diff --git a/releaseNote.md b/releaseNote.md
index 51fc0c645..d1ae63d2f 100644
--- a/releaseNote.md
+++ b/releaseNote.md
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 ## Features
 
 ## Bugs
-- Fixed a crash on runner startup (#1770)
-
-## Misc
-
-- Clarified the type of step running when running job started or completed hooks (#1769)
+- Fixed an issue where websockets failed to successfully close when posting log lines (#1790)
 
 
 ## Windows x64
diff --git a/src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs b/src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs
index a34012b70..ffa70a48e 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
         {
-            _websocketClient?.CloseOutputAsync(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, "Shutdown", CancellationToken.None);
+            CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, CancellationToken.None);
+
             GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+
             return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
         }
 
@@ -256,7 +258,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         if (failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket * 100 / totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket > _minWebsocketFailurePercentageAllowed)
                         {
                             Trace.Info($"Exhausted websocket allowed retries, we will not attempt websocket connection for this job to post lines again.");
-                            _websocketClient?.CloseOutputAsync(WebSocketCloseStatus.InternalServerError, "Shutdown due to failures", cancellationToken);
+                            CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus.InternalServerError, cancellationToken);
+
                             // By setting it to null, we will ensure that we never try websocket path again for this job
                             _websocketClient = null;
                         }
@@ -284,6 +287,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
         }
 
+        private void CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus closeStatus, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _websocketClient?.CloseOutputAsync(closeStatus, "Closing websocket", cancellationToken);
+            }
+            catch (Exception websocketEx)
+            {
+                // In some cases this might be okay since the websocket might be open yet, so just close and don't trace exceptions
+                Trace.Info($"Failed to close websocket gracefully {websocketEx.GetType().Name}");
+            }
+        }
+
         public Task<TaskAttachment> CreateAttachmentAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, string type, string name, Stream uploadStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection();
diff --git a/src/runnerversion b/src/runnerversion
index 9f83c0774..2f6dd9ad6 100644
--- a/src/runnerversion
+++ b/src/runnerversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.289.1
+2.289.2