diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30e8930..444cbf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
-- Added CONTRIBUTING.md
+ - Added CONTRIBUTING.md
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Client retry logic has changed as it now uses urllib3's `Retry` in conjunction with requests `Session`
-- The session is customizable as it allows for:
+ - Client retry logic has changed as it now uses urllib3's `Retry` in conjunction with requests `Session`
+ - The session is customizable as it allows for:
     - status_forcelist
     - retries
     - status_retries
     - backoff_factor
-- Spin up a local webserver to auto-fill authentication URL
+ - Spin up a local webserver to auto-fill authentication URL
+
+### Fixed
+
+ - Close session when Spotipy object is unloaded
 
 ## [2.10.0] - 2020-03-18
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index f9b7831..66539d6 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ class Spotify(object):
         self._session.mount('http://', adapter)
         self._session.mount('https://', adapter)
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        """Make sure the connection (pool) gets closed"""
+        if isinstance(self._session, requests.Session):
+            self._session.close()
+
     def _auth_headers(self):
         if self._auth:
             return {"Authorization": "Bearer {0}".format(self._auth)}