diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8Value.java b/src/main/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8Value.java
index 0804bf9e4..0352cb9ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8Value.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8Value.java
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ abstract public class V8Value implements Releasable {
     public static final int FLOAT_32_ARRAY               = 16;
     public static final int UNDEFINED                    = 99;
 
-    protected V8      v8;
-    protected long    objectHandle;
-    protected boolean released = true;
+    protected V8            v8;
+    protected long          objectHandle;
+    protected boolean       released                     = true;
 
     protected V8Value() {
         super();
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ protected void addObjectReference(final long objectHandle) throws Error {
         }
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Returns a string representation of the V8 Type.
      * @param type Type to return as a string. See constants in V8Value.
@@ -272,6 +271,9 @@ public void close() {
         v8.checkThread();
         if (!released) {
             try {
+                if (isWeak()) {
+                    v8.v8WeakReferences.remove(getHandle());
+                }
                 v8.releaseObjRef(this);
             } finally {
                 released = true;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8ObjectTest.java b/src/test/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8ObjectTest.java
index b1d680926..136221a84 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8ObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/eclipsesource/v8/V8ObjectTest.java
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ public void testGetTypeFunction() {
     public void testGetKeysOnObject() {
         V8Object v8Object = new V8Object(v8);
         v8Object.add("integer", 1).add("double", 1.1).add("boolean", true)
-                        .add("string", "hello, world!");
+                .add("string", "hello, world!");
 
         String[] keys = v8Object.getKeys();
 
@@ -1842,13 +1842,20 @@ public void testSetWeakMakesObjectWeak() {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
     @Test
-    public void testClearWeakMakesObjectWeak() {
+    public void testClearWeakMakesObjectNonWeak() {
         V8Value object = new V8Object(v8).setWeak().clearWeak();
 
         assertFalse(object.isWeak());
         object.close();
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+    @Test
+    public void testReleaseWeakObjectDoesNotAffectReferenceCount() {
+        new V8Object(v8).setWeak().close();
+
+        assertEquals(0, v8.getObjectReferenceCount());
+
     @Test
     public void testConstructorNameFunction() {
         v8.executeVoidScript("function Foo() {} var foo = new Foo();");