diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.8.1
+
+* Automatically call withSocketsDo everywhere [#107](https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client/issues/107)
+
 ## 0.4.8
 
 * Add the `ResponseLengthAndChunkingBothUsed` exception constructor [#108](https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client/issues/108)
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client/Manager.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client/Manager.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client/Manager.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client/Manager.hs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 -- Since 0.1.0
 newManager :: ManagerSettings -> IO Manager
 newManager ms = do
+    NS.withSocketsDo $ return ()
     rawConnection <- managerRawConnection ms
     tlsConnection <- managerTlsConnection ms
     tlsProxyConnection <- managerTlsProxyConnection ms
diff --git a/http-client.cabal b/http-client.cabal
--- a/http-client.cabal
+++ b/http-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-client
-version:             0.4.8
+version:             0.4.8.1
 synopsis:            An HTTP client engine, intended as a base layer for more user-friendly packages.
 description:         Hackage documentation generation is not reliable. For up to date documentation, please see: <http://www.stackage.org/package/http-client>.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client