diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7a751b64..13d31397 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changes
 
+## 0.6.8 (2018-05-20)
+
 * Fix scope resource path extractor #234
 
 * Re-use tcp listener on pause/resume
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70a9ec44..9352abed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix web is a simple, pragmatic and extremely fast web framework for Rust."
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 7eb0bfaa..b0fd7d4f 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ fn test_start() {
     // pause
     let _ = srv_addr.send(server::PauseServer).wait();
     thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(200));
-    assert!(net::TcpStream::connect(addr).is_err());
+    {
+        let req = client::ClientRequest::get(format!("http://{}/", addr).as_str())
+            .timeout(time::Duration::from_millis(200))
+            .finish()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(sys.run_until_complete(req.send()).is_err());
+    }
 
     // resume
     let _ = srv_addr.send(server::ResumeServer).wait();