diff --git a/packages/turso-serverless/src/compat.ts b/packages/turso-serverless/src/compat.ts
index c5f954389..44523d942 100644
--- a/packages/turso-serverless/src/compat.ts
+++ b/packages/turso-serverless/src/compat.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ class LibSQLClient implements Client {
 
   close(): void {
     this._closed = true;
+    // Note: The libSQL client interface expects synchronous close,
+    // but our underlying session needs async close. We'll fire and forget.
+    this.session.close().catch(error => {
+      console.error('Error closing session:', error);
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/turso-serverless/src/connection.ts b/packages/turso-serverless/src/connection.ts
index a7846e8dc..3f73a08bc 100644
--- a/packages/turso-serverless/src/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/turso-serverless/src/connection.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ export class Connection {
     const sql = `PRAGMA ${pragma}`;
     return this.session.execute(sql);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Close the connection.
+   * 
+   * This sends a close request to the server to properly clean up the stream.
+   */
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.session.close();
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/turso-serverless/src/protocol.ts b/packages/turso-serverless/src/protocol.ts
index 07a94e96c..aac5c7117 100644
--- a/packages/turso-serverless/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/turso-serverless/src/protocol.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ export interface SequenceRequest {
   sql: string;
 }
 
+export interface CloseRequest {
+  type: 'close';
+}
+
 export interface PipelineRequest {
   baton: string | null;
-  requests: (ExecuteRequest | BatchRequest | SequenceRequest)[];
+  requests: (ExecuteRequest | BatchRequest | SequenceRequest | CloseRequest)[];
 }
 
 export interface PipelineResponse {
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ export interface PipelineResponse {
   results: Array<{
     type: 'ok' | 'error';
     response?: {
-      type: 'execute' | 'batch' | 'sequence';
+      type: 'execute' | 'batch' | 'sequence' | 'close';
       result?: ExecuteResult;
     };
     error?: {
diff --git a/packages/turso-serverless/src/session.ts b/packages/turso-serverless/src/session.ts
index eb401fd03..3adf37a40 100644
--- a/packages/turso-serverless/src/session.ts
+++ b/packages/turso-serverless/src/session.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   type CursorResponse,
   type CursorEntry,
   type PipelineRequest,
-  type SequenceRequest
+  type SequenceRequest,
+  type CloseRequest
 } from './protocol.js';
 import { DatabaseError } from './error.js';
 
@@ -248,4 +249,33 @@ export class Session {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Close the session.
+   * 
+   * This sends a close request to the server to properly clean up the stream
+   * before resetting the local state.
+   */
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    // Only send close request if we have an active baton
+    if (this.baton) {
+      try {
+        const request: PipelineRequest = {
+          baton: this.baton,
+          requests: [{
+            type: "close"
+          } as CloseRequest]
+        };
+
+        await executePipeline(this.baseUrl, this.config.authToken, request);
+      } catch (error) {
+        // Ignore errors during close, as the connection might already be closed
+        console.error('Error closing session:', error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Reset local state
+    this.baton = null;
+    this.baseUrl = '';
+  }
 }
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