diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js b/packages/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js
index d9473c4a9..3f26270da 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ class BaseClient extends EventEmitter {
   toJSON(...props) {
     return flatten(this, ...props);
   }
+
+  async [Symbol.asyncDispose]() {
+    await this.destroy();
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = BaseClient;
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/src/index.js b/packages/discord.js/src/index.js
index 67212096e..8e927d162 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/discord.js/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { polyfillDispose } = require('@discordjs/util');
 const { __exportStar } = require('tslib');
 
+polyfillDispose();
+
 // "Root" classes (starting points)
 exports.BaseClient = require('./client/BaseClient');
 exports.Client = require('./client/Client');
diff --git a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
index 2ce5f5965..92beb12bd 100644
--- a/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/discord.js/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ export abstract class Base {
   public valueOf(): string;
 }
 
-export class BaseClient extends EventEmitter {
+export class BaseClient extends EventEmitter implements AsyncDisposable {
   public constructor(options?: ClientOptions | WebhookClientOptions);
   private decrementMaxListeners(): void;
   private incrementMaxListeners(): void;
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ export class BaseClient extends EventEmitter {
   public rest: REST;
   public destroy(): void;
   public toJSON(...props: Record<string, boolean | string>[]): unknown;
+  public [Symbol.asyncDispose](): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export type GuildCacheMessage<Cached extends CacheType> = CacheTypeReducer<
diff --git a/packages/util/src/functions/index.ts b/packages/util/src/functions/index.ts
index 6010ae554..4c4c67ae5 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/functions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/functions/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export * from './range.js';
 export * from './calculateShardId.js';
 export * from './runtime.js';
 export * from './userAgentAppendix.js';
+export * from './polyfillDispose.js';
diff --git a/packages/util/src/functions/polyfillDispose.ts b/packages/util/src/functions/polyfillDispose.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3977ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/util/src/functions/polyfillDispose.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Polyfill for `Symbol.dispose` and `Symbol.asyncDispose` which is used as a part of
+ * {@link https://github.com/tc39/proposal-explicit-resource-management}. Node versions below 18.x
+ * don't have these symbols by default, so we need to polyfill them.
+ */
+export function polyfillDispose() {
+	// Polyfill for `Symbol.dispose` and `Symbol.asyncDispose` if not available.
+	// Taken from https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-5-2.html#using-declarations-and-explicit-resource-management
+
+	// @ts-expect-error This is a polyfill, so it's fine to write
+	Symbol.dispose ??= Symbol('Symbol.dispose');
+	// @ts-expect-error Same as above
+	Symbol.asyncDispose ??= Symbol('Symbol.asyncDispose');
+}
diff --git a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
index eb8976738..f4a80bec7 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { REST } from '@discordjs/rest';
 import { range, type Awaitable } from '@discordjs/util';
+import { polyfillDispose } from '@discordjs/util';
 import { AsyncEventEmitter } from '@vladfrangu/async_event_emitter';
 import {
 	Routes,
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ import type { IIdentifyThrottler } from '../throttling/IIdentifyThrottler.js';
 import { DefaultWebSocketManagerOptions, type CompressionMethod, type Encoding } from '../utils/constants.js';
 import type { WebSocketShardDestroyOptions, WebSocketShardEvents } from './WebSocketShard.js';
 
+// We put this here because in index.ts WebSocketManager seems to be outputted before polyfillDispose() is called from tsup.
+polyfillDispose();
+
 /**
  * Represents a range of shard ids
  */
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ export interface ManagerShardEventsMap {
 	];
 }
 
-export class WebSocketManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ManagerShardEventsMap> {
+export class WebSocketManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ManagerShardEventsMap> implements AsyncDisposable {
 	/**
 	 * The options being used by this manager
 	 */
@@ -334,4 +338,8 @@ export class WebSocketManager extends AsyncEventEmitter<ManagerShardEventsMap> {
 	public fetchStatus() {
 		return this.strategy.fetchStatus();
 	}
+
+	public async [Symbol.asyncDispose]() {
+		await this.destroy();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 4b64aaf28..50e09b90c 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 		// Language and Environment
 		"experimentalDecorators": true,
-		"lib": ["ESNext"],
+		"lib": ["ESNext", "esnext.disposable"],
 		"target": "ESNext",
 		"useDefineForClassFields": true
 	},