywords": [`
`6`	`6`	`"realtime",`