diff --git a/lib/RequestClient/CurlRequestClient.php b/lib/RequestClient/CurlRequestClient.php
index 581249df..75b15770 100644
--- a/lib/RequestClient/CurlRequestClient.php
+++ b/lib/RequestClient/CurlRequestClient.php
@@ -113,14 +113,18 @@ private function execute($opts)
         if ($result === false) {
             $errno = \curl_errno($curl);
             $msg = \curl_error($curl);
-            \curl_close($curl);
+            if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+                \curl_close($curl);
+            }
 
             throw new GenericException($msg, ["curlErrno" => $errno]);
         } else {
             // Unsure how versions of cURL and PHP correlate so using the legacy
             // reference for getting the last response code
             $statusCode = \curl_getinfo($curl, \CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
-            \curl_close($curl);
+            if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+                \curl_close($curl);
+            }
 
             return [$result, $headers, $statusCode];
         }