diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbcd4be7472..8fff079535b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -533,4 +533,4 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 
 ### Fixed
 -  Fix jsonrpc payload and response types (#4743) (#4761)
-
+-  Allowed more flexibility in typing the overly constrained `provider.disconnect` function (#4833)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTIONS.md b/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
index 048fdb5918d..11727cb32a9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ Emergency releases are allowed to shorten waiting periods depending on the sever
 
 There is precedent set for this in the 1.2.6 release (see [#3351](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/pull/3351)), where the consensus view was to make the smallest change necessary to address the emergency while waiving the `rc` process (meaning many existing additions to master were excluded).
 
-This topic is under further org-wide discussion at [ethereum/js-organization#6](https://github.com/ethereum/js-organization/issues/6).
+This topic was under further org-wide discussion [here](https://github.com/ethereum/js-organization/issues/6)
+and [here](https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/3358).
diff --git a/packages/web3-core-helpers/types/index.d.ts b/packages/web3-core-helpers/types/index.d.ts
index e3ee7650f0a..be1e7556685 100644
--- a/packages/web3-core-helpers/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-core-helpers/types/index.d.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class WebsocketProviderBase {
 
     reset(): void;
 
-    disconnect(code: number, reason: string): void;
+    disconnect(code?: number, reason?: string): void;
 
     connect(): void;