diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1dc34de..df7ef37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting for Unity
 
-## [2.1.0] - 2023-04-09
+## [2.1.0] - 2023-05-03
 ### Added
 - Scoped MonoBehaviours
-- MonoBehaviour prefabs registration by prefab name from Resources
-- ScriptableObjectConfiguration as configuration source
+- `MonoBehaviour` prefabs registration by prefab name from Resources
+- `ScriptableObjectConfiguration` as configuration source
 - hostBuilding event when the host is being built
+- `StopManuallyAsync` method to `HostManager`
 ### Updated
 - make HostManager events public
 
diff --git a/Runtime/HostManager.cs b/Runtime/HostManager.cs
index b15c210..e203659 100644
--- a/Runtime/HostManager.cs
+++ b/Runtime/HostManager.cs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public void StartManually()
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Start the Host manually.
+        /// Stop the Host manually.
         /// </summary>
         /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">when the Host was not build and started yet.</exception>
         public void StopManually()
@@ -209,6 +209,24 @@ public void StopManually()
                 host.StopAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             }
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Stop the Host manually.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">when the Host was not build and started yet.</exception>
+        public Task StopManuallyAsync()
+        {
+            if (!_isBuilt && !_isStarted)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Host must be build and started before stop.");
+
+            if (host != null)
+            {
+                _cts?.Cancel();
+                return host.StopAsync();
+            }
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7bbb0c..8b8f968 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "description": "Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting adopted for Unity",
   "unity": "2021.1",
   "release": "0f1",
-  "version": "2.1.0-preview.3",
+  "version": "2.1.0-preview.4",
   "keywords": [
     "unity",
     "integration",