diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09d0028cf..69cbca2d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+5.2.1
+==
+
+## Bug Fixes
+ - [Breakpoint stop to hit when you have two open tabs and close one(#1247)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1247)
+
 5.2.0
 ==
 
@@ -13,7 +19,6 @@
  - [ClassNotFound exception when calling nested static class with correct argument(#1195)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1195)
  - [If you refresh or close the chrome dev tools window an error will be log in the console (#1202)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1202)
  - [Debug on Android fails when stopped on breakpoint and change in .xml/.css/.html is applied(#1243)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1243)
- - [Breakpoint stop to hit when you have two open tabs and close one(#1247)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1247)
  - [Upgrade V8 to v7 to fix unstable sort() method(#1176)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1176)
  - [CodeCache option is broken since Android Runtime 4.1.0(#1235)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1235)
  - [Snapshots with ABI splits do not work since Android Runtime 4.1.0(#1234)](https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime/issues/1234)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc406382b..b07e62ed3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "tns-android",
   "description": "NativeScript Runtime for Android",
-  "version": "5.2.0",
+  "version": "5.2.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/NativeScript/android-runtime.git"
diff --git a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/AndroidJsV8Inspector.java b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/AndroidJsV8Inspector.java
index 5c3996f24..d7bd77dd8 100644
--- a/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/AndroidJsV8Inspector.java
+++ b/test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/AndroidJsV8Inspector.java
@@ -231,9 +231,22 @@ protected Response serveHttp(IHTTPSession session) {
             return super.serveHttp(session);
         }
 
+        private JsV8InspectorWebSocket webSocket;
+
         @Override
         protected WebSocket openWebSocket(IHTTPSession handshake) {
-            return new JsV8InspectorWebSocket(handshake, currentRuntimeLogger);
+            // close the previous webSocket
+            if(this.webSocket != null) {
+                try {
+                    this.webSocket.close(WebSocketFrame.CloseCode.NormalClosure, "New browser connection is open", false);
+                } catch (IOException ioException) {
+                    if(this.webSocket.getState() != State.CLOSED) {
+                        Log.e("{N}.v8-inspector", "Error closing previous connection", ioException);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            this.webSocket = new JsV8InspectorWebSocket(handshake, currentRuntimeLogger);
+            return this.webSocket;
         }
     }