diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index 2aab272ac42..8583dc6ac3f 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.49.6"
+__version__ = "4.49.7"
diff --git a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
index cd6ca1cc4b1..4c784c88c75 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
@@ -916,10 +916,13 @@ def stop(self, deconstruct=False):
         close_success = False
         try:
             if self.connection:
-                asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(self.connection.aclose())
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Closed connection using get_event_loop().create_task()"
-                )
+                loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+                if loop.is_running():
+                    loop.create_task(self.connection.aclose())
+                    logger.debug("Closed connection with create_task()")
+                else:
+                    loop.run_until_complete(self.connection.aclose())
+                    logger.debug("Closed connection with run_until_complete()")
         except RuntimeError:
             if self.connection:
                 try: