diff --git a/lib/OpenPayU/HttpCurl.php b/lib/OpenPayU/HttpCurl.php
index 86f50e5..a244f86 100644
--- a/lib/OpenPayU/HttpCurl.php
+++ b/lib/OpenPayU/HttpCurl.php
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ public static function doPayuRequest($requestType, $pathUrl, $auth, $data = null
         if($response === false) {
             throw new OpenPayU_Exception_Network(curl_error($ch));
         }
-        curl_close($ch);
+
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            curl_close($ch);
+        }
 
         return array('code' => $httpStatus, 'response' => trim($response));
     }