diff --git a/packages/redux-devtools-remote/src/devTools.ts b/packages/redux-devtools-remote/src/devTools.ts
index b80e62cf..2d5d2e02 100644
--- a/packages/redux-devtools-remote/src/devTools.ts
+++ b/packages/redux-devtools-remote/src/devTools.ts
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class DevToolsEnhancer<S, A extends Action<unknown>> {
     )
       return;
 
-    this.socket = socketCluster.connect(this.socketOptions);
+    this.socket = socketCluster.create(this.socketOptions);
 
     this.socket.on('error', (err) => {
       // if we've already had this error before, increment it's counter, otherwise assign it '1' since we've had the error once.