diff --git a/discord/gateway.py b/discord/gateway.py
index c995ef468..6d535a380 100644
--- a/discord/gateway.py
+++ b/discord/gateway.py
@@ -516,11 +516,11 @@ class DiscordWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
         yield from self.send_as_json(payload)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
-    def close_connection(self, force=False):
+    def close_connection(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self._keep_alive:
             self._keep_alive.stop()
 
-        yield from super().close_connection(force=force)
+        yield from super().close_connection(*args, **kwargs)
 
 class DiscordVoiceWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
     """Implements the websocket protocol for handling voice connections.
@@ -701,10 +701,10 @@ class DiscordVoiceWebSocket(websockets.client.WebSocketClientProtocol):
             raise ConnectionClosed(e, shard_id=None) from e
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
-    def close_connection(self, force=False):
+    def close_connection(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self._keep_alive:
             self._keep_alive.stop()
 
-        yield from super().close_connection(force=force)
+        yield from super().close_connection(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a7e43e7e..508b44b5a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 aiohttp>=2.0.0,<2.3.0
-websockets>=3.1,<4.0
+websockets>=4.0,<5.0