diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DefaultDockerClient.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DefaultDockerClient.java
index c342306c3..8dcab7b1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DefaultDockerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DefaultDockerClient.java
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ public void removeNetwork(String networkId) throws DockerException, InterruptedE
   @Override
   public void connectToNetwork(String containerId, String networkId)
       throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
-    manageNetworkConnection(containerId, "connect", networkId);
+    connectToNetwork(networkId, NetworkConnection.builder().containerId(containerId).build());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ public void connectToNetwork(String networkId, NetworkConnection networkConnecti
     final WebTarget resource = resource().path("networks").path(networkId).path("connect");
 
     try {
-      request(POST, Response.class, resource, resource.request(APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE),
+      request(POST, String.class, resource, resource.request(APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE),
               Entity.json(networkConnection));
     } catch (DockerRequestException e) {
       switch (e.status()) {
@@ -2256,18 +2256,20 @@ public void connectToNetwork(String networkId, NetworkConnection networkConnecti
   @Override
   public void disconnectFromNetwork(String containerId, String networkId)
       throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
-    manageNetworkConnection(containerId, "disconnect", networkId);
+    disconnectFromNetwork(containerId, networkId, false);
   }
 
-  private void manageNetworkConnection(String containerId, String methodname, String networkId)
-      throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
-    final WebTarget resource = resource().path("networks").path(networkId).path(methodname);
+  @Override
+  public void disconnectFromNetwork(String containerId, String networkId, boolean force)
+          throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
+    final WebTarget resource = resource().path("networks").path(networkId).path("disconnect");
 
-    final Map<String, String> request = new HashMap<>();
+    final Map<String, Object> request = new HashMap<>();
     request.put("Container", containerId);
+    request.put("Force", force);
 
     try {
-      request(POST, Response.class, resource, resource.request(APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE),
+      request(POST, String.class, resource, resource.request(APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE),
               Entity.json(request));
     } catch (DockerRequestException e) {
       switch (e.status()) {
@@ -2844,5 +2846,4 @@ public DefaultDockerClient build() {
       return new DefaultDockerClient(this);
     }
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DockerClient.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DockerClient.java
index c83859149..f9ed267a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DockerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/docker/client/DockerClient.java
@@ -1947,6 +1947,19 @@ void connectToNetwork(String networkId, NetworkConnection networkConnection)
   void disconnectFromNetwork(String containerId, String networkId)
       throws DockerException, InterruptedException;
 
+  /**
+   * Disconnects a docker container to a network.
+   *
+   * @param containerId The id of the container to disconnect.
+   * @param networkId   The id of the network to disconnect.
+   * @param force       Force the container to disconnect from the network.
+   * @throws NotFoundException if either container or network is not found (404)
+   * @throws DockerException            if a server error occurred (500)
+   * @throws InterruptedException       If the thread is interrupted
+   */
+  void disconnectFromNetwork(String containerId, String networkId, boolean force)
+          throws DockerException, InterruptedException;
+
   /**
    * Closes any and all underlying connections to docker, and release resources.
    */