diff --git a/discord/gateway.py b/discord/gateway.py
index 56c1be9ec..d54ab5970 100644
--- a/discord/gateway.py
+++ b/discord/gateway.py
@@ -164,14 +164,9 @@ class VoiceKeepAliveHandler(KeepAliveHandler):
         self.latency = ack_time - self._last_send
         self.recent_ack_latencies.append(self.latency)
 
-# Monkey patch certain things from the aiohttp websocket code
-# Check this whenever we update dependencies.
-OLD_CLOSE = aiohttp.ClientWebSocketResponse.close
-
-async def _new_ws_close(self, *, code: int = 4000, message: bytes = b'') -> bool:
-    return await OLD_CLOSE(self, code=code, message=message)
-
-aiohttp.ClientWebSocketResponse.close = _new_ws_close
+class DiscordClientWebSocketResponse(aiohttp.ClientWebSocketResponse):
+    async def close(self, *, code: int = 4000, message: bytes = b'') -> bool:
+        return await super().close(code=code, message=message)
 
 class DiscordWebSocket:
     """Implements a WebSocket for Discord's gateway v6.
diff --git a/discord/http.py b/discord/http.py
index 4651490a5..d91664c97 100644
--- a/discord/http.py
+++ b/discord/http.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import weakref
 import aiohttp
 
 from .errors import HTTPException, Forbidden, NotFound, LoginFailure, GatewayNotFound
+from .gateway import DiscordClientWebSocketResponse
 from . import __version__, utils
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ class HTTPClient:
 
     def recreate(self):
         if self.__session.closed:
-            self.__session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=self.connector)
+            self.__session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=self.connector, ws_response_class=DiscordClientWebSocketResponse)
 
     async def ws_connect(self, url, *, compress=0):
         kwargs = {
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class HTTPClient:
 
     async def static_login(self, token, *, bot):
         # Necessary to get aiohttp to stop complaining about session creation
-        self.__session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=self.connector)
+        self.__session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=self.connector, ws_response_class=DiscordClientWebSocketResponse)
         old_token, old_bot = self.token, self.bot_token
         self._token(token, bot=bot)