diff --git a/nimbus/db/core_db/backend/aristo_rocksdb.nim b/nimbus/db/core_db/backend/aristo_rocksdb.nim
index 7bdc1a012..8620f1afa 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/core_db/backend/aristo_rocksdb.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/core_db/backend/aristo_rocksdb.nim
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ proc toRocksDb*(
   #      data model itself has settled down as their optimal values will depend
   #      on the shape of the data - it'll also be different per column family..
 
-  let tableOpts = defaultTableOptions()
+  let tableOpts = defaultTableOptions(autoClose = true)
   # This bloom filter helps avoid having to read multiple SST files when looking
   # for a value.
   # A 9.9-bits-per-key ribbon filter takes ~7 bits per key and has a 1% false
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ proc toRocksDb*(
 
   if opts.blockCacheSize > 0:
     # Share a single block cache instance between all column families
-    tableOpts.blockCache = cacheCreateLRU(opts.blockCacheSize)
+    tableOpts.blockCache = cacheCreateLRU(opts.blockCacheSize, autoClose = true)
 
   # Single-level indices might cause long stalls due to their large size -
   # two-level indexing allows the first level to be kept in memory at all times
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ proc toRocksDb*(
   tableOpts.dataBlockIndexType = DataBlockIndexType.binarySearchAndHash
   tableOpts.dataBlockHashRatio = 0.75
 
-  let cfOpts = defaultColFamilyOptions()
+  let cfOpts = defaultColFamilyOptions(autoClose = true)
 
   cfOpts.blockBasedTableFactory = tableOpts
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ proc toRocksDb*(
   cfOpts.targetFileSizeBase = cfOpts.writeBufferSize div 4
   cfOpts.targetFileSizeMultiplier = 4
 
-  let dbOpts = defaultDbOptions()
+  let dbOpts = defaultDbOptions(autoClose = true)
   dbOpts.maxOpenFiles = opts.maxOpenFiles
 
   if opts.rowCacheSize > 0:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ proc toRocksDb*(
     # using range queries, we should probably give more attention to the block
     # cache
     # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/af50823069818fc127438e39fef91d2486d6e76c/include/rocksdb/options.h#L1276
-    dbOpts.rowCache = cacheCreateLRU(opts.rowCacheSize)
+    dbOpts.rowCache = cacheCreateLRU(opts.rowCacheSize, autoClose = true)
 
   # Without this option, WAL files might never get removed since a small column
   # family (like the admin CF) with only tiny writes might keep it open - this
diff --git a/nimbus/db/kvstore_rocksdb.nim b/nimbus/db/kvstore_rocksdb.nim
index 255243712..571f47d26 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/kvstore_rocksdb.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/kvstore_rocksdb.nim
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ proc init*(
   except OSError, IOError:
     return err("RocksStoreRef: cannot create database directory")
 
-  let dbOpts = defaultDbOptions()
-
-  let db = ? openRocksDb(dataDir, dbOpts,
-      columnFamilies = namespaces.mapIt(initColFamilyDescriptor(it)))
+  let db = ? openRocksDb(dataDir, columnFamilies = namespaces.mapIt(
+      initColFamilyDescriptor(it, defaultColFamilyOptions(autoClose = true))))
   ok(T(db: db))
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/vendor/nim-rocksdb b/vendor/nim-rocksdb
index ee15ce027..01ced3640 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-rocksdb
+++ b/vendor/nim-rocksdb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee15ce027b27d5b44b8e2bd3b3d6227568ec0803
+Subproject commit 01ced36404cf3667742dd68f8bdd6b73f5affa50