diff --git a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/utils.py b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/utils.py
index 6b63b9ff4cb08..375838aceb757 100644
--- a/py/selenium/webdriver/common/utils.py
+++ b/py/selenium/webdriver/common/utils.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ def is_connectable(port: int, host: Optional[str] = "localhost") -> bool:
         result = False
     finally:
         if socket_:
+            try:
+                socket_.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            except:
+                pass
             socket_.close()
     return result