diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index ee7cc7c..8cca9c8 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ export class RedisAdapter extends Adapter {
   private readonly channel: string;
   private readonly requestChannel: string;
   private readonly responseChannel: string;
+  private readonly specificResponseChannel: string;
   private requests: Map<string, Request> = new Map();
   private ackRequests: Map<string, AckRequest> = new Map();
+  private redisListeners: Map<string, Function> = new Map();
 
   /**
    * Adapter constructor.
@@ -133,34 +135,51 @@ export class RedisAdapter extends Adapter {
     this.channel = prefix + "#" + nsp.name + "#";
     this.requestChannel = prefix + "-request#" + this.nsp.name + "#";
     this.responseChannel = prefix + "-response#" + this.nsp.name + "#";
-    const specificResponseChannel = this.responseChannel + this.uid + "#";
+    this.specificResponseChannel = this.responseChannel + this.uid + "#";
 
     const isRedisV4 = typeof this.pubClient.pSubscribe === "function";
     if (isRedisV4) {
+      this.redisListeners.set("psub", (msg, channel) => {
+        this.onmessage(null, channel, msg);
+      });
+
+      this.redisListeners.set("sub", (msg, channel) => {
+        this.onrequest(channel, msg);
+      });
+
       this.subClient.pSubscribe(
         this.channel + "*",
-        (msg, channel) => {
-          this.onmessage(null, channel, msg);
-        },
+        this.redisListeners.get("psub"),
         true
       );
       this.subClient.subscribe(
-        [this.requestChannel, this.responseChannel, specificResponseChannel],
-        (msg, channel) => {
-          this.onrequest(channel, msg);
-        },
+        [
+          this.requestChannel,
+          this.responseChannel,
+          this.specificResponseChannel,
+        ],
+        this.redisListeners.get("sub"),
         true
       );
     } else {
+      this.redisListeners.set("pmessageBuffer", this.onmessage.bind(this));
+      this.redisListeners.set("messageBuffer", this.onrequest.bind(this));
+
       this.subClient.psubscribe(this.channel + "*");
-      this.subClient.on("pmessageBuffer", this.onmessage.bind(this));
+      this.subClient.on(
+        "pmessageBuffer",
+        this.redisListeners.get("pmessageBuffer")
+      );
 
       this.subClient.subscribe([
         this.requestChannel,
         this.responseChannel,
-        specificResponseChannel,
+        this.specificResponseChannel,
       ]);
-      this.subClient.on("messageBuffer", this.onrequest.bind(this));
+      this.subClient.on(
+        "messageBuffer",
+        this.redisListeners.get("messageBuffer")
+      );
     }
 
     const registerFriendlyErrorHandler = (redisClient) => {
@@ -917,4 +936,49 @@ export class RedisAdapter extends Adapter {
   serverCount(): Promise<number> {
     return this.getNumSub();
   }
+
+  close(): Promise<void> | void {
+    const isRedisV4 = typeof this.pubClient.pSubscribe === "function";
+    if (isRedisV4) {
+      this.subClient.pUnsubscribe(
+        this.channel + "*",
+        this.redisListeners.get("psub"),
+        true
+      );
+
+      // There is a bug in redis v4 when unsubscribing multiple channels at once, so we'll unsub one at a time.
+      // See https://github.com/redis/node-redis/issues/2052
+      this.subClient.unsubscribe(
+        this.requestChannel,
+        this.redisListeners.get("sub"),
+        true
+      );
+      this.subClient.unsubscribe(
+        this.responseChannel,
+        this.redisListeners.get("sub"),
+        true
+      );
+      this.subClient.unsubscribe(
+        this.specificResponseChannel,
+        this.redisListeners.get("sub"),
+        true
+      );
+    } else {
+      this.subClient.punsubscribe(this.channel + "*");
+      this.subClient.off(
+        "pmessageBuffer",
+        this.redisListeners.get("pmessageBuffer")
+      );
+
+      this.subClient.unsubscribe([
+        this.requestChannel,
+        this.responseChannel,
+        this.specificResponseChannel,
+      ]);
+      this.subClient.off(
+        "messageBuffer",
+        this.redisListeners.get("messageBuffer")
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/index.ts b/test/index.ts
index a5df888..9784dc8 100644
--- a/test/index.ts
+++ b/test/index.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,77 @@ describe(`socket.io-redis with ${
     });
   });
 
+  it("unsubscribes when close is called", async () => {
+    const parseInfo = (rawInfo: string) => {
+      const info = {};
+
+      rawInfo.split("\r\n").forEach((line) => {
+        if (line.length > 0 && !line.startsWith("#")) {
+          const fieldVal = line.split(":");
+          info[fieldVal[0]] = fieldVal[1];
+        }
+      });
+
+      return info;
+    };
+
+    const getInfo = async (): Promise<any> => {
+      if (process.env.REDIS_CLIENT === undefined) {
+        return parseInfo(
+          await namespace3.adapter.pubClient.sendCommand(["info"])
+        );
+      } else if (process.env.REDIS_CLIENT === "ioredis") {
+        return parseInfo(await namespace3.adapter.pubClient.call("info"));
+      } else {
+        return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+          namespace3.adapter.pubClient.sendCommand(
+            "info",
+            [],
+            (err, result) => {
+              if (err) {
+                reject(err);
+              }
+              resolve(parseInfo(result));
+            }
+          );
+        });
+      }
+    };
+
+    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+      // Give it a moment to subscribe to all the channels
+      setTimeout(async () => {
+        try {
+          const info = await getInfo();
+
+          // Depending on the version of redis this may be 3 (redis < v5) or 1 (redis > v4)
+          // Older versions subscribed multiple times on the same pattern. Newer versions only sub once.
+          expect(info.pubsub_patterns).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+          expect(info.pubsub_channels).to.eql(5); // 2 shared (request/response) + 3 unique for each namespace
+
+          namespace1.adapter.close();
+          namespace2.adapter.close();
+          namespace3.adapter.close();
+
+          // Give it a moment to unsubscribe
+          setTimeout(async () => {
+            try {
+              const info = await getInfo();
+
+              expect(info.pubsub_patterns).to.eql(0); // All patterns subscriptions should be unsubscribed
+              expect(info.pubsub_channels).to.eql(0); // All subscriptions should be unsubscribed
+              resolve();
+            } catch (error) {
+              reject(error);
+            }
+          }, 100);
+        } catch (error) {
+          reject(error);
+        }
+      }, 100);
+    });
+  });
+
   if (process.env.REDIS_CLIENT === undefined) {
     // redis@4
     it("ignores messages from unknown channels", (done) => {