diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0f96864d..6f87f190 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Changes
 -------
+2.1.2 (2022-03-03)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* fix httpsession close call
+
 2.1.1 (2022-02-10)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * implement asynchronous non-blocking adaptive retry strategy
diff --git a/aiobotocore/__init__.py b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
index 96d02e47..84baea77 100644
--- a/aiobotocore/__init__.py
+++ b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
     __all__ = ['get_session', 'AioSession']
 
-__version__ = '2.1.1'
+__version__ = '2.1.2'
diff --git a/aiobotocore/httpsession.py b/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
index e078bea1..626f676e 100644
--- a/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
+++ b/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ async def __aenter__(self):
     async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         if self._session:
             await self._session.__aexit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
+            self._session = None
 
     async def close(self):
-        await self._session.__aexit__(None, None, None)
-        self._session = None
+        await self.__aexit__(None, None, None)
 
     def _get_ssl_context(self):
         ssl_context = create_urllib3_context()