diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 977723a98..10ca5d760 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: nanonext
 Type: Package
 Title: NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen) Lightweight Messaging Library
-Version: 1.3.0.9009
+Version: 1.3.0.9010
 Description: R binding for NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen), a successor to ZeroMQ. NNG is
     a socket library implementing 'Scalability Protocols', a reliable,
     high-performance standard for common communications patterns including
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6c17558cb..1634511d0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# nanonext 1.3.0.9009 (development)
+# nanonext 1.3.0.9010 (development)
 
 #### Updates
 
diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index 6ae9bd061..5952962a6 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ SEXP rnng_thread_shutdown(void) {
     nng_thread_destroy(nano_wait_thr);
     nng_cv_free(nano_wait_cv);
     nng_mtx_free(nano_wait_mtx);
+    nano_wait_thr = NULL;
   }
   return R_NilValue;
 }