diff --git a/src/Gateway/Connection.php b/src/Gateway/Connection.php
index 7a431df..333e752 100644
--- a/src/Gateway/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Gateway/Connection.php
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
  */
 class Connection implements ConnectionInterface
 {
-    public const DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_URL = 'wss://gateway.discord.gg/?v=10';
+    public const DEFAULT_WEBSOCKET_URL = 'wss://gateway.discord.gg/';
+    private const QUERY_DATA = ['v' => 10];
 
     private const HEARTBEAT_ACK_TIMEOUT = 2.5;
 
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ public function resetSequence(): void
 
     public function connect(string $url): ExtendedPromiseInterface
     {
+        $url .= '?' . http_build_query(self::QUERY_DATA);
+
         return $this->websocket->open($url);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Gateway/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/Gateway/ConnectionTest.php
index e9de649..517d578 100644
--- a/tests/Gateway/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gateway/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function testGetDefaultUrl(): void
             new DataMapper(new NullLogger())
         );
 
-        $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/wss:\/\/gateway.discord.gg\/\?v=(\d+)/', $connection->getDefaultUrl());
+        $this->assertEquals('wss://gateway.discord.gg/', $connection->getDefaultUrl());
     }
 
     public function testSequence(): void
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function testConnect(): void
 
         $websocket->expects()
             ->open()
-            ->with('::ws url::')
+            ->with('::ws url::?v=10')
             ->andReturns(PromiseFake::get('::return::'))
             ->once();