diff --git a/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs b/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
index acaee849a..5f2a5ae8a 100644
--- a/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
+++ b/LLama/Native/SafeLlamaModelHandle.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ public string Description
         /// <returns></returns>
         public int MetadataCount => llama_model_meta_count(this);
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public new void Dispose()
+        {
+            ReleaseHandle();
+            base.Dispose();
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
         {